Country Gospel Singer Martha Carson Dies, News & Scoop

Dec

2004

Country Gospel Singer Martha Carson Dies

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Martha Carson, famous for singing uptempo country gospel songs such as "Satisfied," passed away Thursday, Dec. 16 in Nashville at age 83. In 1938 she performed on an Atlanta radio program along with her two sisters and later recorded for Capitol Records. She joined the Grand Ole Opry in 1952. She was married to music promoter Xavier Cosse. Many of her songs were recorded by artists such as Faron Young, Clyde McPhatter and Johnnie Rae. She was known to have influenced Elvis Presley, Brenda Lee, Connie Smith and others with her driving style as a solo performer. Funeral services will be held Monday, Dec. 20 in Nashville, TN.

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I REMEMBER MARTHA CARSON.
SHE INSPIRED ME TO SING .I AM THE SONG LEADER IN
MY CHURCH. I ALSO SING IN OTHER CHURCHES,
I REMEMBER HER SINGING SATISFIED AND I REMEMBER
HER CLOTHES SHE ALWAYS WORE LONGSLEAVE DRESSES.
SHE WILL BE MISSED. MAY GOD BE WITH HER FAMILY
AT THIS TIME.

Commented by (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) On 12/17/2004

I remember her well. God bless her.

Commented by (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) On 12/18/2004

I remember her singing as James and Martha Carson and the song Satisfied was a very big favorite.

Commented by (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) On 12/19/2004

God rest her soul. Martha Carson was an elegant and very gracious Southern lady. I have a picture of her in my office she autographed and sent to me in 1989. We talked by telephone a few years ago. It was the only occasion I actually spoke to Ms. Carson, though we did corresponded a few times.
I had the privilege of becoming acquainted with Martha Carson through a mutual friend in Nashville named Scott Turner. In the late 1990's, Scott produced an album of her hits and they became good friends.
She was special. In our phone only conversation I referred to her as "the Maureen O' Hara of Gospel music" and she seemed pleased.
Martha Carson is really "Satisfied" today - now she's at home with our Savior.

Jim Stover

Commented by (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) On 12/20/2004

I never met Martha Carson. I can only say I thought she was one of the greatest female gospel singers I ever heard....And she was a southern beauty too ! " Satisfied " will always be a favorite of mine...No body sings like that anymore " When my eyes have closed in death, with my Jesus I'll be at rest..Then you'll know I'm Satisfied " I believe Martha Carson is Satisfied...
Bill Sterling

Commented by Bill Sterling On 01/02/2005

I met with Martha a hand full of times in the early 80's after discovering her great records from the 1950's. I wrote several indepth, published articles on her and coined the phrase,"Rockin' Queen of Happy Spirituals". Had the timing been right, we would have written a book about her life. She was a grand and talented lady.... David Byers, Canada

Commented by (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) On 01/03/2005

Did Rusty Goodman sing backup for Martha Carson for a while?

Commented by (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) On 01/03/2005

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