Patti & Richard Roberts, Reflection, World Action Singers: Folk & Pop Songs

In the 1970's Oral Robert University sponsored many prime time TV specials with youthful themes to lore students to their campus in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and to raise money for the Roberts' organization. No matter what you thought of Roberts' organization or methods, the specials were amazingly produced. Here are the featured music performers from those specials doing folk & country tunes that were the 'greatest hits' of the day. Selected from three of the primetime specials, Patti Roberts, the fine vocal quartet, Reflection, the youthful World Action Singers and Oral Roberts son, and Patti's former husband, Richard sing Country Roads, I Guess I'll Go Back Home, Green Green, A Place in the Sun, Back Home Again, I Can See Clearly Now, Born Free, That Lucky Old Sun, Top of the World, To the Ends of the Earth, and It's a Big Wide Wonderful World. These clips were from shows done on location in Alaska and Stone Mountain Georgia, as well as in the Roberts' Tulsa Studios. Ralph Carmichael did the arranging and conducting. The shows also attracted rather big name guest artists like The Lennon Sisters, Johnny Cash, Robert Goulet, June Carter Cash, etc. The Roberts organization later fell on hardtimes with an illadvised expansion into the medical field, and, most recently, with scandals by Richard and his latest wife that made ugly headlines, prompted rumors, and led to Richard's resignation from heading the college.

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[glipzik]

How does this fluff lead anyone to Christ?

I think Oral must have forgotten whose ministry he was representing. I can hear this crap at one million other sites.

Call that self righteous if you wish.

[INSPIRATIONSONGS]

Wow do you like to jump to idiotic conclusions. It's called entertainment...there was no intent that anyone would find a revelation in "Country Roads." I'm so glad you recognize you're a self-righteous, opinionated fool.

[CharismaticBuster]

This is not a gospel song. Oral Roberts has helped corrupt the church.

[INSPIRATIONSONGS]

O brother...what a self-righteous, goofy, ignorant comment! It's corrupting to sing a couple John Denver songs on TV? Some people's opinion just isn't worth having...what kind of church do you attend? Jerry Foulwell's?

[gardnerhoward3]

Glipzik - The idea behind using secular music was to attract the attention of individuals not likely to tune in to a Gospel program and then interweave the Gospel and testimonies of various Christians. This is why Oral wanted an athletics program at the university so that Christian athletes could not only compete on an intercollegiate level but, when the opportunity came up, share their testimonies. This worked to a degree. On 3 occasions I was able to explain the plan of salvation in public.

[INSPIRATIONSONGS]

I guess the readers of the above comment can figure out you were looking in a mirror when you made it! Only someone who is so over-the-top self-righteous and stupid cold make such a comment!

[terrillwhite78]

Reminds me of the Lawrence Welk Show.