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	Harold Lane Nominated to Hall of Fame
		His dedication to gospel music is unquestionable, his love for it is immeasurable and his contribution to it is invaluable, not to mention eternal.
		Those of us who have experienced Harold’s dedication and commitment to Gospel Music, who have personally enjoyed the benefits of his contributions, and those of us with whom he has shared his love of the music, the people who sing it and the Lord, Jesus Christ whom we serve are truly blessed beyond measure.
		His music and arrangements have added a new dimension to four-part gospel harmony and the Gospel Music world is a much richer and sweeter sounding because of his contributions.
	www.gospelharmonyboys.org /news_15.html (1189 words)

	BBC News \| MUSIC \| Elvis to receive gospel honour
		Music legend Elvis Presley is to be inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame on Tuesday.
		Already a member of the halls of fame for rock'n'roll and country music, the latest honour will make the singer the only entertainer who has been inducted all three.
		Presley was a long-time fan of gospel music, which he heard at the Assembly of God Church when he was growing up.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/music/1678939.stm (339 words)

	Elvis, Albertina and Larry Among Chosen People In Gospel Music Hall of Fame
		The GMA Gospel Music Hall of Fame was established in 1971 and has inducted 122 members since its inception, including Andrae Crouch, Tennessee Ernie Ford, The Oak Ridge Boys, Petra, Mahalia Jackson, Thomas A. Dorsey, the Fairfield Four, Billy Graham and the Jordanaires.
		Selection into the Hall of Fame is made by approximately 300 members of the GMA Gospel Music Hall of Fame electorate, who each have at least 10 years experience in the gospel music field.
		The Gospel Music Association also produces the Dove Awards, which recognizes achievement in all genres of gospel music and is the premiere television awards show for the contemporary Christian and gospel music industry.
	bmi.com /news/200109/20010917b.asp (789 words)

	peermusic - The Independent Major :: Jimmie Davis
		Country and gospel music was a part of everyday life, and Jimmie learned to play guitar while building a large repertoire of songs.
		In 1971, he was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame and a year later, he was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Gospel Music Association’s Hall of Fame.
		In the spring of 1992 Davis appeared on a CBS special celebrating the Country Music Hall of Fame's 25th anniversary, and in 1998 he recorded a new version of "You Are My Sunshine” [available through digitalpressure.com].
	www.peermusic.com /artistpage/Jimmie_Davis.html (839 words)

	Gospel Hall of Fame inducts Elvis
		Norman’s relationship with the gospel music industry has sometimes been strained over the years but, his son said, was improving.
		The Hall of Fame’s inductees were selected by about 300 members of the GMA Gospel Music Hall of Fame electorate.
		Already a member of the halls of fame for rock 'n' roll and country music, the gospel addition will give Presley the distinction of being the only entertainer inducted into all three.
	www.kki.pl /elvisal/elvis_ghof.htm (959 words)

	CCM Magazine
		The GMA Gospel Music Hall of Fame induction reception and ceremony will be held at the Richland Country Club in Nashville on Nov. 14 at 7:30 p.m.
		The GMA Foundation (GMAF) is a non-profit educational association working in connection with the Gospel Music Association (GMA) The GMAF recognizes and preserves the history and legacy of all forms of gospel music and provides educational resources that encourage participation and appreciation by the general public.
		The GMA produces the GMA Music Awards, which recognizes achievement in all genres of gospel music and are voted on by members of the GMA.
	www.ccmmagazine.com /musicnews/1982.aspx (1093 words)

	Black Gospel Music and the Gospel Music Hall of Fame - Associated Content
		White gospel music is often referred to as southern gospel music; whereas, traditional gospel music is referred to as fl gospel music.
		Since much of the music sprang from the African-American churches of the early twentieth century, the fl cultural experience is at the very center of the music.
		In 1971, the GMA Gospel Music Hall of Fame was established by the GMA foundation for the recognition of artists of gospel music and their contributions to society.
	www.associatedcontent.com /article/34188/black_gospel_music_and_the_gospel_music.html (464 words)

