No better voice than Kelly's for this beautiful song. I am glad to know she is well and with us. I felt like the Singers were living down the street from me when listening to their music. (they didn't though); because their harmonies and voices and the arrangements were so wonderfully alive. Thank you for this vintage post. And THANK YOU Elaine.
Wow! Thanks for all these wonderful compliments. Elaine Kelly is doing well. She lives in the Sacramento area of California. She did attend Bishop Hawkins funeral as did many of the original Edwin Hawkins Singers. I will be sure to tell my aunt Elaine all of the wonderful comments that you all have posted as she doesn't have a computer. LOL. Elaine never recorded a solo album. She's retired but currently works with unwed mothers and other programs at her local church.
Did Elaine Kelly ever record an entire Album? If so, who's got a copy or where could I go to get a copy? Are there more YouTube posts of her. If so, please link the posts.
i still remember like yesterday over 30 some odd years ago, i was lil boy then. but it was one tuesday nite when our choir practiced this song. my cousin (male) led it. he was hitting the high notes and all. lol. i never knew until this moment that this was a hawkins family song. lol classic, nostalgic, spiritual, and just plain good singing.
Man!! Lynette coped everything from Elaine Kelly.. U can't tell the difference between the two,, if U weren't looking U would never know it wasn't Lynette. Lynette is my favorite Female vocalist,, i love when I can see where people get there stuff from. I wish i could've heard Donny Hathaway and my girl Lynette do a duet together,, Man i would've been all done after that!!!!
@jimboedwardlee Thats Lynette with the group of singers on the left side of the stage,,, she's the chubby one on the right. She's about 15 years old, me and her R about the same age i was 15 in 1971.
@ObamaWonFool That's not her. a) On the left side, those are the sopranos. Lynette is an alto. B) You can clearly see that the 'chubby' one is a grown woman.
I love this song..I actually have this ALBUM,,,so it's great to see this video...by the way...this album is classic... a young Tramaine Hawkins..before she got married i believe...just beautiful
There is nothing like this! I hope they will sing it at the Hawkins Music and Arts Love Fellowship Conference in Chicago this June. This is my vote for that!
"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son.
This is truely GOSPEL music!!! "Come and go with me to MY father's HOUSE!!! There's nothing but JOY, LOVE and Peace!!!" Hallelujah!!! Thank you Jesus!!! Thanks for posting this video. Brings back good memories!!! Will you come and go with me to my father's house?
as you can see, all of the thumbs down gave great reviews, even some who know the singers well...I dont think anyone was consious of those....no one has said anything negative...
OMG!!! (to da comment writers) dont think bad of everyone's opinion, thoughts, or ideas. gosh, all those thumbs down can make someone to go to a different song without even hearin dis one
Thank you! 8 I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name Revelation 3
If you didn't see the lead singer, you would swear it was Lynette Hawkins! She (Lynette) sounds just like her. She has her style down to a science. Fantastic!
we all still crave this kind of sound when you can hear every word and can apply them to your life. the songs of today sometimes are just a bunch of noise
If this is the original soloist for this original recording of this song, then it is Elain Kelley. This son is on Edwin Hawkins Singers "Let Us Go Into the House of the Lord" where "Oh Happy Day" was FIRST released.
The thrilling days of yesteryear. Gospel at its best. O happy day, Come go with me, what sanging by the renowned Hawkins, Lynette, Tramaine, Joel, all.
This is such a beautiful song from when gospel was gospel. I haven't heard it since the 1970's. i enjoyed then and I enjoy it now. Than you for posting this beautiful song.
Thank you Jesus! Hallelujah! What a praise! I used to hear this song sung in my gradfather's church. His choir would sing this song each song! Hallelujah! Thank you Jesus! I got to stop typing and start shouting! Hallelujah!
This was the song to obviously follow-up "Oh Happy Day," as a U.S. single and why Buddah/Pavilion didn't issue it will always be a mystery, especially after "Day" achieved #4 pop on Billboard. The same could handily be said about "Early In The Morning" too.
