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Shout! Black Gospel Music Moments - "When I'm Gone"

KWBU | By Robert Darden

Published October 27, 2019 at 8:00 AM CDT

The otherwise unknown Sunrise Gospel Singers of Chicago Heights deliver an affecting, emotional rendition of the gospel song, "When I'm Gone."

For the Sunrise Gospel Singers, being obscure doesn't mean their music can't be wonderful.

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"When I'm Gone," by the Sunrise Gospel Singers of Chicago Heights 45

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Robert Darden

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).

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