The Best of Southern Gospel

Track Listings

1. I've Got a Feeling - Walt Mills

2. Climbing Higher and Higher - The Cathedrals

3. I Need You More Today - Bishops

4. I Lean on You Lord - Florida Boys

5. Healer in the House - Chronicle

6. Heavenly Sunrise - The Hoppers

7. I Hear Them Singing - The Perrys

8. Cross in the Middle - Florida Boys

9. I'm Gonna Ride the Glory Cloud - Dixie Melody Boys

10. I'm Going Home With Jesus - McGruders

The Best of Southern Gospel, Music, Various Artists, Contemporary Gospel, Gospel, Gospel/Christian Music, Southern Gospel

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The Staple Singers will take you there!

The Best of the Staple Singers

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Soulful gospel

Truly Spiritual Music

The Best of the Staple Singers
The Staple Singers
Manufacturer: Fantasy
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Oh Happy Day!: The Best of the Edwin Hawkins Singers

ASIN: B000000XGX
Release Date: 1991-11-07

Tracks:

Heavy Makes You Happy (Sha-Na-Boom Boom)
You've Got To Earn It
Love Is Plentiful
This World
(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay
The Weight
Respect Yourself
We'll Get Over
I'll Take You There
Oh La De Da
Be What You Are
This Old Town (People In This Town)
If You're Ready (Come Go With Me)
Touch A Hand (Make A Friend)
My Main Man
City In The Sky

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After making their mark in the early '60s with gospel, folk, and social-protest songs, the Staples joined the Stax label in 1968. These 16 cuts find the Staples straddling the sacred and secular worlds, offering positive-message songs that aren't explicitly religious. Backed by the rock-solid grooves of Stax's urgent soul, the Staples produce a series of buoyant, infectious numbers. With Mavis's gritty, emotionally charged lead vocals in command, they roll through horn-driven celebrations such as "I'll Take You There" and "We'll Get Over" plus superb covers of "Dock of the Bay" and "The Weight." Pops's warm lead vocals grace earthy self-affirmations including "Respect Yourself" and "Be What You Are." These "secular spirituals" deftly combine socially conscious lyrics with joyous melodies. --Marc Greilsamer

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The Staple Singers will take you there!.......2007-01-26

There's something about music that touches the soul and this cd does that and more. It takes you back before rap and disco to the time when a simple groove was just fine. A must for any cd collection.

The Best of the Staple Singers .......2006-08-29

Gospel at its Best...Soul at its Best...Encouragement at its Best...

munchenlied.......2006-02-23

Truly wonderful material...pre-protest...pre-rap...careful, you might find yourself singing along while experiencing a near uncontrollable urge to boogie...!

Soulful gospel.......2005-07-17

There are several numbers that don't really distinguish themselves, but the many that hit, hit hard. "I'll Take You There" belongs on a short list of the best songs ever recorded. Another titanic achievement is "If You're Ready (Come Go with Me)." There are also fine covers of "The Weight" and "(Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay." The rest of the disc consists of fine songs well performed but fails to reach those heights.

Truly Spiritual Music.......2004-07-27

In their writing, singing, playing and production, these tracks epitomize love, positivity and soul and simply ooze with groove. The family's harmonies will give you chills, their message will give you hope, and the legendary Muscle Shoals rhythm section could bring new life to the rhytmically dead.

If you buy this CD it will be one of the funkiest and most uplifting in your collection - The Staple Singers will truly Take You There.

