Former Gospel Stars member honored in Detroit

[woodward]

It is rare that you hear anything about the Gospel Stars. Lois Holden story.

https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2020/02/03/detroit-mother-lois-holden-110/4646397002/

[DWSheffer]

Thanks for posting...interesting a member of the group is still around and actually known.
Darin

[marv2]

God Bless her! Great story. Thank you, Woodward.

[wichmanne]

What a great story...thanks for posting.

A gospel expert in my family checked this out. It is indeed true that one Lois Russell [[later Lois Holden) is listed by the Hayes/Laughton gospel discography as being on the March 1961 recordings in Detroit by the Gospel Stars.

Even more incredibly she is with the group on their earliest recordings in 1949! A track is on a compilation of gospel recently released called "Put The Whole Armour On".

Most Motown stars were toddlers in 1949. Stevie wasn't even born.

How many other R&B or gospel stars who recorded in the 1940s are still with us?

[woodward]

One thing that the media article did not mention is whether she is the ONLY SURVIVING member of the Gospel Stars ---- or are there others? More than likely not.