In the volunteer project, we created a Wikipedia page for this historic television show #TVGospelTime - the first all-black program, with black hosts, black guests, black audience, black technical crew, black music, and even black advertising (1962-1965)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TV_Gospel…
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TV_Gospel…
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The TV show #TVGospelTime was ground breaking being the first TV show dedicated exclusively to black music. It gave first TV appearance for countless singers. And some spectacular people were first seen there like Dionne Warwick when she was sang with the group Drinkard Singers 
Just about every major gospel artist, band, singer, and choir was featured during the 3 year run of #TVGospelTime including the man who would be known as the King of Gospel, the Rev James Cleveland, who also was one of the hosts on the show with a rotating host system
And featured twice as a guest host, perhaps the most influential woman - no, most influential PERSON - in all of modern popular music, Sister Rosetta Tharp, the lady who practically invented rock n roll style of music
#TVGospelTime
#TVGospelTime
And yet another star got her first TV appearance on #TVGospelTime. You recognize Whitney on the right. Her mother, Cissy Houston was a chart topping recording artist herself, prior. Cissy's first TV appearance was on TV Gospel Time when she was part of Drinkard Singers
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