"Take Me Back" (Gospel song lyrics, videos, & artists information)

Edited by Azizi Powell

This post showcases a video of the Gospel song "Take Me Back" performed by Andrae Crouch & The Disciples, Bishop G.E. Patterson & his church's congregation, and Willie Neal Johnson & The Gospel Keynotes.

The lyrics of this Andrae Crouch composition and information about the other featured singers are also included in this post.

The content of this post is presented for religious, cultural, and aesthetic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to Andrae Crouch for composing "Take Me Back" and other religious songs. Thanks also to Andrae Crouch and the other featured singers. Thanks also to the publishers of these videos on YouTube and the transcriber of this song's lyrics.

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LYRICS: TAKE ME BACK
(Andrae Crouch)

(Chorus)
Take me back, take me back dear Lord
To the place where I first received you.
Take me back, take me back dear Lord where I
First believed.

(Verse)
I feel that I'm so far from you Lord
But still I hear you calling me
Those simple things that I once knew,
Their memories keep drawing me.

I must confess, Lord I've been blessed
But yet my soul's not satisfied.
Renew my faith, restore my joy
And dry my weeping eyes.

(Repeat Chorus)

(Bridge)
I tried so hard
To make it all alone
I need your help
Just to make it home.

(Repeat Chorus)

Lyrics source: http://www.elyrics.net/read/a/andrae-crouch-lyrics/take-me-back-lyrics.html

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SHOWCASE VIDEOS:
With the exception of Example #1, these videos are presented in chronological order with the oldest dated video given first.

Example #1: Andrae Crouch & The Disciples "Take Me Back" 1975



Johnny Tarberg, Uploaded on Feb 3, 2012

Good old classic by Andrae Crouch & The Disciples
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From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andra%C3%A9_Crouch
"Andraé Crouch (born July 1, 1942) is an American gospel singer, songwriter, arranger, recording artist, record producer, and pastor...

Crouch's first group was the Church of God in Christ Singers (COGICS) in 1960, which included Billy Preston...

While attending Valley Junior College in California for a career in teaching, he was called to the ministry and formed The Disciples in 1965, along with Perry Morgan, and Bili Thedford...

In 1972, the Disciples appeared on network television's The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.[3] By 1985, they had also performed at the Hollywood Bowl and Carnegie Hall and toured 68 countries. Crouch's most popular songs from this period include "The Blood Will Never Lose Its Power", "Through It All", "Bless His Holy Name", "Soon and Very Soon", "Jesus is the Answer", and "My Tribute". Their contemporary gospel sound reached beyond the traditional African American base and touched a racially and musically diverse audience."...

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Example #2: Bishop G.E. Patterson Sings "Take Me Back"



BrothaRollins,Uploaded on Oct 16, 2007

The ending of "The Departed Glory Shall Return". This is a great sermon, here is our BET [Black Entertainment Television] TV Bishop singing "Take Me Back". This clip brought tears to my eyes because the Lord has taken me back in his arms so many times.
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The gold covered plates near the pastor indicate that this church service is held on "Communion Sunday". The sacrament of Communion is usually held in African American Baptist churches on the first Sunday of every month. Click http://christianity.about.com/od/faqhelpdesk/f/whatiscommunion.htm for information about Communion.

Here's some information about Bishop G. E. Patterson from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_E._Patterson
"Gilbert Earl Patterson (September 22, 1939[1] – March 20, 2007[2]) was an American Pentecostal-Holiness, Charismatic minister who served as the international Presiding Bishop and Chief Apostle of the Church of God in Christ (COGIC), Inc...

Patterson founded the rapidly growing Bountiful Blessings Ministries (BBM) which is viewed internationally on The Word Network weekly, as well as on local TV stations throughout the nation. Bountiful Blessings Ministries has a mailing list of over 100,000 active donors from outside the Memphis viewing audience."...

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Example #3: "Take Me Back" - Willie Neal Johnson & The Gospel Keynotes



malacomg, Uploaded on Jan 7, 2011
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From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Neal_Johnson_%26_The_Gospel_Keynotes
"Willie Neal Johnson (1935–2001) was a gospel singer who became known as "Country Boy" for his rootsy blues-driven style and his down to earth friendly personality...

