This is the original version. Later in 1967 they recorded it again on Shirley Caesar's "I'll Go" album. In 1968 they recorded again on their "Stretch Out" album. They recorded it again in 1989 on their "Reunion" album. There are at least 4 versions they did. I have all of the IRC albums.
One must remember, during the 1960's, if you wanted to hear music like this, you had to go to a Pentecostal, holiness, apostolic or independent storefront church. I grew up in NYC in the 60's and 70's, and remember hearing Institutional, Washington Temple, COOLJC of the Apostolic Faith from the Bronx, and many others on WWRL AM 1600! All the education a teenaged musician in the AMEZC needed to play more than just hymns, thank y'all ever so much.
Arthur Williams Someone forgot to tell my church choir the rules, at First Baptist Church of Crown Heights, we got down like that every Sunday. What matters is that the Lord is present.
Arthur Williams A lot of people don't like to admit it but this type of music started with the Pentecostal or as it was known back then, the Sanctified Church. Other denominations, including Baptist used to make fun of our worship and praise calling us "holy rollers" and "demons". Sure some denominations picked up the COGIC sound but if you wanted to get your praise and shout on everyone knew to go to the Sactified/Holiness church. This is not putting down other denominations it's just fact. I grew up Missionary Baptist and my mom was the choir director at the church I grew up I and she explained this to me as a kid. My mom however, was heavily influenced musically by COGIC because of family that was Pentecostal. But this was and is the COGIC/HOLINESS/APOSTOLIC sound.
Arthur Williams My Family has a strong Pentecostal background in NYC. My great grandmother was a member of Bishop FD Washington’s church (Washington Temple COGIC), my grandmother was a member of Pentecostal House of Prayer COGIC, and my mother was a member of Universal Temple Church it God until moving to California. I thank God for my Holiness upbringing.
I was ,15 years old, and I was the choir director ( cogic ) . At my church. And I would.have the choir.blowing. and after the.song, they would go into shouting
These types of songs originated in the holiness church and then moved to the Baptist church youth or young adult choir. The senior choirs didn't sing this type of music in the Baptist church back then. They did songs from groups like the Clara Ward singers, etc.
Truth! Age 17, and we sang this in my first choir experience. Our lead vocalist, Reba, has gone on home now, but she did this to God's glory. That was 50 years ago.
My 20 year old granddaughter was with me today, 1-2-21 and said, " I know I have an old Spirit, Nana"! She went on to say as I was listening to gospel music, " There is nothing like those good old Gospel Songs that has meaning that speaks to your soul!! She jumped up and just said, YES! YES! YES! I JUST LOOKED AND SAID, WOW! MY GRANDAUGHTER HASN'T REALLY SMILED SINCE HER ONLY BROTHER WAS KILLED!!! I JUST WANT TO SHARE THAT WHEN YOU STRETCH OUT BELIEVING GOD'S WORD, HE (GOD ), WILL SHOW THAT HE'S STILL GOD❣❣🎵🎶🎼🎵👏👏
I Always remember The Institutional COGIC For those Infamous Tambourines, every song that I have ever heard, there was a tambourine being played. lol, and I'm always liking how those tambourine players lasted to the end of every song. lol, i've learned the tambourine very well by playing to their songs. hahaha.
You got the TRUE revelation!! :-) I grew up playing the tambourine in a COGIC church, and that's a skill you can use all your life, to the glory of God! The tambourine is often missing from modern black gospel music, so the music sounds and feels "empty" without that crisp, light, percussion sound the tambourines add to the flavor and sound of the music. I prefer old-school gospel, but the modern stuff would sound soooooo much better with tambourines and much more JOYFUL and EXUBERANT in the praise!! :-)
MrMiikey101 Well, BANG THAT TAMBOURINE and PRAISE HIM, ANYHOW!! LOL...if you want to see and hear lots of tambourines with this song, check out the "Stretch Out--GHMBC" video on UA-cam. I think I counted NINE tambourines, plus the WASHBOARD!! SUPER-MEGA PRAISE and those tambourines really help to "bring the joy" in the music...more black gospel choirs should invest in TAMBOURINES and play them within the choir...BEAUTIFUL!
