How They Got Over

Directed by Robert Clem
TV-14
2018    87mDocumentary, Music,
8.3
How African Americans created the upbeat musical form that started out as gospel quartet music and became rock and roll.
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Cast of How They Got Over
  • J.W. AlexanderSelf - The Pilgrim Travelers, Specialty Records
  • Ira TuckerSelf - Dixie Hummingbirds
  • Issac FreemanSelf - Fairfield Four
  • Iola PughSelf - The Consolers
  • Sullivan PughSelf - The Consolers
  • Jerry ZoltenSelf - Producer
  • Joyce JacksonSelf - Gospel Quartet Historian
  • Opal Louis NationsSelf - Writer
  • Bob MarovichSelf - Broadcaster
  • Bob BeattySelf - Heavenly Gospel Singers
  • Otis ClaySelf - Gospel
  • Clarence FountainSelf - Blind Boys of Alabama
  • Linwood HeathSelf - Disc Jockey
  • Dennis EdwardsSelf - Temptations
  • Spencer TaylorSelf - Highway QC's
  • Willie RogersSelf - Soul Stirrers
  • JoJo WallaceSelf - Sensational Nightingales
  • Thomas SpannSelf - Brooklyn All Stars
  • Joe LigonSelf - Mighty Clouds of Joy
  • John AnantuaDrama Sequence Actor
  • Inez AndrewsSelf
  • Joel AustinDrama Sequence Actor
  • Brian BarrentineDrama Sequence Actor
  • Emily BramsSelf
  • Archie BrownleeSelf
  • Howard CarrollSelf - Dixie Hummingbirds
  • Julius CheeksSelf - Sensational Nightingales
  • Margie CheeksSelf - Margie Cheeks & The Gospel Knights
  • Dorothy Love CoatesSelf
  • Sam CookeSelf
  • Leroy CrumeSelf
  • Louis DixSelf - Blind Boys of Alabama
  • Thomas DorseySelf
  • J.J. FarleySelf - Soul Stirrers Manager
  • Stefan HoldbrookDrama Sequence Actor
  • Mahalia JacksonSelf
  • Chris JasonDrama Sequence Actor
  • Claude JeterSelf
  • Charles JohnsonSelf - Sensational Nightingales
  • Sky Lakota-LynchDrama Sequence Actor
  • Sally MartinSelf
  • Jimmy OutlerSelf - Soul Stirrers
  • Don D. RobeySelf - Peacock Records
  • Roscoe RobinsonSelf
  • Alexander RumphDrama Sequence Actor
  • George ScottSelf - Blind Boys of Alabama
  • Kortnee SimmonsDrama Sequence Actor
  • Sister Rosetta TharpeSelf
  • Jackie VerdellSelf - Davis Sisters
  • James WalkerSelf
 
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