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With the formation of WORD Records in the early 1960’s, Vestal and The Happy Goodman Family was the flagship artist to be signed to this company. In 1969, Vestal won the first ever Female Vocalist of the Year Dove Award. As a natural step in her career, Vestal released her first solo album, "Hallelujah!" in 1971, from which came the well-known single, "It'll All Be Over But the Shoutin'." Vestal was honored repeatedly as "The Queen of Gospel Music" and was one of the most beloved artists ever in the genre. The Happy Goodmans won multiple Grammy and Dove awards, charted 15 #1 hit songs, including “I Wouldn’t Take Nothin’ For My Journey Now," and performed more than 3,500 concerts, including performing at the White House for President Jimmy Carter in 1979. Her title of “Queen of Gospel Music,” was proclaimed in a wide array of magazines, from Rolling Stone and Billboard to Time and People to the Singing News. She and her husband worked with many well known musicians on the "Gaither Homecoming" music project in the late 1990s. Her autobiography was released in 1999, and she was inducted into the Southern Gospel Music Association Hall of Fame in 2002. Mrs. Goodman was widowed in November of 2002, after having made a farewell recording and singing tour with her 81-year-old husband, dubbed "The Final Stand." Vestal Goodman died unexpectedly at age 74 of complications from the flu December 27, 2003, in Celebration, Florida. |
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