Definition of "gospel singing" []

• Folk music consisting of a genre of a cappella music originating with Black slaves in the United States and featuring call and response; influential on the development of other genres of popular music (especially soul) (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "The intense, earthy outgrowth of gospel singing was an expression of black culture; the term took hold about the same time as soul food and was followed by political figures who were eager to be said to have soul."