Victory for Traditional Gospel Music

What does Marion Williams have in common with the White Stripes, Michael Buble, Kelly Clarkson, and Coldplay?

She's in the top 50 of Amazon.com's top music sellers as of August 6, 2005!

Producer Anthony Heilbut's recent interview on NPR's "All Things Considered" provided some extra octane for Remember Me, a compilation of Williams' later material, to rise to the top 50 on Amazon.com's best selling music CD list.

Better yet, it is the number one selling black gospel CD on Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble's on-line portal.

Congratulations to Anthony and, posthumously, to Marion Williams. Would that she could witness this renewed interest in her body of work!

Heilbut will be a guest on TBGB's "Gospel Memories" Sunday morning, August 7 at 4:00 a.m. Central Time US. The show is broadcast live in Chicago on 88.7 WLUW, and via webcast at www.wluw.org.