@miznatacha That's great to know that she's doing well. Tell your aunt Ms. Kelley that she is a beautiful woman with one of the most amazing voices around.
This is the original version by Edwin Hawkins. It was recorded in 1968 on the album "Let Us Go Into The House of The Lord" which was later renamed Oh Happy Day. It actually was second in popularity to the hit O Happy Day during the late sixties. This was just a live TV performance that happened to air in 1971. I'm sure there were others who may have recorded it later.
this is awesome. bishop hawkins (walter) is my pastor at Love Center in Oakland, CA. we just had church today & they STILL tearing it up. bishop is not only a great singer/songwriter but the best pastor ive ever heard. this man is truly annointed.
They are legendary. And that man who introduced them was Johnny Cash. This video clip must be from his variety TV show that ran during the late 1960s / Early 1970s.
Wow! Is that Walter in the tenor section on the right behind the lead singer with that HUGE process and BIG part! LOL. And I know that's Tramaine in the center of the soprano section. Can't miss that smile! Wow!
My gospel choir still sings this song from time to time. The good songs NEVER and I repeat NEVER get old. That's why people keep remaking them.
God bless the first family of contemporary gospel music.
That's the Way Gospel Music should sound Joyful and Awesomely Of the Chain! The reason Lynette Hawkins Stephens sings the way she sings is because Elaine Kelly influenced her! Gospel Singing was very rich obvoiusly in the Hawkins Home! This is one of my All Time Favorites! I think I'm going to bring it Back in tribute to these singers that introduced it to the World!
Today's pop owes a huge debt to the gospel and early r'n'b traditions but you do not often hear these artists being credited in the mainstream media.
It is sad that mainstream pop music today is devoid of spiritual meaning, and therefore has come to have little power or significance beyond the immediate thrill of the moment. All you hear is a soulless dilution of what popular music once was.
The executives are cashing in on spiritually bankrupt music.
Okay do I feel that upside down triangular pocket book under my head for a pillow and that short dress above my granma's knees. Do I see she and my aunts with those bee hive wigs and hair dues. LOL. Do I see those cat eye looking black framed glasses. Do I taste butter scotch candy and smell my grandma's shalamar cologne. OMG I was a baby and little boy in the 70's but remember this song. lol
Edwin Hawkins to me was the defining factor in Comtemporary Black Gospel Music. The first comtemporary song I learned on our old upright piano was his 'O Happy Day' at a young age of 7 years old. Thank you for sharing this 1971 version of My Father's House. I also see Walter and Tramaine and the big hair/clothing styles big back happy memories. :-)
Wow..So good to see them all...It`s hard to believe that this has been almost 37 years ago...I think this was also the same year( 1971) that Walter and Tramaine married...
Yeah, Bless you "smallrich" for your amazing clip here. This is marvellous for uprightness in PRAISE. This is truly terrific. I haven't played at the Pentecostal Church in so long, & THIS moves me to go back to OUR Father's house lol. Bless all who enjoy this!!!
Gospel music is truly timeless in it's delivery, because IT IS the truth! One can still find this style & fashion feel of Gospel music, in the Pentecostal Church still alive today. I can't even wipe my own head brow when I beat the drums there. lol
SOMEwhere out there has to exist tape of their appearance on Engelbert Humperdinck's brief ABC series, which they appeared on in 1970. Morrison was still with choir and she does "Oh Happy Day," then passes the mike to Kelly for this one. As I remember, both performances were unhurried, and Humperdinck gave the group the generous, final slot on the show. We'll really know some joy if this shows up on YouTube!
This is from their debut, 1969 album "Let Us Go Into The House Of The Lord," on Pavilion records that also carried "Oh Happy Day." With each television appearance the group shrunk a little more. The liner photo on the back of the LP shows a choir of at least sixty individuals. With Elaine Kelly, Dorothy Combs Morrison, Betty Watson, Margarette Branch and Ruth Lyons also shine as soloists on that debut album. I've never been without a copy.
sometimes i dont people know the value of what they ve done. the hawkins family saved this young girl, anow a woman , life and brought in the christ i needed. the living , real christ. i am still praising him , but you help make him personal to me . thank you is not enough but such as i have give i, share this with peace of god presence . so thank you with all my heart . love you much!
