Gospel songs are actually the songs that were founded by the spiritual souls of Baptist churches of US in the 1920s. It is said the first Gospel music was founded by Thomas A Dorsey.
Gospel songs are mainly based on the aesthetic aspect of the African-American church life. These are a blend of enthusiasm and emotions coupled with rhythmical hand-clapping and foot-stamping.

The most renowned singer of the early Gospel songs was Mahalia Jackson. Later many individual groups came forward to adorn the beauty and rhythm of these songs. Some of the known groups were Dixie Hummingbirds and the Swan Silvertones.

Spirituality and spontaneity are the two major components of these songs. Spirituality implies to the aesthetic aspect of the church life and spontaneity is for the impulsiveness of the polyrhythmic beats. These songs are a blend of interesting sounds, beautiful lyrics, and secular music. These also integrate various forms like jazz and hip-hop.

It is believed that most of the Gospel songs follow a particular pattern of singing. This pattern is commonly known as the call-and-response pattern of singing. It involves the response of the church with respect of the song. This little light of mine and Jesus is on the mainline are the two most popular Gospel songs.
 

Listing of Gospel song resources.

Gospel Songs directory:

http://originalsongsite.com - Features Country  Gospel  songs, song lyrics, Gospel lyrics, songs writers, referral to internet ,saving offers on all items, lyric critique, songwriting tips and more. It also contains country songs and Christmas songs.


http://www.trueloversofchrist.com -Offers gospel songs, praise songs, praise music, praise and worship, Christian concerts, Christian artists, Christian videos, Christian links, Christian wedding songs.


http://www.tamilchristian.com -Contains Tamil Christian Gospel Songs, Lyrics, Tamil Christian, Tamil Christian, Tamil Bible, Tamil Gospel, Tamil Church, Tamil Jesus,  Tamil Christian's Global Network, E-commerce,  The Bible in Tamil, hymns, video clips, and Tamil Christian links. 

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