SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments - Willie Banks

From his earliest days with Edna Gallmon Cook, the Violinaires, and the Jackson Southernaires, Willie Banks possessed one of the mightiest, most commanding voices in all of gospel music – what a powerhouse! With his own Messengers, Banks’ recorded a dozen albums, filled with hits like “God’s Goodness,” “Heaven Must Be a Beautiful Place,” “God is Still in Charge,” “Too Late” and the Grammy nominated “For the Wrong I’ve Done.”

But my all-time favorite song by Willie Banks is his commanding “Things I Can’t Change” – his first gospel hit. Here’s a powerful sermon in song, a thundering declaration of faith that must have wrecked every church every time he sang it!

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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