"I Love The Lord"- Celebrating 37 Years of Love Center Memories!!!

This is the 1st of a few special presentation clips that I will be putting together in honoring Of Bishop Walter Hawkins & the Love Center Ministries 37th Church Anniversary. I did this as a personal tribute to my Pastor and my church family as a "Gift of Love", and also to celebrate God's goodness to us as a ministry.

To my Love Center Church Family, if you don't see your name or face in this clip, please don't take it personally or become offended since this wont be the only time I will be doing special presentation projects in this manner. There is more to come and many of you will be featured in more clips that are coming soon so ...Stay Tuned!!!

I dedicate this clip in the memory of all those Love Center Church & Choir Members who have Gone on to Glory . Its too many names to type out on here, but to their family members who will view this clip, I will do a special clip in remembrance of them and their contributions to Love Center in the years we had them as our fellow members.

Please sit back and enjoy these special memories created by yours truly...Cedrick J. Johnson "The SoulfulProducer!!!" (aka "SoulBrother34)

Also I want to thank all the fellow You Tuber's for post so many clips of this church's music, you are also help to the Hawkins Sound very much alive, and I know Bishop Walter Hawkins is humbled to see that this music has ministered to you all for so many years!!!!

The songs Selected for this clip come from the 1st "Love Alive" LP and they are "I Love the Lord" and the lead vocalist are Walter Hawkins & Francis Pye. The ending song is "Changed" (Reprise) and the Lead Vocalist is Lady Tramaine Hawkins...

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• Francis
• Pye
• Tramaine
• Edwin
• Shirley
• Miller
• Yvette
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• Lynette
• Stephens
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• Roy-Mattier

[PennTrafford]

A wonderful tribute, indeed. Thank you. This is truly the music of our lives.

Can anyone provide any description of the fantastic instrumentalists (pianists, organists, bass guitarists, and so on) who accompanied the singers over the years?

Incredible singers usually are accompanied by masterful instrumentalists, as is the case with Hawkins Family musicians. Thank you.

[soulbrother34]

@PennTrafford Thanks for the feedback, I appreciate your cool comment. Also the info you are looking for would be either on the original LP covers of the Love Alive projects and you can find the names on the back cover or an inside sleeve where the LP would have been held. Some of Bishop Hawkins' musicians changed over the years during this series run, so that is the best way to find out who they were....

[NoahHam40]

Superb compilation of photos and your crystal clear sound recording make for an enjoyable walk down memory lane with my favorite Gospel family - the Hawkins. soulbrother 34, you have done an excellent job. God bless you for taking the time to compose this genuine treat. One question...who is playing the piano on "I Love the Lord"? The intro is very elegant.

[soulbrother34]

@NoahHam40...Wow, thank you so much for a very cool comment, its much appreciated. I think that the person who was playing the piano on this song was Edwin, but I can find that out for you!!!

[vangoghmatisse]

WALTER HAWKINS IS THE BEST GOSPEL SINGER EVA!!!!

[xwillwork4foodx]

get fly by atmosphere

[recordone11]

This was Nice, I Really Enjoyed It.

[Flextones]

Gospel Music is a force to be reconned with. I remember Gospel way before this time. It was changing after Edwin Hawkins, Oh Happy Day and Andre Crouch had some success with cross over.

[jimboedwardlee]

Thank you. I remember how these early songs set the gold standard for gospel music in the late 1970's and early 1980's. My personal favorite was Love Alive II. When that album came out - nobody had heard anything like that before. Its great to listen to the piano and the organ talk to each other in this first Love Alive album.

[artoftheparty]

Timeless! 

[playivories]

This is one of my FAVES from the Hawkins family!

[rufus317]

One of my favorites by Love Alive!

[msladylulu1]

Beautiful!!!!!!

[soulbrother34]

@melverlynnh ...No problem and leave me the e-mail address you want me to send this clip to in my You Tube Inbox, and I will send the clip to you asap for you to keep in your files to enjoy for years to come!!!!!