The Best of Anthony Burger: From the Homecoming Series

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music CD
Music as it is meant to be played
Ready or not, here I come !!!
Music Lover
Awesome CD

The Best of Anthony Burger: From the Homecoming Series
Anthony Burger
Manufacturer: Spring House / EMI
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Together Classic Gospel A Tribute to Anthony Burger

ASIN: B000ERU6SA
Release Date: 2006-04-18

Tracks:

Goodbye, World, Goodbye
Great Is Thy Faithfulness/How Big Is God/How Great Thou Art Medley
Just A Little While/The Meeting In The Air Medley
Exodus
The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face/Unforgettable/Great Balls Of Fire Medley
Keep On The Firing Line
The U.S. Air Force/Anchors Aweigh/The Marine Corps. Hymn/Caissons Go Rolling Along/Battle Hymn Of The Republic Medley
Holy, Holy, Holy
Hallelujah Chorus
I've Got That Old Time Religion In My Heart/William Tell Overture Medley
I've Just Seen Jesus
We Shall Behold Him

Customer Reviews:

music CD.......2007-02-21

Received my music fast and have enjoyed listening to it. Thanks. Carolyn

Music as it is meant to be played.......2006-11-13

This is an excellent dvd. The passion Anthony put into his music comes thru in every chord. While we have enjoyed Anthony's accompaniment on Gaither's Homecoming Series, we had never known anything about him. Bill Gaither's interview with this quiet man reveals his love for music, family and the Lord. It has become one of our favorites.

Ready or not, here I come !!!.......2006-11-07

Anthony Burger was a talented, creative, gentle man. This album not only brings us the joy of hearing his musical genius, but shares a little of the person.
The story about his childhood accident and his personal comments about the day his son protrayed Jesus are truly inspiring.
This collection will always be a treasure to remind me of this special man who left us when Jesus said, Here I come, Anthony, ready or not!
I know that Anthony Burger was ready.

Music Lover.......2006-11-05

WOW, wonderfully gifted artist. Sad for us he isn't around to make more wonderful music. Great CD!

Awesome CD.......2006-07-15

The reason I ordered this CD is because I was channel surfing and Anthony Burger was on the Gaither Rrogram and I had seen their program many times but had never heard of him. I was so moved by his piano playing and the interview that he did with Bill Gaither about his life, that I just had to have this CD. It is awesome and it will bless your heart. I would recommend this to everyone.

Susan Anderson
Enterprise, Alabama

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Great Memories
It'll bring back those 'good-gospel' memories of the 60's!!

The Best of the Dixie Hummingbirds
The Dixie Hummingbirds
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Diamond Jubilation: 75th Anniversary
Lord You've Been Good to Me

ASIN: B000002QTV
Release Date: 1995-01-01

Tracks:

Let's Go To The Programs
The Final Edition
Thank You For One More Day
Will The Lord Be With Me
What A Friend
Christian Automobile
Bedside Of A Neighbor
In The Morning
If Anybody Asks You
The Old Time Way
Our Prayer For Peace
Another Day

Customer Reviews:

Great Memories.......2007-01-11

I was a great fan of the group (The Dixie Hummingbirds) from the time I could switch on a phonograph. This group has been called "the greatest Gospel group ever", and I agree with that assessment wholeheartedly. I thought I would never hear the old songs again, but thanks to this site and the vendor, I have once again come into posession of this great Gospel music. Their harmony, and lyrics are simply the best. They are entertaining and they are inspirational. If one likes good Gospel music, and want to hear the original recordings, then this is the group to listen to.

It'll bring back those 'good-gospel' memories of the 60's!!.......1999-06-23

I was born in 1960. I remember being at home with my father before I started elementary school. My mother was at work. Daddy worked shifts, so many days I'd stay at home with him until either it was time for him to go to work or until one of my brothers or sisters came home. He'd always have the radio on the old WSID in Baltimore with the late Pauline Wells Lewis. She'd often play Dixie Hummingbirds tunes which my father loved. He sang in a gospel quartet, so he could relate to the 'Birds.' He also had their albums. He played them so much, that I got to know and love many of their tunes. On fathers' day 1999, I presented him with the The Best of The Dixie Hummingbirds cd and he couldn't contain himself!!! You see, he hasn't heard any of their songs on a regular basis since the exodus of the 8 track.

