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Walk Around Heaven: New Orleans Gospel Soul ()

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Walk Around Heaven: New Orleans Gospel Soul - Irma Thomas
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  1. Ask What You Will
  2. I Know Prayer Changes Things
  3. Careful Hands
  4. Hold to God's Unchanging Hand
  5. No, Not One
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  1. Ask What You Will
  2. I Know Prayer Changes Things
  3. Careful Hands
  4. Hold to God's Unchanging Hand
  5. No, Not One
  6. I Will Say Yes Lord]
  7. Walk Around Heaven All Day
  8. Oh, Holy Night
  9. Just a Little While to Stay Here
  10. Where We'll Never Grow Old
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During R&B's glory years -- the 1950s, '60s and '70s -- the African-American church provided one great singer after another. Church choirs served as a magnificent training ground for so many of the great soul shouters, and it clearly had a positive effect on Irma Thomas (arguably the greatest female soul singer to come out of New Orleans). At 52, Thomas celebrated her gospel heritage with this solid, heartfelt CD. Thomas' voice had held up quite well since the 1960s, and she brings an impressive range and a seemingly ...

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Walk Around Heaven: New Orleans Gospel Soul 1994, Rounder

UPC: 011661212824

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