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Peace be still : how James Cleveland and the Angelic Choir created a gospel classic / Robert M. Marovich.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Marovich, Robert M., author.
- Series:
- Music in American life.
- Illinois scholarship online.
- Music in American life
- Illinois scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gospel music--History and criticism.
- Gospel music.
- Gospel music--New Jersey--History and criticism.
- First Baptist Church (Nutley, N.J.). Angelic Choir.
- First Baptist Church (Nutley, N.J.).
- Cleveland, James. Peace be still.
- Cleveland, James.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 online resource)
- Place of Publication:
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- In September of 1963, Reverend Lawrence Roberts and the Angelic Choir of the First Baptist Church of Nutley, New Jersey, teamed with rising gospel star James Cleveland to record Peace Be Still. The LP and its haunting title track became a phenomenon. Robert M. Marovich draws on extensive oral interviews and archival research to chart the history of Peace Be Still and the people who created it. Emerging from an established gospel music milieu, 'Peace Be Still' spent several years as the bestselling gospel album of all time. As such, it forged a template for live recordings of services that transformed the gospel music business and Black worship. Marovich also delves into the music's connection to fans and churchgoers, its enormous popularity then and now, and the influence of the Civil Rights Movement on the music's message and reception.
- Contents:
- The Reverend Lawrence C. Roberts and the First Baptist Church of Nutley
- Gospel Music in Newark
- The Birth of the Angelic Choir
- The Arrival of James Cleveland
- In Search of the Authentic : The Live In-Service Recording
- This Sunday
- In Person
- Peace Be Still
- The Performativity of "Peace Be Still"
- The Release of Peace Be Still
- I Stood on the Banks of Jordan
- Doxology.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
- Also issued in print: 2021.
- ISBN:
- 9780252053054
- 0252053052
- OCLC:
- 1252736953
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