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How they got over : gospel quartets and the road to rock & roll / a Foundmedia production ; with Tannen Media ; One State Films ; and Diandrea Media ; a film by Robert Clem ; produced by Robert Clem and Mike Tannen ; directed and edited by Robert Clem.

New York, NY : First Run Features, [2022]

1 videodisc (87 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

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Celebrates the spirit of gospel performers and how they helped usher in a musical revolution that changed the world forever. Beginning in the 1920s, Black singers across the country took to the highways as the new technology of radio and records made it possible to reach a wider audience. Intense competition brought new ways to entertain, first with guitars, and later with full bands. Their music was infectious, and the success of gospel quartets inspired record labels to form doo-wop groups that enticed gospel singers like Sam Cooke, Lou Rawls and Wilson Pickett to cross over to greater fame. Some of the greatest names in quartet music are interviewed in the film, giving vivid accounts of how they "got over" in their performances: shouting, bending over backwards, dancing, jumping off the stage -- all a huge influence on future rock 'n' rollers.

Gospel music -- History.

Gospel singers -- History.

Documentary films.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Clem, Robert, film director.

Tannen, Michael, producer.

Tharpe, Rosetta, 1915-1973, performer.

Soul Stirrers (Musical group), performer.

Dixie Hummingbirds, performer.

Blind Boys of Alabama, performer.

Sensational Nightingales (Musical group), performer.

Davis Sisters (Gospel music group), performer.

Foundmedia, production company.

Tannen Media, production company.

One State Films, production company.

Diandrea Media, production company.

First-Run Features (Firm), publisher.

Title from sell sheet.

Wide screen.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2018.

Special features: Sister Rosetta Tharpe hosts TV Gospel Time and performs "Down by The Riverside"; The Barrett Sisters of Chicago sing "Jesus Love Me" on TV Gospel Time; The Blind Boys of Mississippee host TV Gospel Time with a hard gospel rendition of "Leaning on the Everlasting Arms."

Featuring the Soul Stirrers, Dixie Hummingbirds, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Blind Boys of Alabama, Sensational Nightingales, the Davis Sisters and many more.

DVD, wide screen.

In English, with optional English SDH subtitles.

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