| Book Title | Author(s) | World Cat Ref. | ISBN | Published | Our holdings | Librarian's memo |
| Close Harmony: A History of Southern Gospel | James R. Goff | http://www.worldcat.org/title/close-harmony-a-history-of-southern-gospel/oclc/47785612 | 9780807853467 | 2002 | Close Harmony traces the development of the music known as southern gospel from its antebellum origins to its twentieth-century emergence as a vibrant musical industry driven by the world of radio, television, recordings, and concert promotions. Marked by smooth, tight harmonies and a lyrical focus on the message of Christian salvation, southern gospel--particularly the white gospel quartet tradition--had its roots in nineteenth-century shape-note singing. The spread of white gospel music is intricately connected to the people who based their livelihoods on it, and Close Harmony is filled with the stories of artists and groups such as Frank Stamps, the Chuck Wagon Gang, the Blackwood Brothers, the Rangers, the Swanee River Boys, the Statesmen, and the Oak Ridge Boys. The book also explores changing relations between black and white artists and shows how, following the civil rights movement, white gospel was influenced by black gospel, bluegrass, rock, metal, and, later, rap. | |
| They Heard Georgia Singing | Zell Miller | http://www.worldcat.org/title/they-heard-georgia-singing/oclc/34699523 | 9780865545045 | 1996 | ||
| Encyclopedia of American Gospel Music | W.K. McNeil | http://www.worldcat.org/title/encyclopedia-of-american-gospel-music/oclc/61178228 | 9780415941792 | 2005 | ||
| The History of Gospel Music | Rose Blue; Corinne J Naden | http://www.worldcat.org/title/history-of-gospel-music/oclc/46640880 | 9780791058190 | 2001 | Tells the stories of notable groups of people of color -- A companion series to the award-winning Black Americans of Achievement biographies Gospel music has been a crucial part of the African-American experience. From the days of slavery to the civil rights movement, the music is seen as a source of salvation by many. | |
| It's More Than The Music: Life lessons on friends, faith, and what matters most | Bill Gaither; Ken Abraham | http://www.worldcat.org/title/its-more-than-the-music-life-lessons-on-friends-faith-and-what-matters-most/oclc/52251074 | 9780446530415 | 2003 | A gospel music composer discusses his childhood, ambition to become a gospel singer, frustrating years as a school teacher, and pursuit of his dream, which led to a Grammy-winning career and a fuller realization of his faith. | |
| Biography of Gospel Song and Hymn Writers | J.H. Hall (Jacob Henry) 1855-1941 | http://www.worldcat.org/title/biography-of-gospel-song-and-hymn-writers/oclc/146974 | 9780404072261 | 1914 | https://archive.org/details/biographyofgospe00hall | Reprinted in 1971 under the ISBN. |
| Mahalia Jackson: The Queen of Gospel Song | Leslie Gourse | http://www.worldcat.org/title/mahalia-jackson-queen-of-gospel-song/oclc/33665736 | 9780531112281 | 1996 | Traces the rise of the famous gospel singer from her early youth in New Orleans to her Chicago-based musical career. | |
| Mahalia Jackson: Born To Sing Gospel Music | Evelyn Witter; Jan M Jones; A G Smith | http://www.worldcat.org/title/mahalia-jackson-born-to-sing-gospel-music/oclc/13004215 | 9780880621366 | 1985 | ||
| Homecoming: The Story of Southern Gospel Music Through The Eyes of Its Best-Loved Performers | Bill Gaither; Jerry B Jenkins | http://www.worldcat.org/title/homecoming-the-story-of-southern-gospel-music-through-the-eyes-of-its-best-loved-performers/oclc/36817050 | 9780310213253 | 1997 | ||
| Philip Paul Bliss and the musical, cultural, and religious sources of the gospel music tradition in the United States, 1850-1876 | David J Rempel Smucker | http://http://www.worldcat.org/title/philip-paul-bliss-and-the-musical-cultural-and-religious-sources-of-the-gospel-music-tradition-in-the-united-states-1850-1876/oclc/9904291 | Dissertation | 1981 |