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Billy Beck, a Youngstown native who now lives in Warren, is the keyboard player for the Ohio Players and cowrote many of its soul / funk hits. He just finished his first gospel album.
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The Missing Piece in a Gospel Music Classic
Sam Cooke’s “Touch the Hem of His Garment” retells a famous Bible story – but with one significant omission.
That’s why it’s so powerful.
This classic 1956 song appears on a recording by the Soul Stirrers. Written several years before he “crossed over” to secular pop music, releasing romantic classics