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| From the program
aired the weekend of Jan. 26th & 27th, 2008: |
On this program we had one of our occasional Listener Favorite
Call-Ins. If youcalled in, "thanks!" Our next on-air All Listener
Favorites Edition is tentatively scheduled for the weekend of Feb. 16/17,
2008. If you called in, maybe you'll hear yourself!
On this program you heard how you could win a visit to this spring's
Southern Gospel Music Fan Fair in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The entry
deadline for that giveaway has now passed.
Our Featured Artists on this program were the Perrys. They're one
of today's most popular and most versatile mixed groups, with Libbi and
Tracy Stuffle, lead Joseph Habedank and baritone Nick
Trammell, along with pianist Matthew Holt. Songs included on this
program were from their "Look No Further" CD, including their current
radio hit, "Holy Shore." I'm looking forward to more great songs from
this CD being released to radio in the months ahead.
The Perrys' CD featured on this program, "Look No Further,"
is available from our mailorder service, Springside. Just call 1-800-38-MUSIC
to order. You can order easily from our webstore by
clicking
on this link to go directly to this item. (Orders over $40 in the USA
qualify for free shipping.)
 As
you know, the number one song for January (and still very popular for February)
was from Ernie Haase and Signature Sound, "Get Away Jordan."
As you know, this is not a new song. I liked the story I passed along on
the program about it. Back in the early 1950s, while waiting for his group,
the Statesmen, to go live on CBS-TV, Hovie Lister was taken
in by an all-black-female quartet, Dorothy and the Gospel Harmonettes,
as they performed "Get Away Jordan" live. After the group finished
their set, Hovie asked if they would stick around for awhile and teach the
Statesmen that song. They did. And the rest is history. In fact, you heard
an early Statesmen cut of the song, recorded live at Ryman Auditorium in
Nashville back in the 50s, on the program recently.
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