	Gospel Music Hall of Fame Welcomes BMI's Frances Preston
		Gospel Music Association's Gospel Music Hall of Fame, during ceremonies on February 11.
		She is Past Chairwoman and President of the Gospel Music Association and a lifetime board member.
		Vestal Goodman, known as the "Queen of Gospel Music," was a founding member of the Happy Goodman Family and the first artist to receive a Female Vocalist of the Year Dove Award in 1969.
	www.bmi.com /news/200402/20040217a.asp (499 words)

	Gospel Music Hall of Fame honors longtime favorites - Nashville, Tennessee - Wednesday, 11/15/06 - Tennessean.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Gospel Music Association inducted a new class into its GMA Gospel Music Hall of Fame on Tuesday, honoring composer and arranger Richard Smallwood, Southern gospel group The Hinsons, inspirational singer Doug Oldham and longtime contemporary Christian music business executive John T. Benson III.
		The future hall may be in an existing public building downtown, he said, but the possibility of constructing a new facility also is being explored.
		The 2006 Gospel Music Association Hall of Fame class with GMA President John Styll, second from right, and Ed Harper of the Harper Agency and GMA Foundation, far right, are: Ronnie Hinson, left, Larry Hinson, Yvonne Hinson-Johnson, John T. Benson III, Richard Smallwood, Styll, Harper, and Doug Oldham, seated in wheelchair.
	tennessean.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061115/ENTERTAINMENT01/611150433/1055/ENTERTAINMENT (764 words)

	Gospel Music Hall Of Fame Looks To Open \| WKRN.COM (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Gospel Music Association, GMA, has about $2 million in the bank and is looking for $3 to $13 million more.
		Gospel legends Bill and Gloria Gaither said the hall of fame belongs in Nashville and organizers stressed that all kinds of gospel, from southern to contemporary, would be represented.
		The GMA said the hall will be an education and culture center for all gospel music.
	www.wkrn.com /nashville/news/gospel-music-hall-of-fame-looks-to-open/59618.htm (344 words)

	Gospel Music Association - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Gospel Music Association (GMA) was founded in 1964 for the purpose of supporting and promoting the development of all forms of Gospel music.
		Annually held in Estes Park, CO since 1974 "Music in the Rockies" (formally Seminar in the Rockies) is a showcase event for aspiring (oftentimes unsigned) songwriters and artists in the Christian music industry.
		The GMA Gospel Music Hall of Fame, which was created in 1971, is dedicated exclusively to recognizing meaningful contributions of individuals in all forms of gospel music.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gospel_Music_Association (244 words)

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		Hall of Fame members, The Lewis Family and Amy Grant at the GMA Gospel Music Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony.
		The GMA Gospel Music Hall of Fame ceremony was held at Trinity Music City in Hendersonville, Tenn..
		Organized in 1951, The Lewis Family has achieved worldwide recognition as an icon of bluegrass gospel music and have been called the genre's "First Family." From a modest but proud beginning in its hometown, Lincolnton, Ga., the group continues today as it began; made up entirely of family members.
	www.sogospel.com /more.php?id=600_0_1_20_M4 (298 words)

	Southern Gospel Music Association ~ Pigeon Forge, TN
		The purpose of the SGMA is to maintain a Southern Gospel Music Hall of Fame and Museum for the historic preservation of the accomplishments of our music, its people and its ministry.
		We believe Southern Gospel Music is the musical arm of our Lord's evangelist church, without regard to denomination.
		On April 17, 1999, the Southern Gospel Music Hall of Fame and Museum opened in Dollywood in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.
	www.sgma.org (393 words)