Tracks:

Here I Am Again
As Long As He Takes Care Of Home
Six Nights And A Day
He's Making Love To You
Young Hearts Run Free
One More Chance On Love
A Dreamer Of A Dream
Run To Me
Honest I Do Love You
When You Wake Up Tomorrow
Victim
I Ain't Got Nowhere To Go
Halfway To Heaven
Take My Hand, Precious Lord

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Candi Staton.......2007-06-08

The best of Candi Staton's cd is very, very good. I love listening to all the songs. My favorite is "Young hearts run free". Her other 2 hits "Victim" and "When you wake up tomorrow" are nice songs to dance to.

She's Not No J-Lo, Mary J. Blige or Janet Jackson!.......2006-02-18

These Girls cannot out do Candi Staton, She's the best, I was a child back in the 70's went Young Hearts,Run Free & Victim first came out. I have both of her old 45's Records. I just purchase The Best Of Candi Staton. I listened to samples off her greatest hits.It sounds pretty good. I can't wait to get my copy. Forget Jennifer Lopez because she cannot sings and dance, Mary J.Blige is pretty good, Janet Jackson is okay but she sounds like a winey cat sometimes.

Back in the day..........2005-06-18

When I was under age and sneaking into the gay bars of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, I heard "Young Hearts, Run Free" and "Victim" and fell in love with these songs. I never knew who the artist was until I found Candi Staton here on amazon. I bought this Warner Archives release and only listened to those two songs...over & over! Finally I listened to the rest of the cd. WOW! What a great find. I recommend it. Nice mix of old school funk, disco, and ballads.

Candi - The Voice of Conscience.......2004-12-08

I am a native of Newark, N.J. I remember Saturday evenings, as a child, sitting on the front porch of my house on the southside, listening to 92WKTU's Chep Pedibone, Frankie Knuckles or Live radio mixes from Club Zanzibar's very own Tony Humphries. They would play disco, house and club in such a way one can only make sure they had enough 90min blank tapes available for recording. Then, from a slight distance you can hear the intro to "Victim" being faded in. Enters Candi; the voice of passion, feeling. She carries a song with the vibe preacher giving a sermon about experiences in life and love. From Young Hearts Run Free to When You Wake Up Tomarrow Candi has been there did that. You do not want to miss this one...

Unbelieveable greatest from the FIRST goddess of disco!.......2003-08-14

To find these songs on one collection after all these years is amazing! When You Wake up Tomorrow ... in all of it's 7 &1/2 minute glory at that ... just pure heaven! Also just nearly as good ... Victim , with it's 8 minute anthem version ... also pure heaven!

Every song on this amazing album is just terrific. From start to finish, a complete winner. Check out the booklet for a very eye-opening look inside Candi's life. Every song here has become a favorite for me ... hopefully they all will for you too!

The Best of the Blind Boys
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Foot stompin' Gospel!

Great Music... poor packaging.

The Best of the Blind Boys
The Five Blind Boys
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ASIN: B000002QTZ
Release Date: 1995-01-01

Tracks:

John Saw The Number
I Ain't Got Long
Love Lifted Me
Where There's A Will, There's A Way
What Is An Album
My Soul Is A Witness
Blessed Assurance
Certainly Lord
Jesus Satisfied
Leaning On The Everlasting Arm
Oh, Why
Speak For Jesus

Customer Reviews:

Foot stompin' Gospel!.......2005-07-03

The fact that this has been released to CD is excellent. I purchased the original vinyl years ago. Just to have clear music is a joy. This is the essential Blind Boys. Of all their albums, this is my favorite. A MUST HAVE!

