In lieu of flowers, Mr. Moscheo's family requests that donations be made to the Music Health Alliance, the Opry Trust Fund, MusiCares and the Gospel Music Association Trust. I have been invited to tour with Elvis's favourite Gospel group The Blackwoods and I am now regarded as one of Europes best, most versatile Elvis Tribute Artists. The Southern Gospel Group sang backup with Elvis from 1971-1977 (Replacing the Imperials). The Reverend Elvis … Here, he was backed by The Jordanaires. Hundreds of people descended on Presley as he stepped from the bus; photographers then accompanied him into the fort. He was then and remains fiercely loyal to Elvis’s memory and sensitive concerning his legacy. It was Moscheo and the Imperials, then, who backed Elvis on most of his gospel recordings in the early seventies, including his third gospel album. The Gospel Side of Elvis, Joe Moscheo, (Foreword by Priscilla Presley), Center Street/Hachette Book Group USA, 2006, Hardcover, 192 pages, Illustrated, ISBN-13: 9781599957296 . Early in Elvis' career, he performed many well-known gospel songs and in 1967 released an album titled How Great Thou Art named after the famous hymn. Es gibt ja inzwischen viele Gospel Alben von Elvis Presley in den unterschiedlichsten Variationen. Most of this is drawn from his three gospel LPs (His Hand in Mine, 1960; How Great Thou Art, 1967; He Touched Me, 1972), as well as a 1957 EP. He did this for his mother Gladys, and for the cause of Hungarian refugee relief. The Jordanaires provided background vocals in January 1957, when Elvis recorded his first gospel songs for RCA—, It was over three years later, in October 1960, that the Jordanaires participated in the marathon session that produced the 12 recordings for Elvis’s. The producers did not want him to be singing gospel, but Ed Sullivan supported him. I was watching the docie "elvis on tour" and it was almost like a blues band but singing gospel tunes with Elvis and his group, the Stamps Quartet, to back him both on stage and in the studio. Gordon and the group also sang on Elvis’s acclaimed gospel LP, How Great Thou Art, the 12 cuts for which were recorded in May 1966. Although the recording sessions in which he participated occurred half a century ago, Gordon Stoker remembers those events clearly. Gospel great Joe Moscheo joined the heavenly choir on this date in 2016. Elvis recorded quite a bit of gospel over the course of his career, and this two-CD, 55-song set has the bulk of it. Elvis Presley's Gospel Dream As a young child, the singer's love for music brought him to the front of his church choir, imagining a time he'd be on stage. I got to know Gordon between 2005-2007, when he graciously provided valuable input for my book, Gordon is certainly accurate in claiming his Jordanaires sang on far more of Elvis’s gospel recordings than did Moscheo’s Imperials. It was Moscheo and the Imperials, then, who backed Elvis on most of his gospel recordings in the early seventies, including his third gospel album, He Touched Me. Like blues, gospel and country, the vocal-group sound was where Elvis returned whenever he needed a shot of the real thing. Funeral arrangements have not been announced. Release date: 13 August 2007 . by Elvis Presley | Mar 15, 2005. Es war die sprichwörtlich göttliche Kraft des Gospel, die Elvis ein Leben lang antrieb, auch auf der Bühne. “Sing You Children Sing’ by Elvis Presley Minnie Pearl introduced him as “The Hillbilly Cat,” and he came out wearing a pink suit and white buck shoes. After the Presley family moved to Memphis in 1948, Elvis made occasional visits to the black East Rigg Baptist Church and also attended gospel quartets at Ellis Auditorium by renowned white groups like the Blackwood Brothers and the Statesmen. The Imperials are an American Christian music group that has been active for over 55 years. All rights reserved. From the King, For the King celebrates the deeply spiritual and moving songs that Elvis, throughout his entire career, always leaned on and moved him. '” This hymn was originally written in 1885 by Swedish evangelist, Rev. There have been many changes for the band in membership and musical styles over the years. However, at the time he sent me the above message, Gordon and the Jordanaires were still a working group in Nashville, and I got the feeling he already had concluded that he didn’t have the time to write a book. Susan Boyle has recorded a duet with the late Elvis Presley. 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One of the gospel songs the quartet recorded was “Just A Little Talk with Jesus.” The tune was written by Cleavant Derricks, who wrote over 300 songs over the course of his life. Here, he was backed by The Jordanaires. In 1998, Mr. Moscheo toured with "Elvis The Concert," which combined live musicians with video of Presley. When Elvis went to Las Vegas in 1969, the Jordanaires decided to remain in Nashville and continue their steady studio work for other artists. Mar 27, 2016 - JD Sumner & The Stamps Quartet. He also wrote the book "The Gospel Side of Elvis," drawing on his time with the rock legend. Presley sang this on his third appearance on the TV show. Sumner, Grammy Award-winning gospel singer known for his work with the Stamps Quartet, a backup group for Elvis Presley, has died. Out of the 3 Grammys that Elvis won over his career, all of them were for his gospel music. (The four songs on those singles, Joshua Fit … Rock 'n' roll would have probably passed him by, but he would still be singing 'How Great Thou Art.'