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SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments - The Gerald Sisters

The pride of South Carolina, the Gerald Sisters have released passionate, high quality traditional gospel music for more than 40 years.

For forty years, the Gerald Sisters have performed in churches and auditoriums throughout the Carolinas. The four singer’s soulful versions of old time gospel have made them thousands of fans along the way. The Geralds started singing together in the mid-1960s and signed their first contract with Hoyt Sullivan’s small, South Carolina-based HSE Records label in 1973. They released a half-dozen LPs for HSE before joining industry powerhouse Malaco Records in 1980.

Through the years, the sisters have taken turns arranging old gospel classics and spirituals ... but the end result is always true to their deep South gospel roots. This well-loved 45 from the Gospel Music Archives at Baylor University features sister Betty Gerald’s fine arrangement of “Just Make It In.”

The Gerald Sisters - Just Make It In

I’m Robert Darden … “Shout! Black Gospel Music Moments” is produced by KWBU and the Black Gospel Music Preservation Program at Baylor University Libraries.

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Robert F. Darden is the author of two dozen books, most recently: Nothing But Love in God’s Water, Volume II: Black Sacred Music from Sit-In to Resurrection City (Penn State University Press, 2016); Nothing But Love in God’s Water, Volume I: Black Sacred Music from the Civil War to the Civil Rights Movement(Penn State University Press, 2014); Jesus Laughed: The Redemptive Power of Humor(Abingdon Press, 2008), Reluctant Prophets and Clueless Disciples: Understanding the Bible by Telling Its Stories(Abingdon Press, 2006); and People Get Ready! A New History of Black Gospel Music(Continuum/Bloomsbury, 2004).