Edna Gallmon Cooke

Artist: Edna Gallmon Cooke

LP: Stop Gambler
Song: "Leaking In This Building"
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Song: "Stop Gambler"

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Song: "The Lord Still Answers Prayer"

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Here's an old gospel record in bad condition that I picked up at a shop in Mobile, Alabama back in 2014. Born in Columbia, South Carolina in 1918, Edna Gallmon Cooke attended school in Washington, DC and became known as the "Sweetheart of the Potomac" as she toured the USA. But according to the "Stop Gambler" LP liner notes, Edna G. Cooke's musical career as both a recording artist and a public performer didn't really take off until after her first waxing.

 [ Edna Gallmon Cooke: 1918 — September 4, 1967 ]