Great Music... poor packaging........2001-11-04

MCA Records Special Products division should be disgusted with themselves for sparing all expenses in presenting this album of great music. All there is is a front cover and a blank piece of paper... no credits...
But the music is sensational - whether you are into gospel or not. The Blind Boys are an incredible talent

The Best of the Sensational Nightingales

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Another Time and Place
Indispensable music with one track missing
Sensational is Right
If you like soulful singing, get this CD!
sensational

The Best of the Sensational Nightingales
The Sensational Nightingales
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It's Gonna Rain Again

ASIN: B000002QTW
Release Date: 1995-01-01

Tracks:

Morning Train
To The End
Burying Ground
A Closer Walk With Thee
Standing In The Judgement
What Would You Give
Never Said A Word
I Want To Go
Don't Put Off Today
New Jerusalem
The Storm Is Passing
Prayed Too Late

Customer Reviews:

Another Time and Place.......2007-01-11

Listening to the Sensational Nightingales was like taking a trip back to a time when this great group was on perpetual tour and we were buying their wax records and spinning the grooves off them! This was a time when we felt that the vocalists were products of a spiritual commitment, and their songs, though entertaining were reverent! If you want to experience a spiritual uplifting, this is a record that can take you there. I am glad to have found this CD at Amazon.

Indispensable music with one track missing.......2006-10-03

I bought this album on vinyl back in the fifties and I still love this music. The group lives up to its name, and the lead singer is truly extraordinary. On this cd reissue, however, the original, up-tempo "To the End", has been replaced by a completely different slow tune. Admirers of this wonderful music owe it to themselves to hunt this title down online and marvel at the powerful rhythmn, the complex hand-clapping, and the inspired shouting. You won't hear anything else like it. I would buy the cd again just to get this track.

Sensational is Right.......2006-07-17

Rev. Julius Cheeks gets excited about his love for Jesus and proclaims to the mountaintops on this great (and super inexpensive) group of songs. His background singers are very sedate, but he rocks, creating a tension of opposites that is very moving. He is one of the pioneers of the hard-gospel style, along with Rev. Ruben Wilingham (Swanee Quintet), Silas Steele (Spirit of Memphis), Leroy Barnes (Detoiters) and if you know & love these groups, you are gonna love this CD.

If you like soulful singing, get this CD!.......2002-04-20

Rev. Julius Cheeks makes every one of these gospel songs and hymns a new creation with his wailing and soulful singing. The background singers punctuate and accentuate the funky rhythms. If you like old time hard gospel quartets, you'll LOVE this. It's one of my favorite CDs.

sensational.......2002-03-19

This disc contains some of the scariest cheesegrater-throated screaming you will hear this side of Napalm Death, courtesy of the great Rev. Julius Cheeks. This is set alongside some contrastingly laidback gospel grooves that chug along, leaving room for lycanthropic interjections like "one for the father, one for the son, one more time for the holy ghost". There are some catchy toons too, like "The Storm is Passing" and "Standing in the Judgement", that you won't be able to get out of your head, but the main attraction is Cheeks' microphone-shattering howling on tracks like "Burying Ground" and "A Closer Walk with Thee". Not too pricey either - just shove it in your trolley now and get some hard religion into ya.

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The Best of the Mighty Clouds of Joy
The Mighty Clouds of Joy
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ASIN: B000002QTX
Release Date: 1995-01-01

Tracks:

Family Circle
Ain't Got Long Here
None But The Righteous
Bright Side
Glory Hallelujah
Nearer To Thee
I'll Go-Pt. II
A Friend In Jesus
Nobody Can Turn Me Around
He's Able
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

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The Best of Janet Paschal
Janet Paschal
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ASIN: B000PUB3ZQ
Release Date: 2007-06-05

Tracks:

God Rides On Wings Of Love
Lead Me To the Rock
It's Lucky We Met
I Am Not Ashamed
God Will Make a Way
Born Again
Take This Trial Trip Beside Me
Another Soldier's Coming Home
Written In Red
He'll Deliver Me
Body And the Blood
El Shaddai
It Won't Rain Always
It's Not About Now
How Are Things At Home
Tell Me
You're Still Lord

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Good for starters
The Best
When Choosing 'The Rambos' You Can Not Go Wrong
Gospel Classic
Dottie Rambo is Queen

The Very Best of the Rambos
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ASIN: B0000E69KE
Release Date: 2003-12-04

Tracks:

