At the root of great American musical genres such as Rock’N’Roll, Blues, Soul, and Country, is the church. Many great singers answer the question as to how their talents developed with " I grew up singing in the church!" Church music, known as Gospel, has inspired many artists to stardom in the secular world.Come learn the correlations as we trace back popular songs, styles and rhythms to uniquely American musical institution known as Gospel music. You may be surprised by the popular songs sung today that actually originated in the church under another name.
Presented by Daryl Davis
