Richard Smallwood is definately a pioneer in Gospel Music and has just launched his 15th project, Promises, which debuted #1 on Billboard’s Gospel charts.

Music has been the lynch pin to worship since the beginning of time. Through the years the Black church has always been a place of refuge, support and direction has always been the faith.

Source: The Belle Report More than 2,000 people lined the streets around the Paramount Theatre Friday morning for free tickets to a musical tribute and a funeral for Grammy Award-winning artist Walter Hawkins. Manycamped out overnight, with the earliest arriving at 5 p.m. Thursday.

Tuesday’s musical salute to Walter Hawkins will feature some of the biggest names in gospel music.