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Ninjafushen 1 week ago
Love it, old fashion gospel always reaches my soul (before folks comment negative I like some new gospel also), peace and blessings
sistersotrue28 1 week ago
No better voice than Kelly's for this beautiful song. I am glad to know she is well and with us. I felt like the Singers were living down the street from me when listening to their music. (they didn't though); because their harmonies and voices and the arrangements were so wonderfully alive. Thank you for this vintage post. And THANK YOU Elaine.
SpeegBJ 2 weeks ago
Wow! Thanks for all these wonderful compliments. Elaine Kelly is doing well. She lives in the Sacramento area of California. She did attend Bishop Hawkins funeral as did many of the original Edwin Hawkins Singers. I will be sure to tell my aunt Elaine all of the wonderful comments that you all have posted as she doesn't have a computer. LOL. Elaine never recorded a solo album. She's retired but currently works with unwed mothers and other programs at her local church.
miznatacha 1 month ago
Loved it ! Laid them to test in 3:15. A quick work.
ramonpchi 5 months ago
Amazing.sing sister and brother sing!!
robfromdublin11 5 months ago
I am sure those four dislikea were just mistakes. That or Satan is messing with us.
eddie195777 5 months ago
That's the voice of Johnny Cash at the start.
SunsetSix 7 months ago
4 people did not want to go to my father's house
MrDjDaredevil 8 months ago
Man homeboy is smacking them bongos
beboyd1 8 months ago 2
@beboyd1 they are def gettin' it...lol
cvp1980 7 months ago
Thank you for posting! I love this song and had a hard time finding this version. Real musicians, no autotune, just real music! Prais de Lawd!
comingout05 8 months ago 2
i love every bit of this but at 2:14 she went real DEEP...lol
yaboimod 9 months ago
damn - I wish someone would re-record this today for the benefit of all who did NOT know this music back in the day
MsJollycholly 9 months ago
Did Elaine Kelly ever record an entire Album? If so, who's got a copy or where could I go to get a copy? Are there more YouTube posts of her. If so, please link the posts.
jjisola 9 months ago
great singers but would'nt put this one on the ipod
115MaxPower 10 months ago
@115MaxPower why not? It's on mine!
MsJollycholly 9 months ago
mame was leading that song!!!!!powerful-- where have all the plain ole signing form th gut and beltiing it out gone
MrNIKKIpda1 1 year ago
Lord! There's Walter on the right!
andewill01 1 year ago
Who is nuts enough to thumbs down on this? They don't make music like this anymore :(
carmenjonze 1 year ago
EDWIN HAWKINS IS AMAZING!!!!
vangoghmatisse 1 year ago
Take notice: WALTER is singing tenor, right behind the soloist, the guy with the process hairstyle
TKitchings 1 year ago 3
i still remember like yesterday over 30 some odd years ago, i was lil boy then. but it was one tuesday nite when our choir practiced this song. my cousin (male) led it. he was hitting the high notes and all. lol. i never knew until this moment that this was a hawkins family song. lol classic, nostalgic, spiritual, and just plain good singing.
derrickbanes 1 year ago 3
You can hear Walter over everyone singing...that's a real tenor!
krisg182003 1 year ago
Yeah Walter is on the right behind Elaine.
86pimp3 1 year ago
Sing that Soprano Aunt Ruthann Lyons. Wow, what a treasure.
bribone2000 1 year ago
Man!! Lynette coped everything from Elaine Kelly.. U can't tell the difference between the two,, if U weren't looking U would never know it wasn't Lynette. Lynette is my favorite Female vocalist,, i love when I can see where people get there stuff from. I wish i could've heard Donny Hathaway and my girl Lynette do a duet together,, Man i would've been all done after that!!!!
