Gospel Music of Elvis Presley

Sure enough!! Elvis recorded his first session with RCA on January 10, 1956, with Scotty, Bill, and, D. J. . That day, “I Got A Woman”, “Heartbreak Hotel”, and, “Money Honey” were recorded. On January 11, 1956, Gordon Stoker was called by Chet Atkins to do a session with a “new-probably-wouldn’t-be-around-long kid, named Elvis Presley”—oily [...]

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One year, I decided that I really wanted to bring in The Speer Family, so I called The Harper Agency and we discussed a date and time and the financial arrangements. I must admit, that the figure we settled on was considerably more than we had ever agreed to before, but I just knew that [...]

Marc Speer Forms New Speer Revival; Signs With Avid Group, News & Scoop – SoGospelNews.com

Marc Speer Forms New Speer Revival; Signs With Avid Group Add this entry to Your Favorites | [0] Favorites ShareThis [0] Comments Please wait… Nashville, TN – The Speer Family will begin its third generation of performing southern gospel music with Marc Speer’s announcement of the formation of New Speer Revival. Marc Speer, Rick Moore, [...]

Artist page for The Speer Family – Wal-mart

Biography The Speer Family came on the southern gospel music scene at a time when the genre seemed overrun with quartets and other groups. The Speer Family has released over 70 albums, five of which gained them Grammy nominations. They are the recipients of several Dove Awards, eight for Best Mixed Group of the Year, [...]

YouTube – Speers – I Never Shall Forget the Day

Speers – I Never Shall Forget the Day via YouTube – Speers – I Never Shall Forget the Day.

The Speer Family: Information from Answers.com

Biography An important reference point in the appreciation of traditional Southern gospel quartet singing, the Speer Family emerged when there were countless Southern gospel quartets, but continued to perform into the 1990s. Although the Speer lineup had changed over the years, their music in the ’90s was still true to the music they were making [...]

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Original members of the famous Speer Family delight the students at Ben Speer’s Stamps/Baxter School of Music, Nashville, August, 1994. via – news, reviews, biography, video, youtube videos, discography, books, DVDs, concerts, gossip, pictures and tour dates.

Music – Speer Family Sound Booth

Click On The Album Cover to Hear A Selected Song Off That Album via Speer Family Sound Booth.

Rosa Nell Speer

Rosa Nell (Speer) Powell was the original pianist for The Speer Family. Dad Speer felt that the only way to get a pianist like he wanted was to raise one. Thus, Rosa Nell was elected. Rosie, as she is affectionately known by those who love her, is one of Southern Gospel’s finest pianists. She was [...]

Mary Tom Speer

Mary Tom (Speer) Reid was the original alto of The Speer Family. When she married in 1954, and became a minister’s wife, she left the group to support her husband’s ministry and raise her family of three children. After the untimely death of her husband, she returned to Nashville and became the secretary for Ben [...]