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Happy Goodman Family
Former Southern gospel group
The Happy Goodman Family is a Southern gospel group that was founded in the s by Howard "Happy" Goodman and performed together for several decades.
The Happy Goodmans achieved significant popularity in the s.
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In , they won the first Grammy Award to be awarded for a gospel album by a gospel group.
History
The Happy Goodman Family began around Howard Goodman (eldest of eight children) had been traveling as an evangelist and gradually began to form his seven siblings into a gospel singing group.
Until the late s there were various combinations of all eight brothers and sisters, always including Howard, and after his wife Vestal. Eventually the Goodman sisters (Gussie Mae, Stella, Eloise, and Helen Ruth) left the group to get married.
During this period brothers Sam, Charles (Rusty) and Bobby Ray all had various careers as well. Sam served in the United States Air Force, Rusty was in the United States Army and later sang with