{"id":2330,"date":"2011-12-01T08:47:52","date_gmt":"2011-12-01T13:47:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.gospelflava.com\/?p=2330"},"modified":"2011-12-01T08:47:52","modified_gmt":"2011-12-01T13:47:52","slug":"james-cleveland-singers-gene-viale-passes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gospelflava.com\/v2\/james-cleveland-singers-gene-viale-passes\/","title":{"rendered":"James Cleveland Singers Gene Viale Passes"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Gene Viale, a former member of the\u00a0 James Cleveland Singers has passed away.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

Reared in the San Francisco area, Viale’s musical foundation was molded by the music he heard in the pentecostal church.\u00a0 In his teen years,\u00a0 he joined the Voices of Victory, soon becoming one of the group’s lead singers. \u00a0 While visiting family in Southern California, Viale met Reverend James Cleveland. Impressed with Gene’s talent and fervor,\u00a0 Rev. Cleveland asked Gene to join his group.\u00a0\u00a0 Along with Roger Roberts and Odessa McCastle, the James Cleveland Singers recorded Heaven, That Will be Good Enough for Me<\/em> for Savoy in 1964 and embarked upon a successful tour across the United States.<\/p>\n

Viale set out on his own recording What Color is God<\/em> on the Checker label and continued to perform in churches and auditoriums\u00a0 across the United States and overseas.\u00a0 Viale performed for Rev Jesse Jackson’s Operation Breadbasket in Chicago and also made appearances on the groundbreaking Jubilee Showcase show hosted by Sid Ordower .\u00a0 He\u00a0 recently shared reflections of his 40 years in gospel in his autobiography, I Remember Gospel and I Keep on Singing <\/em>released in 2010.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Gene Viale, a former member of the\u00a0 James Cleveland Singers has passed away.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,31,1],"tags":[671,41,672,673,674,675,676,677,678,679,680,681,372,682],"class_list":["post-2330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artist-news-and-updates","category-life-status-births-and-obituaries","category-uncategorized","tag-checker","tag-chicago","tag-gene-viale","tag-heaven-that-will-be-good-enough-for-me","tag-james-cleveland-singers","tag-jubilee-showcase","tag-odessa-mccastle","tag-operation-breadbasket","tag-rev-james-cleveland","tag-rev-jesse-jackson","tag-roger-roberts","tag-san-francisco","tag-savoy","tag-sid-ordower"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3295,"url":"https:\/\/gospelflava.com\/v2\/kurt-carr-honored-with-james-cleveland-lifetime-achievement-award\/","url_meta":{"origin":2330,"position":0},"title":"Kurt Carr Honored with James Cleveland Lifetime Achievement Award","author":"Gregory Gay","date":"October 26, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Kirk Franklin announced via webcast that the 28th Annual Stellar Awards will honor Kurt Carr with the James Cleveland Lifetime\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Artist News and Updates"","block_context":{"text":"Artist News and Updates","link":"https:\/\/gospelflava.com\/v2\/category\/artists\/artist-news-and-updates\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.gospelflava.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Kurt-Carr.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":6950,"url":"https:\/\/gospelflava.com\/v2\/jubilee-showcase-commemorative-dvd-collection-available\/","url_meta":{"origin":2330,"position":1},"title":"Jubilee Showcase Commemorative DVD Collection Available","author":"Gregory Gay","date":"February 12, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Long before Gospel Music Channel and Bobby Jones Gospel, there was a show originating out of Chicago Illinois that brought GOSPEL MUSIC into the homes of tv viewers each Sunday morning.\u00a0 You can now have a piece of Gospel Music history with the release of the Jubilee Showcase DVD Collectors\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Artist News and Updates"","block_context":{"text":"Artist News and Updates","link":"https:\/\/gospelflava.com\/v2\/category\/artists\/artist-news-and-updates\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Jubilee Showcase","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.gospelflava.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Jubilee-Showcase-234x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":7406,"url":"https:\/\/gospelflava.com\/v2\/chicago-honors-its-own-with-chicago-gospel-music-awards\/","url_meta":{"origin":2330,"position":2},"title":"Chicago Honors Its Own With Chicago Gospel Music Awards","author":"Gregory Gay","date":"June 12, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"The city of Chicago can make its boast in that it is the birthplace of Gospel Music and the host city of the largest free outdoor Gospel Music festival in the world.\u00a0 Chicago was the starting point for many Gospel Greats including Rev. 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