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!! I need this song EVERY day on this pilgrimage called life! I love the piano and tambourines...and is that a Hammond B3 in the background? GLORY!!
I LOVE that my bishop the honorable J.C White is still being sung literally world wide!! & this is probably my favorite song first lady White sings. Love my Pastor & first lady!!! If you're in CT or surrounding areas you should come visit us. Cathedral Of Praise COGIC Int. Located in Bridgeport,CT. We hear a little bit of this every Sunday.
Thank you Anthony! I had to fake it back when we sung it. A sister church of my church had a 95th church anniversary and we joined choirs to sing songs of the past. God bless!
On of the best gospel songs from my early years. I've been running around singing this song. Finally decided to look up. The original was here. Thank you Jesus.
Incredible! My cousin who just passed had this as one of her staple songs; she tore a hole in it, and this group has, too! There's no messing with the old school saints!
This is so nostalgic. I remember we used to sing Institutional songs. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, I have been singing all the old songs. These songs were under the anointing power of God. Institutional Church was the place to be at that time. I MISS SINGING FOR GOD! I’m not a perfectionist, but I believe in singing under the anointing of our Lord. I TRULY MISS SINGING FOR HIM!!!!!! I believe in the Lord, speaking in an unknown tongue-gift of the HOLY GHOST-Baptized in Jesus Name. You can call me a HOLY ROLLER-trying to live a HOLY LIFE before the Lord- SAVED IN MY YOUTH- NOW I AM OLD - BUT I CAN TESTIFY THAT IVE NEVER SEEN THE RIGHTEOUS FORSAKEN NOR HIS SEED BEGGING BREAD. Look where He’s brought me from.
A staple at many churches, including the non COGIC ones. As a matter of fact, someone posted a message at my Facebook page indicating that it was a staple for them back in the 70's and I know they are not COGIC because we all came up in the same organization. It is a great song.
HEY IS THERE ANYONE OUT THERE KNOW THE OF THE SONG - PART OF THE LYRICS ARE "" COME OVER HERE THE TABLE IS SPREAD AND FEAST OF THE LORD IS GOING ON" IT'S NOT THE RICHARD SMALLWOOD SONG - IT IS OLDER THAN THAT - AND THE IF I REMEMBER THE NAME OF THE SONG TITLE DOES NOT INCLUDE THE LYRICS ABOVE - HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@Vanessa Keith...that's an old devotional song. I don't know the title, but it may be Come over here, where' the table is spread, let us feast on the Lord, let us drink from the fountain , that will never run dry, let us shout Halleluja, by and by....
This song (Strech Out) reminds me of my childhood days, sitting in my grandmother's (RIH) living room, in the rocking chair, rocking to the beat of the stereo with a record player, eight-track, and Am and FM radio. ♥
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I know this was a favorite by many down through the years but quite honesty this is the only song, that no matter who sung it does "nothing" for Me. It just never quite captured me. Now Institutional re-tecorded a song entitled "Anchor Bye and Bye". Now that song is a powerful one.. Just my thoughts..
Gospel Nostalgia you are taking me to my happy place!!! I think that this should be Co-Pastor Gloria White's signature song. Every time she sings it, she sings it with a new freshness. Lord they were singing the glory down when I was only 5. And still going strong all these years later. Ain't that noting but Jesus!!! Thank you for sharing this CLASSIC.
Stretch Out is an Iconic Pentecostal Song which still has a Holy Ghost anointing 50 years later
and always will be
We're is the monster that sang stretched out
We're is the minister. That sing. Stretch out.
You got that right.
There was a purity to the anointing back then...the saints believed what they sang about...
That’s right!
Say that!
Where are the lyrics?
God knows you are Soo right.
