re: A Salute to Gospel Music - Black Gospel & Southern Gospel...

Southern Gospel is an underappreciated genre IMHO, and has had an enormous impact on countless artists.

I'm not really a fan of current gospel music. The Blackwood Brothers, The Statesmen, The Stamps, The Speers, The Happy Goodmans, The Cathedrals, etc. are all top-notch.

Blackwood Brothers - Rolling, Riding, Rocking

The Cathedrals - Boundless Love

The Speers - I Shall Never Forget The Day

The Happy Goodmans - Shoutin' Sounds

Hovie Lister & The Statesmen - Heavenly Parade A young Elvis Presley was a huge fan of Big Chief, the bass singer, and stylistically modeled a lot of his early body language in the same fashion.

And for good measure, the Hee Haw Quartet put out some great gospel music:

Hee Haw Gospel Quartet - Blessed Jesus, Hold My Hand