I've Never Been This Homesick Before
He Looked Beyond My Faults
Build My Mansion
Sailing Toward Home
We Shall Behold Him
Unseen Hand
Mama's Teaching Angels How to Sing
Tears Will Never Stain the Streets of That City
In the Valley He Restoreth My Soul
I Go to the Rock
Holy Hills
Sheltered in the Arms of God
If That Isn't Love

Customer Reviews:

Good for starters.......2007-04-29

There is really no better way to start off your Rambo collection than with this CD. My personal favorites are "Tears Will Never Stain The Streets Of That City" and "We Shall Behold Him". Dottie Rambo is in her own league when it comes to writing gospel music, the same goes for Ronny Hinson, Gerald Crabb, and Carson Howard.

This CD really makes a person wish that The Singing Rambos were still together. In my mind, they are one of the greatest southern gospel groups to ever step foot on stage. Give this CD a listen, and you will be introduced to some great vintage gospel.

The Best.......2006-11-10

Finding it quite hard to find this kind of music in S.A it was really suprising how easy it was to buy this product and how soon it arrived from the states

When Choosing 'The Rambos' You Can Not Go Wrong.......2006-03-03

Trio or not. Each member of the that family is a HUGE talent in their own right. Their music is SO well written, and annointed. My absolute favorite, is the towering gospel hit 'Tears Will Never Stain The Streets Of That City' from 1976. It was in the TOP 5 CHRISTIAN SONGS FOR 1976, some sources indicate it AS the #1 gospel song in 1976. I tend to agree. But, it does not stop there. All of their songs are absolutely AWESOME. I personally wish the album 'There Has To Be A Song' billed as 'The Soul Singing Rambos' were out on Cd. May I tell you? It touched my heart & soul! It is a masterpeice by ANYONE'S standards. Christian music just DOES NOT get better than this! Now, THAT last statement friends, is MY opinion........ the rest...... FACT.

GC
Baton Rouge, LA

Gospel Classic.......2004-12-12

Dottie Rambo is the queen of gospel. Her songwriting is in a class by itself. The trio mentioned in the previous review is Dottie's husband and daughter and a very important part of Dottie and her music.

Dottie Rambo is Queen.......2004-02-06

Dottie is the queen of song writers. I only have one complaint about this cd. The complaint is that is a trio group and not Dottie alone.

The Best of Dorothy Love Coates & the Original Gospel Harmonettes, Vols. 1-2

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One of the greatest voices of all time
Dorthy's The Greatest
Review of the best of dorothy Love coats Vols. 1-2
Two words: RAW POWER!!
Nothing Like It

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ASIN: B000000QOD
Release Date: 1991-04-17

Tracks:

He's Calling Me
One Morning Soon
You Better Run
No Hiding Place
When I Reach My Heavenly Home
Get Away Jordan
I'm Sealed
That's Enough
Ninety-Nine And A Half
Where Shall I Be?
Jesus Laid His Hand On Me
(You Can't Hurry God) He's Right On Time
Jesus Knows It All
You Must Be Born Again
These Are They
Why Not
I Shall Know Him
Every Day Will Be Sunday (By And By)
I Wouldn't Mind Dying
Lord, Don't Forget About Me
There's a God Somewhere
Just To Behold His Face
Am I A Soldier
Heaven

Customer Reviews:

One of the greatest voices of all time.......2007-02-12

The great performances on this CD define the best in gospel music. Ms. Coates' voice was intense, raw yet amazingly controlled. She seemed to have tapped straight into the current: anguished, yet certain of God's grace. The music is propulsive, driving, relentless, yet always swinging: you can feel the sway of Ms. Coates' body as she sings (and the swaying of the other singers, too). One of the great things is to listen to the backup singers, who are singing their hearts out! The lyrics are brilliant. It's hard to choose among them, but the lovely "That's Enough" has long held a special place in my heart. But all of the songs repay frequent listening.

