Best of Dorothy Love Coates

Dorothy Love Coates | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 17, 1991)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Specialty
• ASIN: B000000QOD
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #70,261 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #85 in Music > Gospel > Traditional

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It doesn't get any better!, August 16, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Best of Dorothy Love Coates (Audio CD)

These are songs that can uplift you and give you the spirit to carry on through the day! With Dorothy's powerful lead vocals, Mildred Miller's growling contralto and Willie Mae Newberry's piercing suprano, each and every song on this cd is a winner. From the rocking "Get Away Jordan", to the joyful "You Better Run" to the bluesy "That's Enough" and the soulful "Lord, Don't Forget About Me", these tracks are winning songs sung by triumphant sisters filled with the Holy Spirit! The Gospel Harmonettes were truly one of the stand-out groups of Gospels' Golden Age and with songs written and sung by a talent like Coates, how could they go wrong!? Only the immortal Caravans can match them when it comes to sheer talent and intensity!!!

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars DOROTHY LOVE COATES , GOSPEL AT ITS ALL TIME B E S T !, January 5, 2001

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gary smith (passaic, nj United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Best of Dorothy Love Coates (Audio CD)

HAVE YOU EVER WANTED TO PURCHASE A GOSPEL CD,WHERE EVERY SONG WILL LIFT YOU UP SHOUTING H A L L EL U J A H...WELL LOOK NO FURTHER, AND IMMEDIATELY PUT THIS CD," THE BEST OF DOROTHY LOVE COATES " IN YOUR SHOPPING CART!! PUT YOUR SHOUTING SHOES ON AND GET READY TO BE LIFTED UP. THE MUSIC YOU ARE ABOUT TO HEAR IS FOOT STOMPING,HAND CLAPPING ,DELIVERANCE MUSIC. DOROTHY LOVE COATES, WITHOUT A DOUBT IS THE BEST GOSPEL SONG WRITER TO EVER LIVE. ALL CHURCH GOSPEL CHOIRS OR BETTER YET ANY GOSPEL SINGER, HAS MANY DOROTHY LOVE COATES COMPOSITIONS IN THEIR REPOIRTRE .AS YOU READ THE TITLES OF THE 24 TUNES IN THIS PACKAGE ,THE NAMES YOU MAY NOT RECOGINIZE,BUT LISTENING TO THEM YOU WILL SAY," OH I LOVE THIS SONG," AND YOU WILL START PATTING YOUR FEET AND SINGING ALONG.. 2 RECENT HOLLYWOOD MOVIES HAVE NOTICED mS. cOATES. THE SOUNDTRACK FROM THE PICTURE "GHOST, " FEATURES " YOU CAN'T HURRY GOD," FROM OPRAH'S MOVIE, BELOVED , WHERE DOROTHY PLAYED LUCILLE WILLIAMS AND WROTE THE GOSPEL SOUNDTRACK,YOU HAVE NO HIDING PLACE..GOSPEL CLASSICS ON THIS CD INCLUDE HE'S CALLING ME, GET AWAY JORDAN, YOU MUST BE BORN AGAIN,BYE AND BYE,AND THE EVER POPULAR HEAVEN...I'VE RECORDED GOSPEL, PROFESSIONALLY WITH MANY OUTSTANDING TALENTS,AND HAVE EVEN BEEN ON THE SAME TOUR WITH MS COATES,BUT IN MY ESTIMATION,WHEN YOU WANT TO HEAR GOSPEL AT ITS BEST,START OUT WITH DOROTHY LOVE COATES AND HER ORIGINAL HARMONETTES AND YOU WILL TRULY BE BLESSED!!!!WITH HER AND G O D ON YOUR SIDE YOU CAN'T GO WRONG, AND AS DOROTHY LOVE COATES SINGS ON THIS CD THAT'S ENOUGH!!!!!!!!!!!!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dorthy's The Greatest, October 4, 2006

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Michael S. Smith - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Best of Dorothy Love Coates (Audio CD)

I join with those who herald this as the greatest gospel singer of all time. That is not a designation that today's artists who listen for impeccable clarity and technical excellence would be likely to make, but strip away all the veneer, and what you are left with in vocal music is either an artist who can pull you into their experience, or not. There is no way to give this singer a serious listen and not hear her greatness. In fact, DLC takes you way beyond hearing and into the realm of the sacred. I was first introduced to her music as a child, some forty years ago, and it continues to impact me today. My mother spent the last three years of her life with Alzheimer Disease. She was a lover of music, but the music of DLC would move her past her disease into the presence of God. I applaud the artists of our day, and bid them God's speed in lifting the spirits of today's listeners. But there are times when I lay all of that aside and let DLC take me into the presence of God. She is beyond talented, gifted and the general terms we use to speak of artist. She is transciendent - in a class by herself. By no means divine, but without a doubt - divinely enabled. She is my unsung hero.
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