How I Got Over: Clara Ward and the World-famous Ward Singers

Willa Ward-Royster, Toni Rose

Temple University Press, 1997 - Music - 263 pages

Chronicles Ward Singers' story from rural Anderson, South Carolina, to the streets of North Philadelphia and beyond. This book tells Wards' story that ranges over the joys and frustrations, triumphs and agonies of what it means to be simultaneously a family, an entertainment business enterprise, and a group with a mission to spread God's word.

About the author

Willa Ward-Royster performed with the Clara Ward Singers as a solo artist and as head of several of her own groups. Though semi-retired, she still appears in combination with such former Ward Singers as Frances Steadman, Kitty Parham, and Esther Ford and performs in area supper clubs, cursing homes, and senior centers.

Bibliographic information

• Title: How I Got Over: Clara Ward and the World-famous Ward Singers
• Authors: Willa Ward-Royster, Toni Rose
• Contributor: Toni Rose
• Edition: illustrated, revised
• Publisher: Temple University Press, 1997
• ISBN: 1566394902, 9781566394901
• Length: 263 pages
• Subjects: Music / History & Criticism