Gospel Music Hall of Fame inductees

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Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 160. Chapters: Elvis Presley, Amy Grant, Larry Norman, John Newton, Phil Keaggy, Al Green, Pat Boone, Mahalia Jackson, Ethel Waters, Fanny Crosby, Petra, Billy Graham, Haldor Lillenas, George Beverly Shea, Jimmie Davis, Keith Green, The Imperials, The Oak Ridge Boys, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Charles Davis Tillman, Bill Gaither, Charles Wesley, James Blackwood, Fisk Jubilee Singers, Sandi Patty, Russ Taff, Andraé Crouch, Homer Rodeheaver, The Jordanaires, The Statler Brothers, The Winans, Albertina Walker, Kurt Kaiser, The Blind Boys of Alabama, Stuart Hamblen, 2nd Chapter of Acts, Thurman Ruth, Wally Fowler, Jake Hess, Ralph Carmichael, Ira D. Sankey, Larnelle Harris, Vestal Goodman, The LeFevres, Gloria Gaither, The Fairfield Four, Robert Sterling Arnold, John W. Peterson, Calvin Newton. Excerpt: Larry David Norman (April 8, 1947 - February 24, 2008) was an American Christian musician, singer, songwriter, record label owner, record producer, writer, playwright, actor, photographer, and humorist, who is credited as "a key figure in the development of contemporary Christian music", "the most significant artist in the creation of contemporary Christian music (CCM)", the "father of Christian rock music", the "Godfather of gospel rock", "Christianity's first rock star", the "bad boy of Christian music", and "the poet laureate of the Jesus revolution". "By 1970, Norman had the most recognized name (and face) in the Jesus Movement and the Christian music scene", with Time magazine soon describing him as "probably the top solo artist in the field". While he had long been associated with the Jesus people, and was even described as "the personification of the Jesus Movement of the late '60s and early '70s", Norman himself "did not particularly identify himself with the youth-oriented 'Jesus movement' of the time". He has been credited with having a significant influence on many artists, both secular and religious. Norman has also been described as having a "propensity for spinning stories", and a "penchant for revisionist history". Since Norman's first professional release in 1967, more than 100 of his own albums have been released through such commercial record labels as Capitol, MGM, Verve, and his own independent labels: One Way Records, Solid Rock Records, Street Level Records, and Phydeaux Records. Norman's first album, I Love You, recorded when he was one of the lead singers for the group People!, was released in 1968. The band's cover version of The Zombies song of the same name reached number 14 on Billboard magazine's top twenty list in 1968 as a single. Norman left People! in 1968 and subsequently performed as a solo artist, appearing both on mainstream and independent labels. In 1969 Norman recorded Upon This Rock, "the first commercially released Jesus roc