This is tracks 1 and 2 from the 1981 album "Douglas Miller and the Texas Southeast State Choir (COGIC) with Mattie Moss Clark.
BY REQUEST
Organ: Twinkie Clark
Douglas Miller was born on December 31, 1949 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania as Douglas Lee Miller, and was reared in the church singing in the choir. He went to the University of Akron, who while there at the college Mattie Moss Clark, trained him how to hone his craft, and presented him at Midnight Musicals put on by The Church of God in Christ. He became known for his baritone timbre of his vocal acumen and prowess.
Douglas Miller has not only made his mark as a singer, but as a successful musician, composer, recording and performing artist, and most recently, actor in gospel musicals.
His gospel musicals include, “God’s Trying to Tell You Something,” “Lord Save My Children From Destruction,” and “Secret Lover,” co-starring Ms. Melba Moore.
His albums include “Douglas Miller and the Texas Southeast State Choir” (featuring Dr. Mattie Moss-Clark and which stayed on the billboard charts for 157 weeks); “The Joy of The Lord Is My Strength” (which went all the way to number one on the billboard charts); “I Still Love the Name”; “Unspeakable Joy”; “Sing Until Morning”; “Victory”; “Living On The Top” (featuring a duet of the title song with gospel great Shirley Caesar); “Live in Houston” (which earned him a Grammy and Stellar Award Nomination); and “Do Not Pass Me By” (which gave Mr. Miller the distinction of being the first gospel artist ever to have a song on the American Music Awards when it was performed by M.C. Hammer in 1991. Other songs such as “Unspeakable Joy,” “Worthy is the Lamb,” “I Want to Be Holy,” and the incomparable “My Soul is Anchored” have all become mainstays in gospel music.