Around Christmas 1999 or 2000, I found Ms. Coates' phone number on-line. (She was living in Birmingham.) I called her and told her that I was a fan. She was lovely and modest, amazed that someone would call all the way from Seattle! Sadly, she died in about 2002--a loss to this world, but I'm sure that she died secure in her love for God. It is an amazing world that it could have had such a person in it as the great Dorothy Love Coates.

Dorthy's The Greatest.......2006-10-05

I join with those who herald this as the greatest gospel singer of all time. That is not a designation that today's artists who listen for impeccable clarity and technical excellence would be likely to make, but strip away all the veneer, and what you are left with in vocal music is either an artist who can pull you into their experience, or not. There is no way to give this singer a serious listen and not hear her greatness. In fact, DLC takes you way beyond hearing and into the realm of the sacred. I was first introduced to her music as a child, some forty years ago, and it continues to impact me today. My mother spent the last three years of her life with Alzheimer Disease. She was a lover of music, but the music of DLC would move her past her disease into the presence of God. I applaud the artists of our day, and bid them God's speed in lifting the spirits of today's listeners. But there are times when I lay all of that aside and let DLC take me into the presence of God. She is beyond talented, gifted and the general terms we use to speak of artist. She is transciendent - in a class by herself. By no means divine, but without a doubt - divinely enabled. She is my unsung hero.
Shep

Review of the best of dorothy Love coats Vols. 1-2.......2005-09-02

Order delivered in timely manner and in good condition. the songs are inspirational and performed with much enthusiasm.

Two words: RAW POWER!!.......2005-06-22

No disrespect to the Stooges, (whom I also love) but this is unmatched in its intensity, soul, and sheer emotional force. To give you an idea: I personally am a non-theist who does not believe in God, the Bible, or anything remotely religion related.
BUT...the power of this cannot be ignored, by ANYONE!! Pay no attention to the person who said Dorothy Love has a "poor" voice. It is more a case of his poor auditory perception, because make no mistake: her voice surpasses every singer to ever live
(yes, this inclues Aretha!) Her phrasing (where the notes and syllables are placed rhythmically) is impeccable, soulful, and carries you on a journey of the senses. Her tone and timbre (the actual sound of her voice) is so unique, which is why I believe some will say its "poor" or "bad". But this is really subjective to the listener. "Bad" singers are people who cannot stay on pitch, and cannot "phrase" properly (see above). Dorothy Love has an amazing sense of pitch, deftly navigating her way through each composition with a mastery possessed by very few.
"I Shall Know Him" is a veritable tour-de-force of vocal prowess that will chill you to your very core! The backing vocals here
are instruments unto themselves, and the arrangements are classic! The imagery used literally brings you right into the song, with candid descriptions, such as "My body has been chilled by the hand of Death" and decapited heads on platters, etc.!! I
don't remember my grannies church singing those kinds of songs!! Maybe if all churches played this kind of music, instead of that wimpy, vanilla-white Adult Contemporary, soft rock crap, they might actually get people wanting to go to church!! Nobody has, nor every will be able to sing with this kind of fire, passion and conviction!!

Nothing Like It.......2002-06-08

This is the top of gospel music. Coates is an example of the lead singer with a rather poor voice, but the enthusiasm of her performance and the energy of the arrangements make her music absolutely unique. The songs are not feel good religiousity either; each one is doctrinally and scripturally sound, and usually with a bite. "I Wouldn't Mind Dying" rocks like crazy, but the thought is I wouldn't mind if dying was all, but after death is the judgment. Heavy. Did I say it rocks like crazy? Yes.

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1. I've Got a Feeling - Walt Mills
2. Climbing Higher and Higher - The Cathedrals
3. I Need You More Today - Bishops
4. I Lean on You Lord - Florida Boys
5. Healer in the House - Chronicle
6. Heavenly Sunrise - The Hoppers
7. I Hear Them Singing - The Perrys
8. Cross in the Middle - Florida Boys
9. I'm Gonna Ride the Glory Cloud - Dixie Melody Boys
10. I'm Going Home With Jesus - McGruders