SickGirl1966 1 year ago
@SickGirl1966 Yep I commented about his a year ago. I think at the time Lynette was too young to be part of the group.
jimboedwardlee 1 year ago
@jimboedwardlee Thats Lynette with the group of singers on the left side of the stage,,, she's the chubby one on the right. She's about 15 years old, me and her R about the same age i was 15 in 1971.
ObamaWonFool 1 year ago
@ObamaWonFool Thanks for the info. I think that you are right.
jimboedwardlee 1 year ago
@ObamaWonFool That's not her. a) On the left side, those are the sopranos. Lynette is an alto. B) You can clearly see that the 'chubby' one is a grown woman.
harmonizedturmoil 1 year ago
Look at the TRAMAINE. Whoooo.
zivaray 1 year ago 2
@zivaray dumb question....is she the soloist that is clearly getting it? ive heard her voice....but i've never seen her
handelfan610 1 year ago
@handelfan610 never mind...she's singing back up.
handelfan610 1 year ago
Is that Walter singing in the tenor section?
Clemsonshawty 1 year ago
@Clemsonshawty Yes.
lshplayer90 1 year ago
I had forgotten just how good your group could sing. Come on and go with me to my father's house. Where can I find this cd? Always
jamauriee9 1 year ago
now this is church thank you for the post
2777724 1 year ago
Why were Elaine and Walter killing so hard on the lead and that "push lead" that Walter was giving? Killing...!
melodic232001 1 year ago 2
My Man Playing Those Bongos LOL
MozartG 1 year ago 2
I love this song..I actually have this ALBUM,,,so it's great to see this video...by the way...this album is classic... a young Tramaine Hawkins..before she got married i believe...just beautiful
recpeace3 1 year ago
This is where I go to lift my spirit, gospel music makes my soul soar to the heights, Bless whomever made this post!
ipeyo55 1 year ago
Wow, I remember this style of singing when I was young in Columbus, Ohio. There are some great singers in the church in Ohio!
SHANKY762003 1 year ago
Wow dat was bumpin dey had a great and so did I.
Pianosuga08 1 year ago
There is nothing like this! I hope they will sing it at the Hawkins Music and Arts Love Fellowship Conference in Chicago this June. This is my vote for that!
EvanWinsom 2 years ago 2
We still sing this song in church 2010........
preacherfemale 2 years ago 3
What that Lynette on lead vocals?
AUGUSTALLEN28 2 years ago
What made the Edwin Hawkins singers grreat with Jesus in their Spirit was their ability to do so many different versions to a song.
MegaSage007 2 years ago 4
I have the original album and it is still sounds good. I remember when I was a kid we sang this in the choir.
plowe06 2 years ago 4
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BURNURSONGS 1 year ago
Never mind found it :)
BURNURSONGS 1 year ago
From Gods Word the Bible: John 3:16
"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son.
jesussaves7777 2 years ago
I'm so glad we can still find such gems as these sisters... music of hope and inspiration, thanks for your wonderful video
vegieguy2008 2 years ago
I may hv to pull this out of mothballs and reteach to my choir...wonder if I can borrow a lead like Elaine to do it? hmmm...
wcta0608 2 years ago 3
This is truely GOSPEL music!!! "Come and go with me to MY father's HOUSE!!! There's nothing but JOY, LOVE and Peace!!!" Hallelujah!!! Thank you Jesus!!! Thanks for posting this video. Brings back good memories!!! Will you come and go with me to my father's house?
bigbee7763 2 years ago 7
@bigbee7763
Oh YES!!!!
xembryo 2 years ago
LOL! I have watched this countless of times and it still cracks me up when I see that man clap that hard in the tenor section! He was feeling it lol!
