A Joyful Noise (Drinkard Singers album)

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A Joyful Noise
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Studio album by
The Drinkard Singers
Released1958, U.S.A.
2009 Re-issue, Australia
RecordedApril 9, 14, 16 and 25, 1958
Venue Webster Hall, New York
Genre Gospel
Length31:58
Label RCA
Producer Brad McCuen

A Joyful Noise is a live album by American gospel singing group The Drinkard Singers, released in the U.S. in 1958 on RCA Records. It is a live recording of gospel tunes performed by the family act which comprised Emily Drinkard (later known as Cissy Houston), her sisters Anne Moss, Lee Warrick (mother of Dionne Warwick and Dee Dee Warwick), and brothers Nickolas and Larry Drinkard and Marie Epps. Anne Drinkard left and was replaced by Lee's adopted daughter Judy Guions, who was later known as Judy Clay. [1]

Contents

Notes

After the Drinkard Singers appearance at the 1957 Newport Jazz Festival, they recorded the first gospel album to appear on a major label, which would become the live album, A Joyful Noise for RCA Records in 1958. [2]

Track listing

U.S. LP Album [3]

A Side
  1. "My Rock" - 2:39
  2. "Use Me, Lord" - 2:45
  3. "Rise, Shine" - 3:10
  4. "One Day" - 3:06
  5. "Listen to the Lambs" - 3:11
  6. "After It's All Over" - 2:39
B Side
  1. "Somebody Touched Me" - 2:49
  2. "Wade in the Water" - 2:23
  3. "Just a Little While to Stay Here" - 2:58
  4. "Singing In My Soul" - 2:52
  5. "Ring Those Golden Bells - 2:35
  6. "Sweet Hour of Prayer" (William B. Bradbury, William W. Walford) - 3:11

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