You absolutely RIGHT! No pretense here!
This is the original version. Later in 1967 they recorded it again on Shirley Caesar's "I'll Go" album. In 1968 they recorded again on their "Stretch Out" album. They recorded it again in 1989 on their "Reunion" album. There are at least 4 versions they did. I have all of the IRC albums.
One must remember, during the 1960's, if you wanted to hear music like this, you had to go to a Pentecostal, holiness, apostolic or independent storefront church. I grew up in NYC in the 60's and 70's, and remember hearing Institutional, Washington Temple, COOLJC of the Apostolic Faith from the Bronx, and many others on WWRL AM 1600! All the education a teenaged musician in the AMEZC needed to play more than just hymns, thank y'all ever so much.
I am from the 1960's in Brooklyn and concur. I am an apostolic/independent bishop.
Arthur Williams Someone forgot to tell my church choir the rules, at First Baptist Church of Crown Heights, we got down like that every Sunday. What matters is that the Lord is present.
Arthur Williams A lot of people don't like to admit it but this type of music started with the Pentecostal or as it was known back then, the Sanctified Church.
Other denominations, including Baptist used to make fun of our worship and praise calling us "holy rollers" and "demons".
Sure some denominations picked up the COGIC sound but if you wanted to get your praise and shout on everyone knew to go to the Sactified/Holiness church.
This is not putting down other denominations it's just fact. I grew up Missionary Baptist and my mom was the choir director at the church I grew up I and she explained this to me as a kid. My mom however, was heavily influenced musically by COGIC because of family that was Pentecostal. But this was and is the COGIC/HOLINESS/APOSTOLIC sound.
Arthur Williams My Family has a strong Pentecostal background in NYC. My great grandmother was a member of Bishop FD Washington’s church (Washington Temple COGIC), my grandmother was a member of Pentecostal House of Prayer COGIC, and my mother was a member of Universal Temple Church it God until moving to California. I thank God for my Holiness upbringing.
Hervin Balfour Incorrect not all Baptist.....Ignorance is bliss
i grew up in a traditional Baptist church in North Carolina....and we sang like this....
Me as well.
I'm from Chicago and as a little girl, my choir use to sing this...I I'm in my 60's now.🙏🏾❤
Exactly!!
Some of these COGIC think that the Baptist Church didn’t get down like this as well.
That organist was WICKED!!
The late Alfred White.
Chuuuu'ch! A staple at Pentecostal Temple COGIC
I was ,15 years old, and I was the choir director ( cogic ) . At my church. And I would.have the choir.blowing. and after the.song, they would go into shouting
These types of songs originated in the holiness church and then moved to the Baptist church youth or young adult choir. The senior choirs didn't sing this type of music in the Baptist church back then. They did songs from groups like the Clara Ward singers, etc.
Truth! Age 17, and we sang this in my first choir experience. Our lead vocalist, Reba, has gone on home now, but she did this to God's glory. That was 50 years ago.
My 20 year old granddaughter was with me today, 1-2-21 and said, " I know I have an old Spirit, Nana"! She went on to say as I was listening to gospel music, " There is nothing like those good old Gospel Songs that has meaning that speaks to your soul!! She jumped up and just said, YES! YES! YES!
I JUST LOOKED AND SAID, WOW! MY GRANDAUGHTER HASN'T REALLY SMILED SINCE HER ONLY BROTHER WAS KILLED!!!
I JUST WANT TO SHARE THAT WHEN YOU STRETCH OUT BELIEVING GOD'S WORD, HE (GOD ), WILL SHOW THAT HE'S STILL GOD❣❣🎵🎶🎼🎵👏👏
Great testimony that really inspired me.
Cause the race isn't given to the swift, Neither is it given to the strong.
But to him that endureth to the end!
I Always remember The Institutional COGIC For those Infamous Tambourines, every song that I have ever heard, there was a tambourine being played. lol, and I'm always liking how those tambourine players lasted to the end of every song. lol, i've learned the tambourine very well by playing to their songs. hahaha.
