The late 60s were the beginnings of “The Jesus
Movement”, and Andraé, a black man, had no
trouble being accepted by Southern California
hippies that had come to Christ. He and his
group, “The Disciples”, eventually were able to
extend their musical outreach throughout the
United States and beyond.
A Look Back at the Little Rock Nine
“The Blood Will Never Lose Its Power”
I will never forget experiencing Andraé Crouch
and the Disciples for the first time. A 1970
“Jesus Music” concert was loosely organized
on a Huntington Beach high school football
field, and the groups all shared a small stage.
The audience was ethnically white, and the
“Jesus” music played very much resembled the
Teen Town - The Motown Story 1965
fully impacted the US public nor mainstream
airwaves. However, Motown (then Tamla)
Records will now begin its staggering influence
into the mainstream American culture.
Week after week, month after month, hit after
singer/songwriter and country-rock sounds of
“Through It All”
the day. However, Andraé sounded nothing like
that at all. He performed with such exuberance,
joy, and confidence, that it was contagious in
spreading the Gospel message that day. And
my goodness, could his twin sister Sandra play
tambourine! (@4:28)
hit, the Motown Sound will play a massive role
in black music crossing over to white listening
“Bless His Holy Name” (Bless the Lord All My Soul)
audiences, and thereby playing a pivotal role in
the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. Mary
Wells, Smokey Robinson, The Temptations,
The Four Tops, Diana Ross and the Supremes,
Stevie Wonder, The Jackson 5, Marvin Gaye,
and many others, will disarm American pop Andrae Crouch // Can’t Nobody Do Me Like Jesus
radio and homes song-by-song. “HITSVILLE I immediately purchased the album, “Take the
USA” had impacted US culture. It certainly Message EVERYWHERE”, and literally wore it
marked this young boy, as I tightly held my out on my record player! These were the early
transistor radio to my ear every night in bed. years of a musician, songwriter, artist, creative,
“Soon and Very Soon”
preacher, and friend to many, that would
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr said that, “the most
segregated hour in Christian America is eleven
o’clock on Sunday mornings”, and until Andraé
Crouch, that truth extended to most church
music services as well.
“Jesus is the Answer”
Stevie Wonder //
Uptight (Everything’s Alright) (1965)
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“My Tribute” (To God Be The Glory)
February 2019
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