For a lot of people, religion is out of fashion so gospel music probably is too. Which is too bad because gospel music is not only beautiful on its own, it really is the root of a tremendous amount of American music. You don’t have to look too far to see Ray Charles and Aretha Franklin and the influence they have had, not to mention Elvis Presley and Hank Williams who also sang gospel. And James Brown drew a tremendous amount from the Dixie Hummingbirds including a lot of his stage persona.
A lot of people first heard of the Dixie Hummingbirds when Paul Simon covered their song “Loves Me Like A Rock” in the 1970’s and had them singing backup.