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Shout! Black Gospel Music Moments - "Down on My Knees and Pray"

The Jordanairs' "Down on My Knees and Pry" is one of the most manic, most frantic gospel songs ever cut to vinyl.

Hear the full "Down on My Knees and Pray" by the Jordanairs, 45, here.

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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).