{"id":2874,"date":"2012-06-18T10:49:36","date_gmt":"2012-06-18T14:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.gospelflava.com\/?p=2874"},"modified":"2012-06-18T10:49:36","modified_gmt":"2012-06-18T14:49:36","slug":"gabriel-hardeman-passes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gospelflava.com\/v2\/gabriel-hardeman-passes\/","title":{"rendered":"Gabriel Hardeman Passes"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Gospel Music Community is saddened with news of the passing of noted singer\/songwriter Gabriel Hardeman on Saturday, June 16th.\u00a0 \"\"<\/p>\n

Hardeman was the founder of the Gabriel Hardeman Delegation which recorded for both the Birthright and Savoy labels in the 70s and 80s as well as Crystal Rose in the 90s.\u00a0 His biggest hit with the Delegation was Feels Like Fire<\/em> which\u00a0 appeared on the self titled 1982 Birthright LP.\u00a0 The song was also recorded by the Gospel Music Workshop of America and nominated for the prestigious Grammy award.<\/p>\n

Gabriel’s compositions appeared on several other projects including the Wilmington Chester Mass Choir (Its Mighty Nice to Be on the Lord’s Side<\/em>) the Edwin Hawkins Music and Arts Seminar Mass Choir (I Tried Him for Myself<\/em>).\u00a0 Gabriel and his wife Annette would also compose I Feel Good<\/em> which was recorded by Stephanie Mills and Love Under New Management<\/em> recorded by Micki Howard and the Kurt Carr Singers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Gospel Music Community is saddened with news of the passing of noted singer\/songwriter Gabriel Hardeman on Saturday, June 16th.\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],"tags":[757,786,787,788,789,790,791,729],"class_list":["post-2874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artist-news-and-updates","category-life-status-births-and-obituaries","tag-edwin-hawkins-music-and-arts-seminar","tag-feels-like-fire","tag-gabriel-hardeman","tag-gabriel-hardeman-delegation","tag-gospel-music-workshop-of-america","tag-kurt-carr-singers","tag-stephanie-mills","tag-wilmington-chester-mass-choir"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14755,"url":"https:\/\/gospelflava.com\/v2\/honorary-doctorate-for-jeffrey-lavalley\/","url_meta":{"origin":2874,"position":0},"title":"Honorary Doctorate For Jeffrey LaValley","author":"Gregory Gay","date":"November 10, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"While Jeffrey LaValley has been the recipient of numerous accolades in his 50 years in Gospel music, he most recently added a doctoral degree in sacred music from the Wayland Baptist Theological Seminary during their annual Fall Convocation held in mid-October. 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