You got the TRUE revelation!! :-) I grew up playing the tambourine in a COGIC church, and that's a skill you can use all your life, to the glory of God! The tambourine is often missing from modern black gospel music, so the music sounds and feels "empty" without that crisp, light, percussion sound the tambourines add
to the flavor and sound of the music. I prefer old-school gospel, but the modern
stuff would sound soooooo much better with tambourines and much more JOYFUL and EXUBERANT in the praise!! :-)
Charity Dell Yes Ma'am Everywhere i go to church, you best believe i got my tambourine.
MrMiikey101
Well, BANG THAT TAMBOURINE and PRAISE HIM, ANYHOW!! LOL...if you want to see and hear lots of tambourines with this song, check out the "Stretch Out--GHMBC" video on UA-cam. I think I counted NINE tambourines, plus the WASHBOARD!! SUPER-MEGA PRAISE and those tambourines really help to "bring the joy" in the music...more black gospel choirs should invest in TAMBOURINES and play them within the choir...BEAUTIFUL!
Institutional had church.
Wow flood of memories right there 170 Adelphi St Brooklyn.
The church we used to have was outrageous I’m from the baptist church and hunny in the 80’s it was nothing for us to have church
I sure love that ole school sound and miss it...........
Brethren & Sisteren there's no need to Worry... no need to Fret...all you got to do is Stretchout
Please the lyrics to the little breakdown if you call it that thank you much
MsMamuzo Sorry, I have no lyrics. I always post them when I have them.
+MsMamuzo
When i am lost, when i am sad
Jesus is there, he'll make me glad
The lord won't decieve you
The lord he won't leave you
Gospel Nostalgia NP thanks anyways
Apriacoram that's Vickie Wians version
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!! I need this song EVERY day on this pilgrimage called life! I love the piano and tambourines...and is that a Hammond B3 in
the background? GLORY!!
Yes, they definitely used the staple Hammond B3.
SHO' NUFF A CLASSIC, ABSOLUTELY MARVELOUS! YES LORD!
WWRL on Sundays..😊
Those were the days!
1600 AM
Someone is doing a job on that piano.....LOL...........
I LOVE that my bishop the honorable J.C White is still being sung literally world wide!! & this is probably my favorite song first lady White sings. Love my Pastor & first lady!!! If you're in CT or surrounding areas you should come visit us. Cathedral Of Praise COGIC Int. Located in Bridgeport,CT. We hear a little bit of this every Sunday.
What are the lyrics to the special part I can not understand what they're saying please !
When I am lonely, when I am sad, Jesus is there to make me glad, The Lord will receive you, The Lord won't deceive you, STRETCH OUT!
Thank you Anthony! I had to fake it back when we sung it. A sister church of my church had a 95th church anniversary and we joined choirs to sing songs of the past. God bless!
On of the best gospel songs from my early years. I've been running around singing this song. Finally decided to look up. The original was here. Thank you Jesus.
Incredible! My cousin who just passed had this as one of her staple songs; she tore a hole in it, and this group has, too! There's no messing with the old school saints!
My God, my God.....I need to stretch out!!!!!
Glory to God! From my teen years!!!!
The lead singer is still living at the age of 85. I just watch her perform this at Hezekiah Walker 30th anniversary in ministry. Wow
Does anyone know of a website where I can buy this album from?
Great Great. I would listen to this song on my way to my church as a teenager and by the time I got there.it was on. worship time!!!! MB
i need the lyrics to this! love this song! GHMBC singing it brought me to this site!