Darneloh 2 years ago 2
as you can see, all of the thumbs down gave great reviews, even some who know the singers well...I dont think anyone was consious of those....no one has said anything negative...
smallrich 2 years ago 3
OMG!!! (to da comment writers) dont think bad of everyone's opinion, thoughts, or ideas. gosh, all those thumbs down can make someone to go to a different song without even hearin dis one
Snowhill3 2 years ago 2
what thumbs down????...there were none.....not sure what that meant....
smallrich 2 years ago
i'm talkin bout all those red numbers further down da comment section 4rm da past 2months
Snowhill3 2 years ago
That's Elaine Kelly. She also does several other leads, like I'm Gonna Praise Him".
BeeFlannel 2 years ago 2
That is Johnny Cash in the intro... great song, sound and singer! Elaine Kelly got it done!
ManganeseMan 2 years ago
That's Elaine Kelly not Shirley Miller.
oyraga 2 years ago
are they all related?
im only 15 idk this group very well
byronking2369 2 years ago
This song brings back childhood memories, I use to lead this song in the childrens choir many years ago.
jointheir1 2 years ago
To: jointheir1
Thank you! 8 I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name Revelation 3
kkkkkkatherine 2 years ago
" I Believe" that was Mr. Johnny Cash,introducing Them ......
DYNODRUM 2 years ago
Rich!!
yackyick 2 years ago
If you didn't see the lead singer, you would swear it was Lynette Hawkins! She (Lynette) sounds just like her. She has her style down to a science. Fantastic!
enyaotecka 2 years ago
we all still crave this kind of sound when you can hear every word and can apply them to your life. the songs of today sometimes are just a bunch of noise
rmchfamily 2 years ago
Whoa! She killed it. That's the kind of church I remember. Best rendition of that classic !
rgrove319 2 years ago
that's great and i feel good.Thanks for posting
melende1966 2 years ago
Now I see who greatly influenced Lynette Hawkins Stephens singing style!
jimboedwardlee 2 years ago
HAHA!!! Man you are so right!
tjbrad02 2 years ago
Elaine has such a big voice ! She just pushes that sound right out !
WoodeytheBigEyedOne 2 years ago 2
Who is she? She has a big a voice. I thought it was Lynette Hawkins at first.
luvnlifen07 2 years ago
Shirley Miller. She is a relative of the Hawkins.
bamagrlnbham 2 years ago
Not Shirley on the lead. Her range is too high! Shirley is a patent contralto.
ShondaGospelDiva 2 years ago
If this is the original soloist for this original recording of this song, then it is Elain Kelley. This son is on Edwin Hawkins Singers "Let Us Go Into the House of the Lord" where "Oh Happy Day" was FIRST released.
ShondaGospelDiva 2 years ago
wow - what energy
claudelebel55 2 years ago 2
God created them for THAT reason.
Nacnueed 2 years ago 2
wow, just wow. thanks for the blessing. this is wonderful to be heard. G_d bless you. Peace, in His love
opntheirhartzJesus 2 years ago
Thanks for posting this gem. I was very young when this came out. This is the first time I have seen it. I am the biggest fan of the Hawkins family.
jimboedwardlee 2 years ago 2
the video and the song are just beautiful!
marshamcluhan 2 years ago 3
Does sister Kelly and the origninal EH singers stil perform at all ? They are all so beautiful !
shieldsff 2 years ago 3
i APPROVE THIS SONG........
preacherfemale 2 years ago
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claudelebel55 2 years ago
Make your comments and leave others alone for their comment please thank u.
preacherfemale 2 years ago
Love the hairstyles, love the outfits, love the music. Miss Kelly knows her stuff!
brettsomers 2 years ago 3
Fabulous song...there's a freshness about this song even if is a 70s performance. Amazing lead singer - her voice has weight.
kantoniab 2 years ago 2
i love this ; i think its more intresting simple and to the point of how gospel is presented these days i love it.
A2Z113 2 years ago
Now! this is what I call singing
54spiritedwill54 2 years ago
The thrilling days of yesteryear. Gospel at its best. O happy day, Come go with me, what sanging by the renowned Hawkins, Lynette, Tramaine, Joel, all.
coachnsuccess 2 years ago
The new school choirs and ensembles need to take notes. Before there were click tracks and pitch knobs...you had flat foot singers.....I LOVE IT!!!!
