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She's been called "the gospel Patti LaBelle,"
and the latest album and home video from Dottie Peoples shows just why
when she sings, there's not a soul sitting in their seat. It is her appeal
to youngsters, teens, and young adults that's extraordinary among artists
labeled "traditional gospel." "Gospel has to change a bit
for the new generation because young people need gospel, need to hear
a word from the Lord, now more than ever. By the time I leave the stage,
I want to
have an impact on someone's life.She's been called "the gospel Patti
LaBelle," and the latest album and home video from Dottie Peoples
shows just why when she sings, there's not a soul sitting in their seat.
It is her appeal to youngsters, teens, and young adults that's extrodinary
among artists labeled "traditional gospel." "Gospel has
to change a bit for the new generation because young people need gospel,
need to hear a word from the Lord, now more than ever. By the time I leave
the stage, I want to have an impact on someone's life." Whether on
album, video, the road, singing the National Anthem at Atlanta Hawks and
Braves games or performing with the Atlanta Symphony, Peoples moves an
audience with a fire, a spirit and a joy overflowing with both the power
and the glory. "Any of us who sings gospel is anointed. We feel and
sing from the soul. I try to make the audience feel they're a part of
me. I am not.
I'm a big talker, friendly, I meet no strangers-and on stage that all
comes out." Dottie Peoples has recorded numerous albums, which have
received many awards, but she is most famous for her 1994 album "On
Time God". Reaching #1 on the gospel charts, Peoples, "On Time
God" and the title song swept the Stellar Awards and the Gospel Music
Workshop of America Awards. She was nominated for Soul Train's Lady of
Soul Award. Her songs have indeed inspired and uplifted. With a loving,
down-to-earth, up-to-heaven personality, and a singing style that gets
listeners up out of their seats, Peoples has been able to draw people,
particularly young people, to her side. "I guess it's because I'm
quick to hug them,"she says. They, in turn, havesurely embraced Dottie
Peoples.
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