Bill Shaw was such a a fabulous Tenor it's difficult to think of anyone else trying to fill his shoes. I'm glad Bill Gaither made a video tape with Bill, James, and J.D. singing together again and Wally Varner on piano before they all died. Bill sounded as good as ever even in advanced age!
Love this recording!!! Grew up listening to it over and over. Such great memories for me. This is the Blackwoods at their best! Thanks so much for uploading. 🥰🙏🙏
In our house when I was a kid many Blackwood Brothers albums but my favorites was Blackwood Brothers Hymn Sing ,and On Stage! The Blackwood Brothers Live from Long Beach California.
"HOW ABOUT YOUR HEART" Bill Lyles-Bass, Roy Winston (R.W.) Blackwood-Baritone, James Blackwood-Lead, Bill Shaw-Temor, Jackie Marshall-Piano. Recorded prior to the plane crash that killed R. W. & Bill
Hi Steve -- LOVE this recording so so much!! They were killers, weren't they!! All four voices and the boogie-woogie piano to boot! But if you listen closely to this album, there are a few curious things. First, we're definitely hearing two different vocal lineups on this record, do you realize that? JD Sumner and Cecil joined the group in 1954, but neither of them are singing on "How About Your Heart" or "Gloryland Jubilee" or "The Touch of His Hand" or "One Step" or "Joy, Joy". Gotta be RW and Bill Lyles on those tracks and maybe a few others. Strange that this album came out in 1964 with so few original songs and so many (great) songs recorded over 10 years earlier. But the Blackwoods were great at selling albums and they needed new albums to sell all the time, so packaging some older cuts with some newer ones is understandable. And who knows, maybe someone got sick in 1963 or 64 and they couldn't record, so they supplemented with some older songs already in the can. I'm figuring the pianist is Jack Marshall on some of these tracks and maybe Wally Varner on a couple, but this outlandish piano style (with the fabulous boogie left hand) screams Jackie Marshall to me. Also, Bill Shaw was amazing, and James could lead and could sing the high falsetto ending like no one else. In my opinion, this is the finest BB studio album ever released. I would love to know the personnel, though, and the real story behind how and why this album got released with different lineups. Who is there that could help us with that mystery?
RCA Camden was the budget label for RCA Victor. Unreleased recording and singles were often put on albums here - it was rare that they recorded new songs to put on the budget label record. Same with the Keys To The Kingdom LP and the Give Us This Day LP. How About Your Heart was released as a single in the early 50s on RCA Victor but it was never put on an official album release.
On the spiritual “Joy, Joy, Joy” on the B side, there’s a fifth man singing. Did the credits say anything? Possibly Jackie Marshall joining from the piano?
I was listening to the radio broadcast from the 50s and before they sing this number James Blackwood says “Jackie Marshall joins in on the chorus to make a five-part harmony”.
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Bill Shaw was such a a fabulous Tenor it's difficult to think of anyone else trying to fill his shoes. I'm glad Bill Gaither made a video tape with Bill, James, and J.D. singing together again and Wally Varner on piano before they all died. Bill sounded as good as ever even in advanced age!
my father sing on stage with the Blackwood Brothers in Midland TExas in 1964
Bill Shaw one of the GREAT tenors to EVER sing GOSPEL MUSIC!
I couldn't agree more!
Love this recording!!! Grew up listening to it over and over. Such great memories for me. This is the Blackwoods at their best! Thanks so much for uploading. 🥰🙏🙏
This Group made more Records than any other group Thank you Steve for posting this one
You do a superior job of editing and blending on these albums! Top on UA-cam in our opinion! Again, thank you for uploading and sharing!
In our house when I was a kid many Blackwood Brothers albums but my favorites was Blackwood Brothers Hymn Sing ,and On Stage! The Blackwood Brothers Live from Long Beach California.
"HOW ABOUT YOUR HEART" Bill Lyles-Bass, Roy Winston (R.W.) Blackwood-Baritone, James Blackwood-Lead, Bill Shaw-Temor,
Jackie Marshall-Piano. Recorded prior to the plane crash that killed R.
W. & Bill
Hi Steve -- LOVE this recording so so much!! They were killers, weren't they!! All four voices and the boogie-woogie piano to boot! But if you listen closely to this album, there are a few curious things. First, we're definitely hearing two different vocal lineups on this record, do you realize that? JD Sumner and Cecil joined the group in 1954, but neither of them are singing on "How About Your Heart" or "Gloryland Jubilee" or "The Touch of His Hand" or "One Step" or "Joy, Joy". Gotta be RW and Bill Lyles on those tracks and maybe a few others. Strange that this album came out in 1964 with so few original songs and so many (great) songs recorded over 10 years earlier. But the Blackwoods were great at selling albums and they needed new albums to sell all the time, so packaging some older cuts with some newer ones is understandable. And who knows, maybe someone got sick in 1963 or 64 and they couldn't record, so they supplemented with some older songs already in the can. I'm figuring the pianist is Jack Marshall on some of these tracks and maybe Wally Varner on a couple, but this outlandish piano style (with the fabulous boogie left hand) screams Jackie Marshall to me. Also, Bill Shaw was amazing, and James could lead and could sing the high falsetto ending like no one else. In my opinion, this is the finest BB studio album ever released. I would love to know the personnel, though, and the real story behind how and why this album got released with different lineups. Who is there that could help us with that mystery?
RCA Camden was the budget label for RCA Victor. Unreleased recording and singles were often put on albums here - it was rare that they recorded new songs to put on the budget label record. Same with the Keys To The Kingdom LP and the Give Us This Day LP. How About Your Heart was released as a single in the early 50s on RCA Victor but it was never put on an official album release.
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Thanks! Will add this to description of this video! Appreciate you!
We had this Album growing up
In fact I still have records put away in boxes
On the spiritual “Joy, Joy, Joy” on the B side, there’s a fifth man singing. Did the credits say anything? Possibly Jackie Marshall joining from the piano?
I was listening to the radio broadcast from the 50s and before they sing this number James Blackwood says “Jackie Marshall joins in on the chorus to make a five-part harmony”.
Hey Steve, please can you upload that “How About Your Heart” as a single separate upload? Thank you
I sure can! Here it is! How About Your Heart? - The Blackwood Brothers (1964)
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Hello, can you post the Weatherford Quartet ''Come on, let's sing? 1967
Most def I can! Please watch for it very soon and please subscribe to my channel and be sure to turn NOTIFICATIONS on!
Loved The Weatherford Quartet!