C005290 2 years ago 3
The lead singer's name is Elaine Kelly
Classic63 2 years ago 3
WHO IS THAT singing the Lead? She sounds Like Lynnette Hawkins!
Emoyea 2 years ago 3
Phenomenal. True Joy.
CaptainPaintball 3 years ago 2
It's me again! Hallelujah! Thank you Jesus! Sing that song lady! I love this praise song!
bigbee7763 3 years ago 4
they don't make music like this no more
deborahgirl1988 3 years ago 19
@deborahgirl1988 true that
recpeace3 1 year ago
@deborahgirl1988 i know music now sounds completely different to how it was then :S
missmusiclover3 1 year ago
This is such a beautiful song from when gospel was gospel. I haven't heard it since the 1970's. i enjoyed then and I enjoy it now. Than you for posting this beautiful song.
patie48nce 3 years ago 14
Thank you Jesus! Hallelujah! What a praise! I used to hear this song sung in my gradfather's church. His choir would sing this song each song! Hallelujah! Thank you Jesus! I got to stop typing and start shouting! Hallelujah!
bigbee7763 3 years ago
What a voice!
gabriele6sette 3 years ago 4
SING MAMA!!! They DON'T sing like this anymore... 1:42 she gets into it, 1:52 tears it up.... 2:06 show shes can do it and keep it in time...
sneakas9 3 years ago 6
good music. really, good music. soulful.
beatrootsradioshow 3 years ago 2
I first heard this song sung by Shirly Harry and Zion Singers. Of course, the Hawkins tore it up originally. Go on feet, keep tapp'in!
jjisola 3 years ago 2
This music is so inspiring!
JayCharlesLander 3 years ago
i love it!
Bishoptobe 3 years ago
Don't yall just love the hair styles and the wardrobe??? Sang!
cedi4thebrethren 3 years ago 2
they dont make singers like this anymore....
Institutionalkid 3 years ago
This was the song to obviously follow-up "Oh Happy Day," as a U.S. single and why Buddah/Pavilion didn't issue it will always be a mystery, especially after "Day" achieved #4 pop on Billboard. The same could handily be said about "Early In The Morning" too.
dvlaries 3 years ago
I love it.
blessed4areason 3 years ago
Thanks for the info.
tyee2008 3 years ago
That is Elaine Kelley leading...
I wonder where is she now?
tyee2008 3 years ago
Elaine now resides in Sacramento California.
smallrich 3 years ago
@tyee2008 : Elaine is my aunt. She lives in Elk Grove. I saw her last week. She's dong great! :)
miznatacha 1 year ago 4
@miznatacha That's great to know that she's doing well. Tell your aunt Ms. Kelley that she is a beautiful woman with one of the most amazing voices around.
lshplayer90 1 year ago 2
@miznatacha - really loved yoru aunt's singing ever since I was a boy. Was she able to attend Bishop Hawkins funeral ?
shieldsff 1 year ago
Wow this is amazing! Thank you
Tjwill 3 years ago
the original version is by the Les Humphries Singers, from 1971
sgillman16 3 years ago
This is the original version by Edwin Hawkins. It was recorded in 1968 on the album "Let Us Go Into The House of The Lord" which was later renamed Oh Happy Day. It actually was second in popularity to the hit O Happy Day during the late sixties. This was just a live TV performance that happened to air in 1971. I'm sure there were others who may have recorded it later.
smallrich 3 years ago
Now!this is what I call singing
Johnzoe777 3 years ago 5
lol. dude on the bongos. Looks like my type of churchin
conardrl 3 years ago 7
yes i love of the hawkins them are some singing folks
iamsetfree 3 years ago
this is awesome. bishop hawkins (walter) is my pastor at Love Center in Oakland, CA. we just had church today & they STILL tearing it up. bishop is not only a great singer/songwriter but the best pastor ive ever heard. this man is truly annointed.
ciccocenta 3 years ago 4
They are legendary. And that man who introduced them was Johnny Cash. This video clip must be from his variety TV show that ran during the late 1960s / Early 1970s.
