Among these hymns of worship ... by Harry Connick Jr. Harry Connick Jr. gives this old gospel song a New Orleans twist. With the lyrics, "Life is worth living just because he lives," it's an ...

The music of the past was all feeling and sympathy ... But we have seen a whole congregation in tears as they sang that fine old hymn, "Taking the parting hand." Who ever saw a tear start at ...

Watts has been described as “the liberator of English hymnody” as his hymns moved people away from simply singing Old Testament ... known as “gospel” emerged. These songs were usually ...

Gospel music has its origins in the hymns, spirituals and sacred songs found in Afro-American culture in the 18th and 19th Century. Gospel songs were originally sung by African slaves. Lyrics ...