Higher Ground
Subtitle: Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Curtis Mayfield, and the Rise and Fall of American Soul
Publisher: Crown
Published: March 9, 2004
Language: eng
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780609609934
First sentence: LISTEN AT HER. AM EN." Reverend C.L. Franklin's words rose up above the swell of voices that greeted his fourteen-year-old daughter as she surrendered to the moan at the timeless heart of "Precious Lord (Take My Hand)," the most tormented and triumphant of gospel classics.