Edited by Azizi Powell
This post showcases the Gospel song "Hallelujah Anyhow". Information about Thomas Whitfield and the lyrics to "Hallelujah Anyhow" are also included in this post.
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Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-brooklyn-tabernacle-choir.html for a pancocojams post of the song "Hallelujah Anyhow" as performed by the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir.
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INFORMATION ABOUT THOMAS WHITFIELD
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Whitfield_(singer)
"Thomas Anthony Whitfield (April 30, 1954 – June 20, 1992) was an American gospel singer, songwriter, arranger, pianist, choir director and producer best known for helping to shape the fabric of contemporary gospel music with his elaborate choral arrangements and the merging of musical styles ranging from jazz to classical into traditional gospel foundations. This style earned him the respectable title of "Maestro" by many of his colleagues and supporters. He was best known for organizing one of the popular contemporary gospel choirs of all time, the Thomas Whitfield Company and for producing best-selling records for Vanessa Bell Armstrong, Shirley Caesar, Yolanda Adams, Douglas Miller, Keith Pringle, Paul Morton and for Aretha Franklin...
The big break: Hallelujah Anyhow
After getting local attention with the releases of "Brand New" and "Things That We Believe, Vol. I" and "Things That We Believe, Vol. II" during the years of 1978–1980, Whitfield recorded his first live recording session (a popular trend in modern gospel music) with the Company at the St. Paul Church of God In Christ in Detroit. The album was finally released in 1983. At the same time, Whitfield began his association with Onyx International Records (a black gospel subsidiary of Benson Records) and also released "Hold Me"; a solo project that seemed to be a threatening towards SOG's current contract with the Whitfield Company. While "Hold Me" was released on a more recognized label and was by far one of Whitfield's state-of-the-art productions to date, it also help increased the popularity and exposure of "Hallelujah Anyhow" and kept the album on Billboard's Gospel Music charts for over a year…
Whitfield wrote most of the songs (except for "Soon As I Get Home" and "There's Not A Friend" – written by Roscoe Corner) and produced both projects. Songs like "God Wants Our Praises", "There's Not A Friend", "Walk In The Light", the infectious arrangement of "Oh, How I Love Jesus" and the brilliant ballad "Hallelujah Anyhow" were standouts"...
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SHOWCASE VIDEO: Thomas Whitfield - Hallelujah Anyhow
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ChoirMasterTV, Uploaded on Feb 11, 2009
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LYRICS: HALLELUJAH ANYHOW
Verse:
Hallelujah anyhow, anyhow.
Hallelujah anyhow, anyhow.
Chorus:
Hallelujah anyhow.
Verse
Chorus
Vamp 1:
Sopranos/Altos:
Hallelujah anyhow, anyhow,
Sopranos:
just keep on praising Him,
All:
anyhow, anyhow.
Chorus
Vamp 2:
Sopranos/Altos: Hallelujah...
Tenors: Hallelujah...
Soranos/Altos: anyhow...
Tenors: anyhow...
Sopranos/Altos: anyhow...
Tenors: anyhow...
Sopranos: just keep on praising Him...
Tenors: just keep on praising Him...
All: anyhow, anyhow.
Chorus
Verse
Vamp 1
Vamp 2
Chorus
Verse:
Hallelujah anyhow, anyhow.
Hallelujah anyhow, anyhow.
Chorus:
Hallelujah anyhow.
Verse
Chorus
Vamp 1:
Sopranos/Altos:
Hallelujah anyhow, anyhow,
Sopranos:
just keep on praising Him,
All:
anyhow, anyhow.
Chorus
Vamp 2:
Sopranos/Altos: Hallelujah...
Tenors: Hallelujah...
Soranos/Altos: anyhow...
Tenors: anyhow...
Sopranos/Altos: anyhow...
Tenors: anyhow...
Sopranos: just keep on praising Him...
Tenors: just keep on praising Him...
All: anyhow, anyhow.
Chorus
Verse
Vamp 1
Vamp 2
Chorus
Lyrics from eLyrics.net
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RELATED LINKS
Click http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfRODK54I-4 for a video of Thomas Whitfield and Choir's performance of "Oh Hallelujah". This is a different song than "Hallelujah Anyhow".
Also, "Hallelujah Anyhow" isn't the same song as the Spiritual entitled "Anyhow" ("Anyhow My Lord").
Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2013/10/rev-timothy-flemming-anyhow-lyrics.html for the first post in a two part pancocojams series about that African American Spiritual.
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Thanks to Thomas Whitfield for his musical legacy. Thanks also to the members of his choir, the publisher of this sound file on YouTube, and thanks to the transcriber of this song who is quoted in this post.
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