REV. JOHN ALEXANDER THOMPSON
Education Began
music studies at age five (5)
Professional
Experience
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Musical Experience
The
renowned Johnny Thompson Singers - Founder/Director (since 1965)
Gospel Music Alliance Preservation Choir - Director/Musician
Accomplishments
The Johnny Thompson Singers
have appeared with most of the Gospel greats such as Rev. James Cleveland,
Evangelist Shirley Caesar, Dorothy Love-Coates, The Mighty Clouds Of Joy,
Inez Andrews, Alex Bradford, Marion Williams, Bessie Griffin etc.
In 1955, he founded the Sun light Jubilee Juniors (The Blue Robe Boys) and
soon wrote his first gospel song "The Creation".
In
1967, first European Concert tour with the legendary "Stars Of Faith
Of Black Nativity"
In
1971, first European concert tour with The Thompson Singers. Over 60 tours
until present in over 50 countries around the world.
In
1989 first concert in Africa (Operahouse Cairo, Egypt) and the first
gospel group to perform in the Soviet Union and Bulgaria.
Composed numerous gospel hits, i.e. "Stranger On The Road",
"Get Up My Brother", "If I Perish", "I'm Happy On
My Way", "If You Gonna Pray", "Hold Out",
"Hallelujah Is The Highest Praise", "Shake The Devil
Off"
First Gospel group (1980) to create a video for worldwide sale.
First Gospel group to perform at Operahouse Zurich/Switzerland (1984)
In 1990 celebrated 25th Anniversary of The Johnny Thompson Singers
Composes countless number of Gospel compositions for many other artist and
his own singers
Wrote nine plays such as: "Master I Want To Live" (1965), (Since
1996 with great success every year in Europe), "The Judgement
Bar" (1973), "The Capricorn King" (1973), "The
Gospelers" (1974), "These are The Books Of The Bible"
(1974), "Little Dark Baby" (1978), "Virgil Jones"
(1979), "Holiness by Choice" (1992), "Anointed To Sing The
Gospel" (1995) and composed the music to the Oscar Johnson's
"Little Willie Junior's resurrection" a secular play which
toured all over the USA and received several awards in London, England.
Rev. Johnny Thompson has played among others, and sung and recorded for a
great number of choirs, groups and soloists. The Stars Of Faith Of Black
Nativity, the late Marion Williams, Bessie Griffin, Linda Hopkins, Sister
Rosetta Tharpe, Dorothy Love-Coates, Dorothy Norwood, The Davis Sisters,
The Lorraine Ellison Singers, The Heavenly Dewdrops, The University Of
Pennsylvania Gospel Choir, The Pennsylvania F.B.H. District Choir,
Sanctification Phase II, The Original Victory Choral Union, The Youth
Congress F.B.H. Workshop Choir etc.
Affiliations
National Convention Of Gospel Choirs and Choruses (NCGCC) - Board member
Gospel Music Workshop Of America (GMWA) - Member, Gospel Minister
The Fire Baptized Holiness Church Of God Of The Americas - National Y.P.I.
Director