Intro by: Gail Nobles
story by: Gail Nobles
Clara Mae Ward was a gospel singer who achieved great artistic and commercial success during the 1940s and 1950s as a leader of the Famous Ward Singers.
Ward was the first gospel singer to sing with 100 piece symphony orchestra in the 1960s.The Clara Ward Singers recorded an album together entitled The Heart, the Faith, the Soul of Clara Ward, and the Ward Singers performed their music live in Philadelphia with the city’s Symphony and the Golden Voices Ensemble. Ward sang back up for pop artist with her sister Willa’s background group most notably on Dee Dee Sharp’s hit Mashed Potato Time which reach number two on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1962.
I love the sound of Clara Ward and the Famous Ward Singers. I love their single I'll Send a Comforter from their album Clara Ward Gospel Concert Recorded Live. You can hear the audience clapping and the organ playing. As Clara sings lead through the whole song, the Ward singers sing the chorus of the song repeatly: Jesus said I'll send a comforter. I believe just what he said.
You're listening to Spoken In Words (the gospel edition). I am your host Gail Nobles. Today's topic: Clara Ward and Ward Singers.