	Gospel Music Hall Of Fame Inducts Three New Black Members - Brief Article Jet - Find Articles
		The Gospel Music Association (GMA) recently inducted eight music superstars into its Gospel Music Hall of Fame in Nashville, TN, including Shirley Caesar, the Fisk Jubilee Singers and the Edwin Hawkins Singers.
		The inductees were honored at the annual Hall of Fame Banquet in Franklin, TN.
		Selection into the Hall of Fame is made by approximately 300 members of its electorate, who each have at least 10 years in the gospel music field.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1355/is_24_98/ai_67688277 (364 words)

	WEPRfm.com Powered by E Prayze Radio: The Internet Hottest Music Spot.
		DETROIT, March 26, 2004 - Gospel recording artists Donnie McClurkin and CeeCee Winans, Savoy Records Executive Director Rev. Milton Biggham, the late Anna Crockett Ford, Dr. Albert J. Lewis, Jr., Bill Moss and The Celestials, the O'Neal Twins and Joseph Niles are this year's inductees to the International Gospel Music Hall of Fame and Museum.
		We received votes from gospel music fans in the United States, South Africa, Japan, Europe, Jamaica, Tobago, London and numerous other locations, which is what we envisioned when we added 'international' to our name last year.
		Nominees to the International Gospel Music Hall of Fame and Museum must have been involved in gospel music activities for at least 25 years.
	www.eprayzeradio.com /Music_News.shtml (545 words)

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		The Gospel Music Hall of Fame was established in 1971 and has inducted 122 members since its inception, including Elvis Presley, Mahalia Jackson, Andrae Crouch, Tennessee Ernie Ford, The Oak Ridge Boys, Petra, Bill and Gloria Gaither, the Rambos, Thomas A. Dorsey, the Fairfield Four, Billy Graham, and the Jordanaires.
		Selection into the Hall of Fame is made by approximately 300 members of the Gospel Music Hall of Fame electorate, who each have at least 10 years experience in the gospel music field.
		It was her 1982 album Age to Age, that proved to the world there was room for faith and gospel in pop, becoming the first Christian music album to reach Platinum status.
	lifeway.com /lwc/lwc_cda_article/0,1643,A=151990&X=1&M=50088,00.html (1386 words)

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		GMA Gospel Music Hall of Fame Inductees of '07
		"This year’s class of GMA Gospel Music Hall of Fame inductees are each unique in their significant contributions to the heritage and diversity of gospel music, but together share a legacy of creating redemptive music that has inspired music audiences for decades,” said Styll.
		The GMA Gospel Music Hall of Fame induction ceremony and dinner will be held at the Richland Country Club in Nashville on Monday, Oct. 29 beginning at 6:30 p.m.
	www.cbn.com /cbnmusic/news/091307gma_halloffame.aspx (1435 words)

	GospelMusic.org GMA : Press Room
		Each is deserving, not only for their individual artistic contributions to gospel music, but for the profound influence they had on artists that followed them,â said Styll.
		At 19, he made his first album, marking the beginning of the contemporary Christian music era in the '60s and paving the way for a new generation of gospel music that today is the best-selling style of gospel music.
		A 20-year member of the GMA Board of Directors, Hildreth is also a strong supporter of the Southern Gospel Music Association Hall of Fame at Dollywood in Pigeon Forge, Tenn. and is a member of the Texas Music Hall of Fame.
	www.gospelmusic.org /newsmedia/pressRoom_detail.aspx?iid=4364&tid=33 (1535 words)

	Alabama Music Hall of Fame: Jake Hess (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Gospel Music, Hess sang with the John Daniel Quartet, Sunny South Quartet and the Original Melody Masters before joining the Statesmen Quartet in 1948 as an original member and lead singer.
		The winner of four Grammy awards, Hess was a founding father of the National Quartet Convention and a director of the Gospel Music Association.
		Hess was inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 1987.
	www.archives.state.al.us /famous/music/jhess.html (157 words)

