1950s Gospel Music

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Gospel music of the 1950s left a lasting effect on not only just rhythm and blues but music as a whole. Gospel music first emerged from the fusion of West African musical traditions, the experiences of slavery, Christian practices and the hardships associated with life in the south for African Americans. Thanks to the great migration moving thousands of african americans from the south to northern industrial cities, the influence of the church grew and so did the gospel genre. Anchoring the sound of african americans the gospel genre would influence not only rhythm and blues but also jazz, rock, soul and hip hop for years to come. Gospel emerged the same era as "Good-Time blues" and both embraced a hopeful sound that the americans were in need