Black gospel music traces its roots back to slavery when enslaved people sang call-and-response songs such as “Roll ... contemporary gospel album mixing old and new classics.

Spanning jazz, country, hip-hop and soul music, the best ... it was one of the first songs recorded by 19-year-old Cooke, during his time as lead singer of gospel group the Soul Stirrers.

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It’s difficult to think of another chartbuster in music who’s devoted himself quite so much as Jelly Roll has to making hits out of songs about ... the genres of gospel or doom-metal.

But in a career that stretched across three-quarters of a century, what may have been more important about this giant of American music ... old producer and songwriter looks back at some of the ...

And it’s infectious — even 75-year-old ... music to the max. Mark blends high-gloss turn-of-the-century R&B with a joyous gospel piano line and sunny Motown-esque songwriting for a love song ...