This is so nostalgic. I remember we used to sing Institutional songs. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, I have been singing all the old songs. These songs were under the anointing power of God. Institutional Church was the place to be at that time. I MISS SINGING FOR GOD! I’m not a perfectionist, but I believe in singing under the anointing of our Lord. I TRULY MISS SINGING FOR HIM!!!!!! I believe in the Lord, speaking in an unknown tongue-gift of the HOLY GHOST-Baptized in Jesus Name. You can call me a HOLY ROLLER-trying to live a HOLY LIFE before the Lord- SAVED IN MY YOUTH- NOW I AM OLD - BUT I CAN TESTIFY THAT IVE NEVER SEEN THE RIGHTEOUS FORSAKEN NOR HIS SEED BEGGING BREAD. Look where He’s brought me from.
I did not know they did this in 1967 they also did a version their grace album.
MrTheOneAndOnly83
neither did i til the good Bishop here proved otherwise
@@blackscorpionlairgaming I was thinking of different song.
Love this song, the 60,s and 70,s, we blessed the Lord with this song. Still sounds good.
A staple at many churches, including the non COGIC ones. As a matter of fact, someone posted a message at my Facebook page indicating that it was a staple for them back in the 70's and I know they are not COGIC because we all came up in the same organization. It is a great song.
Oh my
You're welcome. To me this is Gloria White's signature song.
YESSSSSS it does not matter when I hear this I am bless.
Love Insitutional Radio choir Minister
HEY IS THERE ANYONE OUT THERE KNOW THE OF THE SONG - PART OF THE LYRICS ARE "" COME OVER HERE THE TABLE IS SPREAD AND FEAST OF THE LORD IS GOING ON"
IT'S NOT THE RICHARD SMALLWOOD SONG - IT IS OLDER THAN THAT - AND THE IF I REMEMBER THE NAME OF THE SONG TITLE DOES NOT INCLUDE THE LYRICS ABOVE -
HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@Vanessa Keith...that's an old devotional song. I don't know the title, but it may be Come over here, where' the table is spread, let us feast on the Lord, let us drink from the fountain , that will never run dry, let us shout Halleluja, by and by....
Come on up.....CSBC
2020 got give it over to the Lord!!
Funtastique
You're welcome.
2024❤❤❤
This song (Strech Out) reminds me of my childhood days, sitting in my grandmother's (RIH) living room, in the rocking chair, rocking to the beat of the stereo with a record player, eight-track, and Am and FM radio. ♥
I know this was a favorite by many down through the years but quite honesty this is the only song, that no matter who sung it does "nothing" for Me. It just never quite captured me. Now Institutional re-tecorded a song entitled "Anchor Bye and Bye". Now that song is a powerful one..
Just my thoughts..
THIS REMINDS ME OF 1970 FLOWERS TEMPLE CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST SISTER LETHA PERL
HIYA
this is the happenin gospel music of my youth. Coming back to it. Never left Jesus.
Sing Gloria!
Why dont ya?!
Dem “chern” knew how to sing Dey song! You know? PWG
Gospel Nostalgia you are taking me to my happy place!!! I think that this should be Co-Pastor Gloria White's signature song. Every time she sings it, she sings it with a new freshness. Lord they were singing the glory down when I was only 5. And still going strong all these years later. Ain't that noting but Jesus!!! Thank you for sharing this CLASSIC.
I like this one! I need to learn to the lyrics 💕 thanks for sharing!
Opps I was thinking of reach out is on the grace album released in 1968.
Yes, yes, yes. Stretch Out on his Word
There's no need to worry, there's no need to fret......Stretch out! Keep on...
There's no need to worry, there's no need to fret..... stretchout....keep on ....
Long time no hear. Thanks for the post!
STRETCH OUT
Yes lord stretch out!!
Aman
Correct. I have that album too.
God bless, Bishop!
God bless you.
I love this song. Would you happen to know who is on those tambourines?
I do not know. Sorry about that.
Gospel Nostalgia please the lyrics to the little breakdown part I want to learn that part I can not understand thank you
+MsMamuzo When i am lost, when i am sad
Jesus is there, he'll make me glad
The lord won't decieve you
The lord he won't leave you
Thank you so much appreciate it Apriacoram
The song is so old
You meant to say classic... Right