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In Memory of Willa Ward-Royster by Ward, Clara (CD, 2014)

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Product Identifiers

Record LabelGospel Friend, Gosf

UPC7392048715088

eBay Product ID (ePID)15046045756

Product Key Features

FormatCD

Release Year2014

GenreGospel

ArtistWard, Clara

Release TitleIn Memory of Willa Ward-Royster

Dimensions

Item Height0.39 in

Item Weight0.22 lb

Item Length5.70 in

Item Width4.89 in

Additional Product Features

Number of Tracks25

Number of Discs1

Tracks1.1 When I Get Home 1.2 Day Is Past and Gone 1.3 Come Ye Disconsolate 1.4 My Jesus Is All and All 1.5 I'm Bound for Higher Ground 1.6 Prayer Changes Things 1.7 How Far Am I from Canaan 1.8 Tell the Angels 1.9 Glory, Glory Hallelujah 1.10 God's Amazing Love 1.11 I'm Climbing Higher and Higher 1.12 Farther on Up the Road 1.13 Oh Lord How Long 1.14 Climbing Jacob's Ladder 1.15 Great Is the Lord 1.16 When the Crown Him Lord of All 1.17 Nearer My God to Thee 1.18 Talk About Rain 1.19 Our God Is Real 1.20 Swing Low Sweet Chariot 1.21 I'll Be There 1.22 That Awful Day Will Surely Come 1.23 Good News 1.24 Anywhere in Glory 1.25 God Is God

NotesApart from outdrawing contemporary blues and jazz artists for live appearances, Clara Ward and her Famous Ward Singers had no other peers in selling records. They kept an earthy sound, despite refined arrangements and accomplished musicianship. Soprano Marion Williams (later the celebrated leader of the super gospel group, the Stars of Faith) is the featured soloist on many of the songs on the CD. Gospel expert Anthony Heilbut has contributed with intriguing observations in the notes, written by Robert Sacr'. These 25 recordings span the years 1949-1958.