Sounds of Praise: I Saw The Light (1972)

One of the most influential names in pop music in the early 70's was Mike Curb, who was an executive at MGM Records before launching Curb Records (which is still around). He also had his own vocal chorale, the Mike Curb Congregation, which hit the charts with 1971's "Burning Bridges", used in the movie, "Kelly's Heroes", with Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalas, and Don Rickles (!), among others. The next year, the Congregation were back-up singers for Sammy Davis, Jr. on his #1 hit, "The Candy Man", released on MGM.

That same year, Curb and company were featured on The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour, from which we get our next track, the gospel standard, "I Saw The Light", introduced by Campbell as he leads Minnie Pearl (Hee Haw) off stage........

Vocalist Kathy Coleman is better known for her acting, particularly in the original Land of The Lost (1974-7) for NBC. Curb is also known to Saturday morning audiences for a trifecta of musical scores during the 1969-70 season. Curb was the musical director for a trio of ABC cartoons, Hot Wheels, Skyhawks, & Hanna-Barbera's Catanooga Cats.