Willie Neal Johnson and the Gospel Keynotes... [rose] to popularity across the Southwest the group signed to Nashboro Records where they scored a major hit with Show Me the Way. They received a Grammy nomination in 1980 for Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now. The Gospel Keynotes went on to record over 20 LPs for Nashboro.

...After Nashboro closed its doors they signed to the Malaco Music label located in Jackson, MS. In 1985 they changed their name to Willie Neal Johnson and the New Keynotes. With Malaco they recorded seven albums. They were inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame in Detroit and the American Gospel Quartet Hall of Fame in Birmingham, Alabama in 1999."...

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"Noah" (God Told Noah") examples & lyrics

Edited by Azizi Powell

This post showcases seven video examples of the Gospel song "Noah". The title that appears to usually be given for this song is "God Told Noah".

*Note that this isn't the same song as "Rise And Shine" (The Lord said To Noah there's gonna be a floody floody).

The content of this post is posted for religious and aesthetic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to the composers of this song and thanks to all of the vocalists and musicians who are featured in these videos. Special thanks to the online transcriber of the lyrics for this song.

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INFORMATION ABOUT THE SONG "NOAH" ("GOD TOLD NOAH")
A number of commenters in viewer comment threads of the song "Noah" ("God Told Noah") described this song as a "Gospel Quartet" song. Gospel Quartet songs can be sung by choirs and other singing formations.

According to http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-gospel-wonders-mw0000675037, the song "Noah" (most often given as "God Told Noah") was composed by Anthony Grady, Michael Grady, and Major Robinson. The Google search summary for this website http://www.last.fm/music/The+wonders/The+Gospel+Wonders indicates that the album in which that song was included (album name:" The Gospel Wonders") was first released in the early 1960s.

Any information about this song would be greatly appreciated.

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FEATURED VIDEOS
This is only a small sample of the YouTube videos of this song. I selected these examples, in part, to demonstrate some of the different interpretations of this song.

With the exception of Example #1, these examples are presented in chronological order based on their posting dates with the oldest dated examples given first.

Example #1: The Gospel Wonders - Noah



Charles Gardiner, Published on Aug 9, 2012

Here is a nice song by a group that really had this one hit but its real nice hope you enjoy it!..

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Example #2: God Told Noah(Cover)- The Gospel Wonders



TheAulegend, Uploaded on Nov 2, 2010
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Here's a comment from that video's viewer comment thread:

Desmen Moton, 2010
"yes the Gospel Wonders from California are the original artist!"

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Example #3: RTD- God Told Noah



Arthurine Grant, Uploaded on Nov 23, 2010

Rev and The Disciples in St Pete

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Example #4: Mt. Sinai MBC of Orlando, FL - Male Chorus - God Told Noah


Mt Sinai, Uploaded on Nov 28, 2010
Sunday, November 28, 2010 - - - Male Chorus sings "God Told Noah"

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Example #5: NHymn "God told Noah"



1meastro, Published on Jun 21, 2012

NHymn, God, told, Noah, Church of Christ, COC, gospel, accapella, song, Sunset Blvd, coc, in him, nhymn, Noah, choir, group singing, Sunset Boulevard Church of Christ,

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Land Boys- God Told Noah



landsquad3, Published on Jul 20, 2012

Quinton singing at Hall Street Baptist Church

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Example #7: God Told Noah - Truth Gospel Singers ( Opening For Debra Snipes & The Angels )



Truth Gospel Singers, Published on Aug 20, 2012
God Told Noah - Truth Gospel Singers ( Opening For Debra Snipes & The Angels ) Had A Great Time in the Lord ...

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LYRICS: NOAH (also known as "GOD TOLD NOAH")
(Anthony Grady, Michael Grady, and Major Robinson)

Noah
(The Gospel Wonders)
LYRICS:
Oh God told Noah
(God told Noah)
Just to build that ark
(To build that ark)
30 cubits high
(30 cubits high)
50 cubits wide
(50 cubits wide)
Oh it’s gonna rain
(it’s gonna rain)
for forty days
(forty days and forty nights)
I want it to stand
(I want it to stand)
Stand the test of time
(Stand the test of time)


(repeat 2x or more times)

Dripping and dropping
(Dripping and dropping the water kept falling)

Dripping and dropping
(Dripping and dropping the water kept falling)