A Classic. Thank you for posting this.
rayjr62 3 years ago 3
Wow! Is that Walter in the tenor section on the right behind the lead singer with that HUGE process and BIG part! LOL. And I know that's Tramaine in the center of the soprano section. Can't miss that smile! Wow!
My gospel choir still sings this song from time to time. The good songs NEVER and I repeat NEVER get old. That's why people keep remaking them.
God bless the first family of contemporary gospel music.
Much Love,
Shonda
ShondaGospelDiva 3 years ago 6
I can get my shout on this song!
mckei2000 3 years ago 3
Jesus Chrsist is Lord
datnyone 3 years ago 2
Wonderful Spiritual Gospel music very moving!!! Thank you so much for posting! Do you have "Follow Me" by the Hawkins Family.
Galanttttt 3 years ago
wow...wonderful...amazing
neKadmiel 3 years ago 2
Just listening to this gets me in such a happy mood. Oh I have loved this song ever since I was seven years old. I love it..I love it!!!
Elaine Kelly...wherever you are, I hope that you are still singing. You just make me want to go to church right now!!!
bigfinewoman 3 years ago 4
God fearing sing is the best
sweet2jade 3 years ago 2
That's the Way Gospel Music should sound Joyful and Awesomely Of the Chain! The reason Lynette Hawkins Stephens sings the way she sings is because Elaine Kelly influenced her! Gospel Singing was very rich obvoiusly in the Hawkins Home! This is one of my All Time Favorites! I think I'm going to bring it Back in tribute to these singers that introduced it to the World!
musicismythang1 3 years ago 2
That is real, wonderful spiritual music.
Today's pop owes a huge debt to the gospel and early r'n'b traditions but you do not often hear these artists being credited in the mainstream media.
It is sad that mainstream pop music today is devoid of spiritual meaning, and therefore has come to have little power or significance beyond the immediate thrill of the moment. All you hear is a soulless dilution of what popular music once was.
The executives are cashing in on spiritually bankrupt music.
isaacjohannsson 3 years ago 4
i love the hairstyles!
RAHMYULIS 3 years ago 2
I still say that man at the top in the tenor section is clappin really hard. I know his hands were red in the middle.
Darneloh 3 years ago 2
wow she does sound similar to lynette
kenndogg 3 years ago 3
that was so awesome! elaine sung that!! the choir and music was off the chain too! its amazing how much elaine and lynette sound so much alike! wow!!
jholyghosthead 3 years ago
Okay do I feel that upside down triangular pocket book under my head for a pillow and that short dress above my granma's knees. Do I see she and my aunts with those bee hive wigs and hair dues. LOL. Do I see those cat eye looking black framed glasses. Do I taste butter scotch candy and smell my grandma's shalamar cologne. OMG I was a baby and little boy in the 70's but remember this song. lol
live2sayit 3 years ago 2
Brought back memmories huh? LOL!!!
I don't know what is it with elderly women and butterscotch. That' all the mother's of the church used to give you was nasty butterscotch. YUCK!!!
Darneloh 3 years ago
hey all of you,
come back to Germany!!!
sabine1997 3 years ago
Wonderful!! Thank You!
domcal2 3 years ago
Fantastic ! Saw the EHS in 1971 in concert.
Love Elaine Kelly.
Thanks for this video .
eljans 4 years ago
The Hair is Happenin!!
Dreambro1 4 years ago 5
lol
loaactnow 3 years ago
That guy at the top is clappin his self to death,he act like he's feeling something LOL!!!!!
Darneloh 4 years ago 7
lol
loaactnow 3 years ago
I never noticed that man clapping until ur comment... LOL
yme03n09 2 years ago
nice
HotDaniellaa7777 4 years ago 4
I remember when I bought that album. I was about 18y.o., played it to death. Still have it to this day and can appreciate more.
gayle2020 4 years ago 3
FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
agbemevi 4 years ago 5
They are INCREDIBLE! WOWW!
