SHOUT! Black Gospel Music Moments - "No Coward Soldiers" by The Caravans

Along with the Clara Ward Singers, the Caravans ruled the Gospel Highway during the 1950s and ‘60s. Albertina Walker’s Caravans were essentially an all-star group of the best gospel singers in the world, including Dorothy Norwood, James Cleveland, and Inez Andrews.

But my favorite line up from the late 1950s featured superb singers like Cassietta George, Shirley Caesar, DeLoris Washington, Josephine Howard and pianist, composer and arranger James Herndon. Every member was a memorable soloist and all get to shine on Herndon’s upbeat and feisty “No Coward Soldiers” from the album by the same name.    

   
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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