Mother's Day is one of the most beloved days of the year, and that's because, well... because of mother. It's our mother who tended to us at her knee, made sacfrices that we really only appreciate when we ourselves have become parents, and comforts us over and over in hard times.

There have been numerous Gospel albums geared to mother, in one way or another, with Shirley Caesar's I Remember Mama being one of the most popular ones. Caesar's work frequently includes maternal references, and she's rightly called the "Queen of Mother's Day Hits", but others have also contributed over the years, from The Consolers to The Williams Brothers to dozens of quartets.

Here are some of the mother-related albums that have rated high in public reception:


Shirley Caesar
I Remember Mama
Word Records
1992

Willie Banks and the Messengers
Mother Why?
independent
1980

Dorothy Norwood
A Denied Mother
Savoy
1966

The Dixie Hummingbirds
Mama
AIR
1990

James Cleveland
Sings Songs My Mother Taught Me
Savoy

Various Artists
Songs Mother Used To Sing (Vol. 1)
Blackberry Records
1994

Highway QCs
Songs Our Mother Taught Us
Vee Jay
1964


See the list below for songs specifically centered around the theme of motherhood. Feel free to drop us a line with your own as well.

"Hello Mother" - Canton Spirituals
"If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again" - Rev. Donald Gay
"Don't Drive Your Mama Away" - Shirley Caesar
"Everyday Is Like Mother's Day" - Shirley Caesar
"Without A Mother" - Highway QCs
"Livin' On Mother's Prayers" - Swan Silvertones
"Every Christian Mother" - The Consolers
"Mama Prayed For Me" - The Williams Brothers
"A Message To Mothers" - Dorothy Norwood
"Hattie B's Daughter" - Dorothy Norwood
"A Denied Mother" - Dorothy Norwood
"Mama Loves Her Children" - Dorothy Norwood
"If I Could Hear My Mother" - The Staple Singers
"Will The Circle Be Unbroken" - The Staple Singers
"Lady Called Mother" - Swan Silvertones
"I Can See Everybody's Mother" - Blind Boys of Alabama
"I Remember Mama" - Shirley Caesar
"Mothers Are Special" - Chicago Mass Choir
"Tears That Mama Cried" - Candi Staton
"Mama" - Candi Staton
"Special Lady" - The Winans "Testimony (A Praying Grandmother)" - Helen Baylor
"A Mother In Zion" - Slim & The Supreme Angels
"Give Me My Flowers" - Slim & The Supreme Angels
"Faded Rose" - Shirley Caesar
"No Charge" - Shirley Caesar
"I Still Here Mama Praying" - Chester D.T. Baldwin