	Green leads four inductees into Gospel Hall of Fame
		Goodman, known as the "queen of gospel music," died Dec. 27 at age 74 of complications from the flu.
		The GMA Gospel Music Hall of Fame has inducted 125 members since its inception in 1971, including Elvis Presley, Mahalia Jackson, Amy Grant, the Oak Ridge Boys and the Jordanaires.
		Founded in 1964, the GMA, which is based in Nashville, represents all styles of gospel music including contemporary pop, rock, urban gospel, praise and worship, Southern gospel, country and children's gospel.
	www.enquirer.com /editions/2004/01/11/tem_gospel11.html (304 words)

	International Gospel Music Hall of Fame and Museum® Rallies the World for 1 Mill by INTERNATIONAL GOSPEL MUSIC HALL OF ...
		The International Gospel Music Hall of Fame and Museum® Executive Board of Directors is pleased to announce the launch of Club 52 (www.club52.org) and year two of a capital campaign designed to raise money for a permanent museum in Detroit.
		Given gospel music's key role and the passion, talent and commitment of gospel artists, a new museum deserves to be built.
		With this devotion to gospel music in mind, Club 52 (www.club52.org) was created to encourage the public to support the project at minimal cost while still feeling intimately involved in the evolution and construction of the hall of fame.
	www.1888pressrelease.com /press-release-vk0w4p420.html (725 words)

	Fodors.com > Features > Sights > America's Most Entertaining Halls of Fame: Gospel Music Hall of Fame
		Musical hall of faming doesn't stop at rock 'n' roll.
		At least not for the founders of Detroit's International Gospel Music Hall of Fame and Museum.
		The hall traces gospel's influence on contemporary artists, including Toni Braxton and Whitney Houston, both of whom have integrated their childhood experiences of gospel into their commercial work.
	www.fodors.com /features/nfdisplay1.cfm?name=si/010330_si_halls_gospel.cfm&CFID=6218519&CFTOKEN=59114029 (140 words)

	Gospel Music Hall Of Fame Series - Wal-Mart (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Gospel Music Hall Of Fame Series recognizes the achievements of artists who have been inducted into the Gospel Music Hall Of Fame, highlighting the most popular and enduring songs and performances of notable inductees.
		The Hall Of Fame began its inductions in 1971.
		For instance, if you bought a music CD that took 1 to 2 business days to process before shipping and you had it sent by Standard shipping (3 to 7 business days), the CD would arrive in 4 to 9 business days.
	www.walmart.com /catalog/product.gsp?product_id=1186612 (583 words)

	Southern Gospel Music Association - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Southern Gospel Music Association (SGMA) is a non-profit corporation formed as an association of southern gospel music singers, songwriters, fans, and industry workers.
		The music itself began to be popularized as paid groups traversed the country giving concerts as a means of publicizing published books of sheet music, which the groups would try to sell to the audience.
		The Hall of Fame and Museum was opened at the Dollywood theme park in 1999.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Southern_Gospel_Music_Association (347 words)

	Gospel Music Hall of Fame - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Gospel Music Hall of Fame, created in 1971 by the Gospel Music Association, is a Hall of Fame dedicated exclusively to recognizing meaningful contributions by individuals in all forms of gospel music.
		A number of these artists are now deceased; nevertheless, they are recognized for their contribution towards their influence on gospel music and for the longevity of their work.
		Others associated with Graham's ministries are also inductees: George Beverly Shea soloist of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Team; Cliff Barrows (inducted 1988) music director and choir master for all Billy Graham Evangelistic Campaigns; Ralph Carmichael produced the music in Billy Graham films such as "Mr.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gospel_Music_Hall_of_Fame (366 words)

	International Gospel Music Hall of Fame
		International Gospel Music Hall Fame and Museum® members can enjoy discounts on healthcare services and they have the freedom to choose participating providers within the various networks anywhere in the nation.
		There are a lot of gospel performers who are in need of the benefits a discount healthcare plan can offer.
		Nothing deterred the revelry and reverence of the gospel music crowd on October 21, not even the Detroit Tigers' appearance in Game One of World Series on the same night.
	www.igmhf.org /website/html_pages/home_page.html (599 words)

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