Saved by Song returns to print with its sweeping overview of the history of gospel music. Powerful and incisive, the book traces contemporary Christianity and Christian music to the sixteenth century and the Protestant Reformation after examining music in the Bible and early church.
In America, gospel music has been divided between white and black gospel. Within these divisions are further divisions: southern gospel, contemporary Christian music, spirituals, and hymns. Don Cusic has provided background and insight into the developments of all these rich facets of gospel...
Saved by Song returns to print with its sweeping overview of the history of gospel music. Powerful and incisive, the book traces contemporar...
Elvis was connected to Nashville throughout his career. He recorded approximately 260 songs at RCA Studio B in Nashville and performed in several concerts in the area. During his early years, he often visited his manager, Colonel Tom Parker, who lived in Nashville.
Elvis was connected to Nashville throughout his career. He recorded approximately 260 songs at RCA Studio B in Nashville and performed in several conc...
Cusic traces the personal life and career of Roger Miller, from Erick, Oklahoma, to the Country Music Hall of Fame and shows why he was an American genius.
Cusic traces the personal life and career of Roger Miller, from Erick, Oklahoma, to the Country Music Hall of Fame and shows why he was an American ge...
Eddy Arnold dominated country music during the late 1940s and early 1950s, outselling every other country artist and, during one period, had the number one record on Billboard's country chart for 60 consecutive weeks. During the 1960s he had an international hit, "Make the World Go Away," was the first "Entertainer of the Year" for the Country Music Association and was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame. Eddy Arnold: His Life and Times looks at Eddy Arnold in terms of the history of country music as well as the changes in the United States after World War II. Don Cusic is the Curb...
Eddy Arnold dominated country music during the late 1940s and early 1950s, outselling every other country artist and, during one period, had the numbe...
As a songwriter, James Weldon Johnson is best known for "Life Every Voice," which he wrote with his brother, J. Rosamond Johnson. However, during the early 1900s he was part of one of the most popular and successful songwriting teams in America. Johnson, along with his brother, Rosamond, and Bob Cole wrote hit songs for musicals during the ragtime era, 1895-1910. Later, he became one of the most prominent African-Americans in the United States before World War II. He was a diplomat, the author of a novel (The Autobiography of a Colored Man), poet ("God's Trombones"), Civil Rights leader (the...
As a songwriter, James Weldon Johnson is best known for "Life Every Voice," which he wrote with his brother, J. Rosamond Johnson. However, during the ...
As a songwriter, James Weldon Johnson is best known for "Life Every Voice," which he wrote with his brother, J. Rosamond Johnson. However, during the early 1900s he was part of one of the most popular and successful songwriting teams in America. Johnson, along with his brother, Rosamond, and Bob Cole wrote hit songs for musicals during the ragtime era, 1895-1910. Later, he became one of the most prominent African-Americans in the United States before World War II. He was a diplomat, the author of a novel (The Autobiography of a Colored Man), poet ("God's Trombones"), Civil Rights leader (the...
As a songwriter, James Weldon Johnson is best known for "Life Every Voice," which he wrote with his brother, J. Rosamond Johnson. However, during the ...