RETROGEMS 4 years ago 5
There's a church in Monroe Louisiana that sings this at every funeral they have......Have the entire church shouting!!!!
hammondman94 4 years ago 6
Edwin Hawkins to me was the defining factor in Comtemporary Black Gospel Music. The first comtemporary song I learned on our old upright piano was his 'O Happy Day' at a young age of 7 years old. Thank you for sharing this 1971 version of My Father's House. I also see Walter and Tramaine and the big hair/clothing styles big back happy memories. :-)
ladynfsoffice 4 years ago 3
The release of Edwin Hawkins,' "Oh Happy Day," was the start of contemporary soul Gospel.
jocotty 4 years ago
Wow! How awesome. This is my aunt, Elaine Kelly. My aunt Elaine is still fabulous and beautiful. Sing Aunt Elaine! You go girl!
npy512 4 years ago 2
WOW!! Your aunt KILLED this song!!
Took me back to church something CRAZY!!!!
brentduanefoster 4 years ago 4
I go to Love Center (Walter's church)
Man, do I wish the Love Center Choir would sing this one sunday!!! :)
brentduanefoster 4 years ago
Wow..So good to see them all...It`s hard to believe that this has been almost 37 years ago...I think this was also the same year( 1971) that Walter and Tramaine married...
caesar6882 4 years ago
i thought walter and tramaine were brother and sister...Wow..lolol
Institutionalkid 4 years ago
..wow...
LoveForSure82 3 years ago
is the lead singer singing still alive?
Institutionalkid 4 years ago
yes, she is
sabine1997 4 years ago
man they sound good
mike2004000444 4 years ago
Yeah, Bless you "smallrich" for your amazing clip here. This is marvellous for uprightness in PRAISE. This is truly terrific. I haven't played at the Pentecostal Church in so long, & THIS moves me to go back to OUR Father's house lol. Bless all who enjoy this!!!
loneman247 4 years ago
Man, look at the big hair.....we still kinda have it today too!!
Orbot 4 years ago
Lawd, I still wudn't even born yet!!
Orbot 4 years ago
Gospel music is truly timeless in it's delivery, because IT IS the truth! One can still find this style & fashion feel of Gospel music, in the Pentecostal Church still alive today. I can't even wipe my own head brow when I beat the drums there. lol
loneman247 4 years ago 2
SOMEwhere out there has to exist tape of their appearance on Engelbert Humperdinck's brief ABC series, which they appeared on in 1970. Morrison was still with choir and she does "Oh Happy Day," then passes the mike to Kelly for this one. As I remember, both performances were unhurried, and Humperdinck gave the group the generous, final slot on the show. We'll really know some joy if this shows up on YouTube!
dvlaries 4 years ago
This is from their debut, 1969 album "Let Us Go Into The House Of The Lord," on Pavilion records that also carried "Oh Happy Day." With each television appearance the group shrunk a little more. The liner photo on the back of the LP shows a choir of at least sixty individuals. With Elaine Kelly, Dorothy Combs Morrison, Betty Watson, Margarette Branch and Ruth Lyons also shine as soloists on that debut album. I've never been without a copy.
dvlaries 4 years ago
Wo what a performance. That Elaine Kelly is awesome. Thanks for posting.
Emeless 4 years ago 2
My Pastor is looking like Freddie Prinze in this one!!LOL Love ya, Bishop!!!
brentduanefoster 4 years ago
sometimes i dont people know the value of what they ve done. the hawkins family saved this young girl, anow a woman , life and brought in the christ i needed. the living , real christ. i am still praising him , but you help make him personal to me . thank you is not enough but such as i have give i, share this with peace of god presence . so thank you with all my heart . love you much!
honie00 4 years ago
this is my favorite song ever! they look and sound so good!! walter think he killin' that song dude.
LoveForSure82 4 years ago
nice, can someone please post (don't you miss that train) from the imagine heaven album.
19ROMAN11 4 years ago