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"Gospel Singing Jubilee"

"Gospel Singing Jubilee" has nothing to sell you and won't put you on a mailing list. The program, which is sponsored by advertisers, is just another expression of the huge commercial gospel music market—and that is a big, big market. The million-sellers of gospel music don't get much attention in the

secular press, but gospel music devotees amount to nothing less than a major subcultural market in the United States. Christian Bookseller magazine regularly publishes a Christian version of Billboard's top forty songs.

"Gospel Singing Jubilee" is purely and simply an entertainment program for the gospel-loving subculture—albeit with an occasional light testimony thrown in.