The influence of gospel music on the forms of rock, rhythm and blues, jazz, and soul are fairly well documented. The elements of early black gospel music arose from a tradition of work songs, anthems, spirituals, hollers, and the stylized performance of hymns. The evolution of the form, particularly in the Church of God In Christ (COGIC), reveals a freedom of expression that made its listeners ‘move with the spirit’. We’ll hear from the ladies from the COGIC as well as the traditionalists that could bring in the masses to the church with their uplifting, sometimes roaring voices including Sister Ernestine Washington, Edna Gallmon Cooke, Sister Goldia Haynes, Mahalia Jackson, and Sister Rosetta Tharpe.

No.	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
1	Clara Ward Singers	When The Saints Go Marching In	Somebody Bigger Than You & I
2	Sister Ernestine Washington	Jesus Is All The World To Me	Sister Ernestine Washington (1943-1948)
3	Sister Ernestine Washington	I Know The Lord Will Make A Way	Sister Ernestine Washington Vol. 2 (1954-c.1958)
4	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Teach Me To Be Right	Vol. 3-1946-47 Complete Record
5	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Cain't No Grave Hold My Body Down	Gospel Train
6	Marie Knight	Marie Knight – Tharpe and Singing	Interview
7	Marie Knight	Gospel Train	Hallelujah What A Song!
8	Mahalia Jackson	Move On Up A Little Higher	Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances, Vol. 1: Black Gospel
9	Mahalia Jackson	I Have A Friend	Legend: The Best Of Mahalia Jackson [Disc 2]
10	Mahalia Jackson & Della Reese	Della Reese Interview
11	Della Reece And The Meditations	Hard To Get Along	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel, 1945-1958
12	Cora Martin	Didn't It Rain	The Great Gospel Women
13	Madam Edna Gallmon Cooke & The Mount Vernon Men's Choir	Angels, Angels, Angels	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
14	Edna Gallmon Cooke And The Radio Four	Somebody Touched Me	How Sweet it Was
15	Sister Goldia Haynes	This Old World	The Great Gospel Women
16	Lucy Smith	O What A Time	The Great Gospel Women
17	Shirley Caesar	I'd Rather Serve Jesus	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
18	Mary Deloatch	The Lord's Gospel Train	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
19	Jessie Mae Renfro	I Must Tell Jesus	The Great Gospel Women
20	Sister Lucille Barbee	Where Could I Go	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
21	Sister Emily Bram	Each Day	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
22	Bessie Griffin And The Caravans	Let Us Run	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
23	Candi Staton & The Jewel Gospel Trio	Jesus Is Listening	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
24	Marion Williams – The Stars Of Faith	When I Lay This Body Down	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel, 1945-1958
25	Clara Ward Singers	Packing Up	Somebody Bigger Than You & I
26	Roberta Martin And The Roberta Martin Singers	Rock My Soul	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel, 1945-1958
27	Clara Ward (With Unidentified Group)	Peace In The Valley	Golden Gospel Gals 1949-1959 [Disc 2]
28	Evelyn Freeman And The Exciting Voices Chorus	Didn't It Rain	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel, 1945-1958
29	Dorothy Love Coates	No Hiding Place	The Best Of Dorothy Love Coates And The Original Gospel Harmonettes
30	Albertina Walker	Albertina Walker Interview	Interview
31	Albertina Walker	Put a Little Love In Your Heart	Platinum Gospel-Albertina Walker
32	Albertina Walker & The Caravans	How Do You Feel	Precious Lord Gospel Gold
33	Marion Williams	He's A High Class Physician	How Sweet it Was
34	Thomas A. Dorsey with Marion Williams	If We Never Needed The Lord Before [Album Version]	Precious Lord Recordings Of The Great Gospel Songs Of Thomas A. Dorsey
35	Bunk Johnson/Ernestine Washington	Where Could I Go	Smithsonian Folkways: Classic African American Gospel