Encyclopedia of American Gospel Music

The Encyclopedia of American Gospel Music is the first comprehensive reference to cover this important American musical form. Coverage includes all aspects of both African-American and white gospel from history and performers to recording techniques and styles as well as the influence of gospel on different musical genres and cultural trends.

Dr. William K. McNeil, a historian with a Ph.D. in Folklore and American Studies, has been the folklorist at the Ozark folk Center in Mountain View, Arkansas, since 1976. Dr. McNeil has also worked for the Smithsonian Institution and the Office of State History in Albany, NY. In 1995, he was elected to the Fellows of the American Folklore Society. Dr. McNeil has writen sixteen books and contributed to many publications as an editor, columnist, or reviewer. He has also produced thirty-six recordings dealing with folk, popular, country, and gospel music. His Smithsonian Collection ofClassic Blues was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1993.

Entries include: 2nd Chapter of Acts Anointed Pace Singers Armstrong, Vanessa Bell Barbershop Quartets Bluegrass Canaan Records Cooke, Sam Davis, Rev. Gary Dixie Hummingbirds Easy Instructor Ely, Brother Claude Fairfield Four Five Blind Boys of Mississippi Georgia, Gospel in Gospel Music Hall of Fame Green, Al Harmonizing Four Homeland Records Inspirations, The Isaacs, The Jackson, Wanda Jones, Bessie King Records Klaudt Indian Family Lillenas Publishing Company Love Song McGee, Ford Washington Morris, Kenneth National Barn Dance Newsboys Oak Ridge Boys Original Gospel Harmonettes Performance Styles Presley, Elvis Quartet Contests RCA Victor Records Revivals Sacred Harp Shouts Taggart, Blind Joe Trumpet Unseld, B. C. Virginia Normal School of Music Vocal Styles Waters, Ethel WSB Yohe, Vicky Zondervan Company And many more