Still Holding On: The Music of Dorothy Love Coates and the Original Gospel Harmonettes

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Program
Still Holding On: The Music of Dorothy Love Coates and the Original Gospel Harmonettes
Producing Organization
Alabama Public Television
University of Alabama. Center for Public Television and Radio
Contributing Organization
The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia (Athens, Georgia)
AAPB ID
cpb-aacip-526-d795718s5r
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Description
Program Description
"This program is an intimate and thoughtful portrait of an influential yet too often ignored artist. Birmingham's Dorothy Love Coates is a vibrant performer, a prolific composer, and played a major role in shaping contemporary African American sacred music and worship services. During her 50 year career she wrote and published over 300 songs, recorded 20 albums, and her music has been recorded by countless musicians, including Mahalia Jackson, Johnny Cash, Ray Charles, The Blackwood Brothers, Rev. James Cleveland, Buddy Rich, and the Statesmen Quartet. The Rolling Stone Record Guide called her 'one of the great writers of gospel's golden era.' This program shows how her singular, assertive, shouting style, perfectly accompanied by the Original Gospel Harmonettes, influenced and inspired generations of sacred and secular musicians."--1999 Peabody Awards entry form.
Broadcast Date
1999-05-20
Asset type
Program
Media type
Moving Image
Duration
00:58:48.592
Credits
Producing Organization: Alabama Public Television
Producing Organization: University of Alabama. Center for Public Television and Radio
AAPB Contributor Holdings
The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia
Identifier: cpb-aacip-05f2fcf1ec6 (Filename)
Format: Betacam: SP
Duration: 1:00:00
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Chicago: “ Still Holding On: The Music of Dorothy Love Coates and the Original Gospel Harmonettes ,” 1999-05-20, The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed May 8, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-526-d795718s5r.
MLA: “ Still Holding On: The Music of Dorothy Love Coates and the Original Gospel Harmonettes .” 1999-05-20. The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. May 8, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-526-d795718s5r>.
APA: Still Holding On: The Music of Dorothy Love Coates and the Original Gospel Harmonettes . Boston, MA: The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-526-d795718s5r