Vestal Goodman has been a performer of the Southern Gospel genre for over half a century. She is known as a solo performer and a member of the Happy Goodman family - rooted in her husband and siblings - one of the pioneer groups in gospel music. Goodman was the fourth in a family of six and started singing in church as a child. Growing up in the Church of God, her original intention was to learn about the Metropolitan Opera, but growing up in the church, she felt compelled to sing gospel music. She married Howard Goodman, a preacher nine years her senior, on November 7, 1949. They have a son Rick and a daughter Vicki. They have pastored churches and sang to churches across the country. Together with Howard's two brothers, Sam and Rusty, they are known as the Happy Goodman Family, helping pave the way for southern gospel music in the 1960s.
Birth name | Vestal Freeman |
Born | December 13, 1929, Fyffe, Alabama |
Died | December 27, 2003, Celebration, Florida |
Genres | Southern gospel |
Occupation(s) | Singer |
Instruments | Vocals |
Years active | 1949–2003 |
Associated acts | Happy Goodman Family, Bill & Gloria Gaither |
Gospel Singer Vestal Goodman was born in Fyffe, Alabama, United States on December 13, 1929. She dies at the age of 74, on December 27, 2003.
Alabama vocalist had a stellar career in the Southern Gospel genre that spanned more than fifty years. One of her most well-known songs is It'll All Be Over But the Shoutin'.
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Vestal Goodman was born in the Zodiac sign Sagittarius (The Centaur/Archer), and 1929 is also the year of Serpent (蛇) in the Chinese Zodiac.
She began singing at her local church.
Rolling Stone, Time, and People magazine all referred to her as"The Queen of Southern Gospel Music".
From 1949 until his death in November 2002, her husband was Howard Goodman.
She sang in the White House for US President US President Jimmy Carter in 1979.
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