Artist	Song
Mahalia Jackson	Amazing Grace
from In My Home Over There (1998)
The Edwin Hawkins Singers	Oh Happy Day
from Oh Happy Day (2003)
Yolanda Adams	Yeah
from The Best of Me: Yolanda Adams Greatest Hits (2007)
Hezekiah Walker	I Need You to Survive
from The Essential Hezekiah Walker (2007)
Donnie McClurkin	We Fall Down
from Praise Your Way Out: Songs of Inspiration & Hope (2009)
Mary Mary	Shackles (Praise You)
from Thankful (2000)
The Blind Boys of Alabama	Hush
from Gospel Legacy: Blind Boys of Alabama (2008)
Richard Smallwood	Total Praise
from Richard Smallwood With Vision - The Praise & Worship Songs of Richard Smallwood (1990)
Kirk Franklin	Revolution
from The Nu Nation Project (2001)
The Staple Singers	I'll Take You There
from Be Altitude: Respect Yourself (2006)
James Cleveland & The Voices of Tabernacle	Get Right Church
from Great Gospel Choirs (2002)
Fred Hammond	Let the Praise Begin
from The Essential Fred Hammond (2007)
Smokie Norful	I Understand
from Nothing Without You (Special Edition) (2005)
The Mighty Clouds of Joy	Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Mighty Clouds of Joy (2002)
The Dixie Hummingbirds	Nobody Knows the Trouble I See
from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Dixie Hummingbirds (2002)
Shirley Caesar	No Charge
from Shirley Caesar: Her Very Best (2004)
Sam Cooke	I'm So Glad (Trouble Don't Last Always)
from Sam Cooke With the Soul Stirrers (2006)
Donald Lawrence & The Tri-City Singers	Encourage Yourself
from Finale: Act II (2006)
Mahalia Jackson	In the Upper Room
from The Essential Mahalia Jackson (1980)
Kurt Carr & The Kurt Carr Singers	In the Sanctuary
from Men of Gospo, Vol. 1 (2005)
Marvin Sapp	Never Would Have Made It
from Thirsty (Deluxe Version) (2008)
Sounds of Blackness	Optimistic
from The Very Best of Sounds of Blackness (2001)
Kirk Franklin	Imagine Me
from The Fight of My Life (Deluxe Version) (2008)
J Moss	Praise On the Inside
from V2 (Deluxe Version) (2008)
Take 6	I L-O-V-E U
from Greatest Hits (2008)
Thomas A. Dorsey	(There'll Be) Peace In the Valley
from Precious Lord Recordings of the Great Gospel Songs of Thomas A. Dorsey (1994)
Byron Cage	Broken But I'm Healed
from An Invitation to Worship (2005)
Mahalia Jackson	His Eye Is on the Sparrow
from In My Home Over There (1998)
Swan Silvertones	Well, Well, Well
from Gospel the Old Time Way (2004)
Sam Cooke	Nearer to Thee
from Sam Cooke With the Soul Stirrers (2006)
Yolanda Adams	Open My Heart
from The Best of Me: Yolanda Adams Greatest Hits (2007)
The Mighty Clouds of Joy	Go Tell It On the Mountain
from Legendary Groups of Gospel (1999)
Sounds of Blackness	The Pressure, Pt. 1
from The Very Best of Sounds of Blackness (2001)
Andraé Crouch	God Still Loves Me
from Mercy (2008)
The Winans	Ain't No Need to Worry
from Decisions (2008)
Yolanda Adams	Still I Rise
from The Best of Yolanda Adams (1990)
Youth for Christ	The Struggle Is Over
from The Struggle Is Over (2006)
Aretha Franklin	How I Got Over (Live at New Temple Missionary Baptist Church, los Angeles, January 13, 1972)
from Amazing Grace: The Complete Recordings (2008)
Hezekiah Walker & LFC	Faithful Is Our God
from 20/85 The Experience (2004)
Fred Hammond	Celebrate (He Lives)
from The Essential Fred Hammond (2007)
Bebe Winans & Cece	Addictive Love
from Bebe Winans & Cece-Greatest Hits (1996)
Karen Clark-Sheard	The Will of God
from Finally Karen (1997)
Bonafide Praisers	Work It Out
from Destined to Worship (2008)
Aretha Franklin	Wholy Holy (Live at New Temple Missionary Baptist Church, los Angeles, January 13, 1972)
from Amazing Grace: The Complete Recordings (2008)
Smokie Norful	God Is Able
from Nothing Without You (2004)
The Clark Sisters	You Brought The Sunshine
from WOW Gospel Essentials - All-Time Favorite Songs (2010)
Deitrick Haddon	God Didn't Give Up
from Crossroads (2004)
Anointed	Revive Us
from Anointed (2004)
Donnie McClurkin	That's What I Believe
from Verity Records: The First Decade, Vol. 2 (2004)
Sandra Crouch	God Has a Plan
from Gospel Legacy (2008)
Debra Killings	Oh My God
from Surrender (1990)
Whitney Houston	I Go to the Rock (feat. The Georgia Mass Choir)
from The Preacher's Wife (Original Soundtrack Album) (1996)
Reverend James Cleveland	I Stood On the Banks of Jordan (Part 2)
from Gospel the Old Time Way (2004)
Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Down by the Riverside
from The Gospel of the Blues (2003)
Al Green	Be With Me Jesus
from He Is the Light (1995)
Walter Hawkins	Goin' Up Yonder
from Gospel Legacy (2008)
Vickie Winans	Shake Yourself Loose
from Bringing It All Together (1990)
The Dixie Hummingbirds	Christian Automobile
from Thank You For One More Day: The 70th Anniversary Of The Dixie Hummingbirds (1998)
Out of Eden	Different Now
from Out of Eden: The Hits (2006)
Darius Brooks	Your Will
from Your Will (2004)
Sweet Honey In the Rock	We Shall Not Be Moved
from Still the Same Me (2010)
The Persuasions	The Storm Is Passing
from Sunday Morning Soul (2000)
Donald Lawrence	Healed
from I Speak Life (2004)
Commissioned	Ordinary Just Won't Do
from The Essential Commissioned (2008)
Blind Willie Johnson	God Moves On the Water
from Dark Was the Night (1998)
The Harmonizing Four	Mother's Prayer Has Followed Me
from Mama, How Can I Ever Repay You? (2002)
Ben Harper & The Blind Boys of Alabama	Take My Hand
from There Will Be a Light (2004)
VIP Mass Choir	Any Day
from Nothing But the Hits (1990)
Darwin Hobbs	Everyday (feat. Michael Mcdonald)
from The Best of Darwin Hobbs (2007)
Kierra "Kiki" Sheard	Why Me?
from This Is Me (2006)
L.A. Mass Choir	Worthy
from The Mass Hits! (2003)
Trin-i-tee 5:7	God's Grace
from Holla - The Best of Trin-I-Tee 5:7 (2007)

Comment:

If you want to take a walk into the house that gospel built, you’ve got to get to know the architecture from the ground up. These are the bricks that set a firm foundation for all those who sing straight from their souls, touching anyone who’s ready to be moved by the sound of the Spirit. Over the years, their message has moved in so many different directions, only the Lord Himself could keep track of them all. But from the Shakespeare of spirituals, Thomas A. Dorsey, to the blues-belting, guitar-slinging Sister Rosetta Tharpe, all the way up to Kirk Franklin, who found new ways to worship by bringing an R&B groove and a hip-hop heart into the mix, here are all the crucial cuts that make the music [i]matter[/i].

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