Can you feel the rain drop
(Dripping and dropping the water kept falling)
Look at the rain dropping
(Dripping and dropping the water kept falling)
Dripping and dropping
(Dripping and dropping the water kept falling)
God said Come on in the ark
(Dripping and dropping the water kept falling)
Because it’s beginning to rain
(Dripping and dropping the water kept falling)
God said Come on in the ark
(Dripping and dropping the water kept falling)
Because there won’t be no more water
No more water but fire next time
No more water but fire next time
No more water but fire next time
No more water but fire next time

Fire next time, Fire next time
Won’t be no more water
It’s gonna be fire next time
Fire next time, Fire next time
No more water, fire next time
(repeat as directed)

Source http://www.allgospellyrics.com/printwin.php?id=8248 [reformatted with an additional performance instruction)
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Here's a partial transcription of the riff of this song that is found in the video given as Example #2 of this post:

God placed a rainbow in the sky
(Dripping and dropping the water kept falling)
You better be ready
(Dripping and dropping the water kept falling)
Get your house in order
(Dripping and dropping the water kept falling)
No more water but fire next time
(Dripping and dropping the water kept falling)

[Continue extemporaneous singing, and end with the line "No more water but fire next time”.]

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RELATED LINK
Text (lyrics only) examples of the 19th century African American Spiritual " can be found at http://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=57161.
"Noah's ark" is the theme for that song, but its lyrics are quite different from the song "Noah" ("God Told Noah") which is the focus of this pancocojams post. Here's an excerpt of one of the comments in that discussion thread about that song as posted by masato sakurai, Date: 24 Feb 03 - 07:04 PM

"From Lydia Parrish, Slave Songs of the Georgia Sea Islands (... University of Georgia Press, 1945, 1992, pp. 134-136; with music):

NORAH, HIST THE WINDAH

Norah, hist the windah
Norah, hist the windah
Norah, hist the windah
Hist the windah let the dove come in.

Oh God comman' Bother Norah one day
Oh hist the windah let the dove come in
An' told Brother Norah to build an ark
Hist the windah let the dove come in.
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"Norah" was the way the name "Norah" was pronounced by 19th century African Americans in certain parts of the South. "Hist" = "hoist" (raise); "windah" (window).

That African American Spiritual may have no connection with the Gospel song "Noah" ("God Told Noah"). However, I wanted to alert readers of this post with that Spiritual.

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Gospel song "Just A Little Talk With Jesus" (lyrics and videos)

Edited by Azizi Powell

This is post presents lyrics for and seven examples of the Gospel song "Just A Little Talk With Jesus" (also known as "Have A Little Talk With Jesus". Information about Cleavant Derricks,the composer of this song is also included in this post.

The content of this post is presented for cultural, religious, and aesthetic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to Cleavant Derricks, those featured in these sound files and videos, and the publishers of these examples on YouTube. Thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post.

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INFORMATION ABOUT THE COMPOSER OF "JUST A LIITLE TALK WITH JESUS"
"TITLE: "Just a Little Talk with Jesus"
AUTHOR: Cleavant Derricks, born Chattanooga, Tennessee, May 13, 1910; died Chattanooga, Tennessee, April 14, 1977

Cleavant Derricks, African American and father of twin actor sons (Cleavant Derricks and Clinton Derricks-Carroll), studied at the Cadek Conservatory of Music, Knoxville, Tennessee, Tennessee Agricultural & Industrial State College (now Tennessee State University), and the American Baptist Theological Seminary in Nashville. By age twenty-one, he was at the Vermont Avenue Baptist Church in Washington, D.C., where he directed a gospel choir with over 100 voices and associated with numerous well-known musicians of the day, including his friend, Mahalia Jackson. As a Baptist pastor, he later served churches in Dayton, Knoxville, and Jackson, Tennessee; Beloit, Wisconsin; and Washington, D.C. He founded and grew the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Washington, D.C., during the 1940s.

Derricks established a solid reputation and career as pastor, choir director, poet, musician, and composer -- with over 300 songs to his credit and several song collections. "Just a Little Talk with Jesus" is his best-known and most-performed song, but others include "When God Dipped His Love in My Heart," "We'll Soon Be Done with Troubles and Trials," "When He Blessed My Soul" and "I Want the Light from the Lighthouse to Shine on Me." In 1984, Derricks was inducted posthumously into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame.

