Wendy Bagwell and the Sunliters
Wendy Bagwell and the Sunliters is the name of a gospel song group around Wendell Lee Bagwell (1925–1996).
They were best known through television in the early 1960s. In 1965 they were the first gospel group to tour Europe . In 1968 they had already released their fourth studio album. In 1970 they sold their millionth record and signed it to Canaan Records , having previously produced with Scripture Records .
They occurred up to 150 times a year. In 1997 they were honored with induction into the Southern Gospel Music Hall of Fame and in 2001 into the GMA Gospel Music Hall of Fame . In three decades they had 100 publications.
The group's initial cast consisted of Wendy Bagwell, Geraldine Terry (who later appeared as Jerri Morrison) and Georgia Jones . Jones later enjoyed success with Dot Pressley, Virginia Williams and "Little Jan" Buckner.
Selection of works
- A Sacred Concert at Carnegie Hall
- Family Bible
- 1968: Just over the rainbow
- 1970: Talk About the Good Times
- 1971: The Old Cajer Bagwell Place
- 1971: You Won't Believe This; Live in Langdale
- 1972: By Your Request
- 1972: I Had a Vision
- 1973: The Carpenter's Tool
- 1974: He Was Talkin 'About Me
- 1975: Bustin 'Out Laffin'
- 1975: The Spirit in '76
- 1976: We're Not Getting Older, Just Closer to Home
- 1977: Peanuts to President: The Plains, Georgia Gospel
- 1978: Appearing Tonight
- 1979: On the Road; Recorded live
- 1980: Both Sides of the River
- 1981: Known Comic
- 1982: All Together Now
- 1983: Three German Police Dogs and an Ol 'Yeller Cat; Recorded live
- 1984: Above It All
- 1985: It Ain't Love Till You Give It Away
- 1987: Let's Turn the Light On
- 1991: Roll Away the Stone
- 2008: Here Come the Rattlesnakes
- 2009: 12 Songs of Faith
- 2010: Laugh Out Loud
- 2011: Down Home
literature
- Ronnie Pugh: Encyclopedia of American Gospel Music , ed. by WK McNeil, Routledge, 2005 ISBN 9780415941792 , pp. 21f.
Individual evidence
- ↑ GMA Hall of fame ( Memento from March 16, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Gospel in Vinyl