MANUEL BEAN: AMAZING GOSPEL IN HARLEM

The Beans arriving to the B.B. King Blues Club

Today is Sunday and at B.B. King Blues Club New York, the Harlem Gospel Choir is going to sing beautiful songs and prayers. Manuel Bean is a great fan of gospel and this is the main reason because the family is going to assist to this event.

The Harlem Gospel Choir is an American gospel choir based in Harlem, New York. It is one of the United States's most prominent gospel choirs.

The group comprises 65 members, ranging in age from 17 to 70. It has toured the world, logging two million travel miles. They have appeared on national television programs. 

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They have performed for Pope John Paul II and Paul McCartney, and have performed with The Chieftains, Diana Ross, Whoopi Goldberg, Harry Belafonte, Danny Glover, the Dixie Hummingbirds, Jimmy Cliff, Lyle Lovett, Lisa Marie Presley, Volbeat, Bono from U2, André Rieu and his Johann Strauss Orchestra, Jessica Simpson and Josh Groban.

Selfie of Manuel with The Harlem Gospel Choir

The group was founded on Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday, 1986 (January 15, 1986) by Allen Bailey.

The Harlem Gospel Choir tours the world every year and was the first American gospel choir to perform in Australia, New Zealand, China, Russia, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Czech Republic, Serbia, Slovenia, Slovakia and Morocco. The choir is always looking for new territories to introduce to gospel music.

The group comprises 40 singers and musicians but performs on tour with a formant of nine singers and two musicians (keyboards and drums). It has toured the world, logging over two million travel miles.

They perform every Sunday at BB King Blues Club New York for a gospel brunch and have a strong presence in New York with annual appearances at the Children's Museum of Manhattan and several elementary schools during Black History Month.

More information: Harlem Gospel Choir

The Angels in Harlem Gospel Choir is the older touring arm of the Harlem Gospel Choir.

I have spoke with the tongue of angels.
I have held the hand of a devil.
It was one empty night.
I was cold as a stone.
But I still haven't found

what I'm looking for.

 U2