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Evening at Pops; Patti Labelle, Edwin Hawkins and the Boston Community Gospel Choir

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Series

Evening at Pops

Program

Patti Labelle, Edwin Hawkins and the Boston Community Gospel Choir

Program Number

1901

Series Description

Taped shows of the Boston Pops. First telecast on WGBH in June 1957; Arthur Fiedler conducting at MIT Kresge Auditorium. Premiered nationally July 5, 1970, performances at Symphony Hall. Series release date: 1970

Program Description

"Patti LaBelle, Edwin Hawkins and the Boston Community Gospel Choir" -- Patti LaBelle dazzles audiences with the scope of her musical versatility as she performs a selection of favorite Broadway numbers and, accompanied by the Boston Community Gospel Choir, traditional and contemporary arrangements of gospel hymns. Gospel legend Edwin Hawkins joins LaBelle for ensemble performances of the classic "Oh, Happy Day" and "I Need to Pray." Keith Lockhart conducts.

Asset Type

Broadcast program

Media Type

Video

Genres

Performance for a Live Audience

Topics

Music

Creators

Dangel, Susan (Series Producer)

Citation

Chicago: “Evening at Pops; Patti Labelle, Edwin Hawkins and the Boston Community Gospel Choir,” GBH Archives, accessed December 7, 2022, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_BD5B7BA2D02D4953BAFED1F9E3CA9349.

MLA: “Evening at Pops; Patti Labelle, Edwin Hawkins and the Boston Community Gospel Choir.” GBH Archives. Web. December 7, 2022. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_BD5B7BA2D02D4953BAFED1F9E3CA9349>.

APA: Evening at Pops; Patti Labelle, Edwin Hawkins and the Boston Community Gospel Choir. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_BD5B7BA2D02D4953BAFED1F9E3CA9349