This chapter focuses on the rise of second-generation gospel choirs in Chicago. On July 6, 1959, Robert Anderson and Eddie Robinson sponsored the “Mountain of Gospel Music,” starring James Cleveland and the Voices of Tabernacle Choir from Detroit's Prayer Tabernacle Church, at the First Church of Deliverance. Cleveland's triumph with the Voices of Tabernacle turned him from “years of struggling” into a major gospel attraction. This chapter begins with a discussion of Chicago-based community choirs devoted to second-generation gospel music, including the Thompson Community Singers, the Wooten Choral Ensemble, the Youth Federation of South Chicago, South Side Community Singers, Helen Robinson Youth Choir, and Treadwell Community Singers. It also takes a look at other second-generation church choirs such as the ensemble at Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church, Hyde Park Bible Church, Redeeming Church of Christ, and Cosmopolitan Church of Prayer. The chapter concludes with an overview of the phenomenon called “broadcast hopping,” a journey that gospel music enthusiasts made on Sundays to be present for as many live radio broadcast services as possible.
Die intuitive Sehnsucht nach Musik – positiv gestimmt durch die Krise