Although African American, Derricks' music had great appeal to southern white singers and the singing conventions, even at a time in United States history when white singers would not normally perform music by African Americans. Many of Derricks' songs were published by white publishers, including the shaped note songbooks and the publications of Stamps-Baxter. There has been frequent exchange of music between black and white churches since the days of slavery, and Derricks' songs are no exception. His songs continue to enjoy great popularity among black and white churches, publishers' catalogues, and recording artists today."...

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LYRICS: "JUST A LIITLE TALK WITH JESUS"
(Cleavant Derricks)

Verse 1:
I once was lost in sin but Jesus took me in
And then a little light from heaven filled my soul
It bathed my heart in love and wrote my name above
And just a little talk with Jesus made me whole

Chorus:
Now let us have a little talk with Jesus
Let us tell Him all about our troubles
He will hear our faintest cry
He will answer by and by
Now when you feel a little prayer wheel turning
And you know a little fire is burning
You will find a little talk with Jesus makes it right

Verse 2:
Sometimes my path seems dreary without a ray of cheer
And then the cloud about me hides the light of day
The mists of sin may rise and hide the stormy skies
But just a little talk with Jesus clears the way

Verse 3:
I may have doubts and fears, my eyes be filled with tears
But Jesus is a friend who watches day and night
I go to Him in prayer, He knows my every care
And just a little talk with Jesus makes it right

Chorus

http://www.elyrics.net/read/h/hymn-lyrics/just-a-little-talk-with-jesus-lyrics.html

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FEATURED EXAMPLES
With the exception of the sound file given as Example #1, these videos are presented in chronological order based on their posting dates with the oldest videos given first.

Example #1: Rev Cleavant Derrick sings his composition, Just A Little Talk With Jesus.wmv



gospellin, Published on Jul 25, 2012
DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN THE RIGHTS TO THIS SELECTION. JUST A FAN OF REV DERRICK AND FOR HISTORY.

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Example #2: Heavenly Gospel Singers - Have A Little Talk With Jesus 1940



fableable57, Uploaded on Dec 3, 2008

acapella

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Example #3: Pastor Jackson Sings "Have A Little Talk With Jesus"



ldyjcj2, Uploaded on Dec 5, 2008

song before sermon

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Example #4: Have A Little Talk With Jesus-James Cleveland



tinascaravans, Uploaded on Nov 26, 2011

Gospel legends James Cleveland and Billy Preston From a 1962 album titled The Soul of James Cleveland. James on piano, the sensational Billy Preston on organ.

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Example #5: "Just A Little Talk With Jesus"- Rev. Joseph Linton & the GEMCA Mass Choir



Rowoches, Published on Apr 12, 2012

The Gospel Evangelists, Musicians & Choral Association, presented by Rev. Joseph D. Linton. Here, the choir sings "Just A Little Talk With Jesus." My friend and brother, Jeffrey LaValley sings the lead.

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Example #6: Lisa Knowles & the Brown Singers- Have A Little Talk with Jesus

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Terrance Rolling Published on Jul 15, 2012

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Example #7: Just A Little Talk With Jesus-The Harold Smith Majestics Choir



tinascaravans, Published on Aug 31, 2013

The Golden Age of Gospel Choirs The 1960's. The Harold Smith Majestics choir was founded in 1963 by Harold Eugene Smith (1934 - 1993) born in Detroit, a nationally known eminent director and composer. They were a gospel choir of fifty voices, some of the finest singers in the Detroit area, Charles Nicks was the organist, and George Jordan and Gordon Strong were the pianist. They made their debut in 1964 at the Edsel Ford Auditorium in Detroit. That concert was their first and became an annual event. The Majestic's soon became the pride of Detroit, and one of the foremost choirs in the country. They began a recording career in mid 60's, their first release was "More Love To Thee," followed by "Just A Little Talk With Jesus" on the SIMCO (VeeJay) label. After the demise of their previous recording company, they began recording for Checker records in 1966. Their recording of James Cleveland's "Lord Help Me To Hold Out" in 1973 is largely responsible for the song becoming a gospel "standard."

"Just A Little Talk With Jesus" is from the 1965 album titled "Just A Little Talk With Jesus," by The Harold Smith Majestics.

Disclaimer: Photographs and music copyright are owned by their originators. No infringement intended.

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