ATLANTA, July 21
/PRNewswire/ —

WHAT:  Top
artists in the gospel world gathered on Tuesday,
July 20 to pay respects to Grammy Award winning gospel legend,
Bishop Walter Hawkins, who passed away July 11 after succumbing to pancreatic cancer.
Gospel music luminaries will gather at Oakland‘s
Paramount Theater for a musical salute to Walter
Hawkins known for his classic gospel songs such as “Goin’ Up
Yonder,” “Marvelous,” and  “What is This?”  THE WALTER HAWKINS TRIBUTE
CONCERT will air on Sunday on GMC, America’s favorite channel for
uplifting music and family entertainment, at 8:00
p.m. ET, 5:00 p.m. PT

Gospel performers who
will perform include: Yolanda Adams, Mary Mary, Donnie
McClurkin, Hawkins’ sister, Lynnette
Hawkins, R&B artist Ledisi, Karen
Clark Sheard, Daryl Coley, Vanessa Bell Armstrong, Byron
Cage, Melvin & Doug Williams
of The Williams Brothers, guitarist Jonathan
DuBose Jr., D.J. Rogers, and The
Love Center Choir. The music directors for the evening will include
Hawkins’ brother, Edwin Hawkins, Donald Lawrence, Kurt
Carr, Richard Smallwood, and
Hawkins’ longtime music director, Rusty Watson.
Bebe Winans, Marvin
Winans, and Black Entertainment Television (BET) personality,
Dr. Bobby Jones will serve as masters of
ceremonies

WHEN:  Sunday, July 25 at 8:00
p.m. ET, 5:00 p.m. PT

WHERE:  GMC
(formerly the Gospel Music Channel) will telecast the tribute which was
performed Tuesday, July 20 in Oakland, CA at the Paramount Theater

About GMC:

GMC (www.watchGMCtv.com), America’s
favorite channel for uplifting music and family entertainment, is the
fastest-growing network in television and the number one digital network
in perceived value (source: BETA Research). GMC can be seen in 47
million homes on various cable systems around the country, on DIRECTV on
channel 338 and on Verizon FiOS on channel 224. 

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