[Ads-l] Antedating of "Gospel" (Short for "Gospel Music")

[Shapiro, Fred]

gospel (OED, 1.f., 1956)

1950 Millburn and Short Hills (N.J.) Item 9 Feb. Second Section 6/1 (Newspapers.com)  In Salem, Ill., last fortnight Mrs. Harvey Leckrone was winding up a one-woman "jazz-to-Gospel" crusade.

1951 Washington Daily News 13 Apr. 75/1 (Newspapers.com)  JAZZ BLUES BOP GOSPEL.

1952 Suffolk (Va.) News-Herald 24 Dec. 17/3 (Newspapers.com)  The performance of both jazz and gospel are the same.

Fred Shapiro

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