The Barrett Sisters: Say Amen Somebody

An extended clip from The Barrett Sisters' 2013 documentary "Sweet Sisters of Zion"

[@karamalebro]

She took a deep breathe. She composed herself. She was like-lets change the subject. Classy and Classic.

[@need4HIM]

Classic, gracious lady!

[@jamessims9475]

and meek. cuz it's clear to me that she could lay him low with only a few sentences. 😂 but she chose to leave him with some dignity and the way she explained it to him later...it was touching

[@UncleDuTheWatchman]

Rhodessa had one of the most powerful soprano voices in her prime. Even in her 80s it's still arresting, but in it's prime it was FIRE!

[@haroldscroggins8484]

Could hit those high notes really easy

[@erickah.2502]

Always loved

[@denniscampbell4497]

6y8

[@britishlad5648]

...and Rodessa, still has that same Lyric Coloratura Soprano vocal ability!!!

[@esquire2K11]

Agreed!! In her prime her voice was stupendous!!!🙌🏾

[@angelapalmer835]

Love The Barrett Sisters! Lord, we need church and singing like this again! R.I.P. Sister Delois. ❤

[@need4HIM]

It was gospel music with substance. Nothing lightweight about those singers.

[@TimLIFE91]

Before any of the other groups there were The Barrett Sisters. Let it be known that these women had a sound that was resounding! The fact that pretty all three of them were sopranos made their sound that much more bigger and round. There will NEVER be another group to do it better!

[@ernestandrades8537]

SAY AMEN SOMEBODY is the best documentary I have ever seen! I had the pleasure of seeing the Barrett Sisters in Cambridge, MA some years ago. It was sad to see Delois in a wheelchair but it didn't take away from the concert - they were fabulous!!!! I am so glad I got to see them perform "live". It meant everything!

[@LisaIrby]

I wish I could have seen them live! You are so lucky! And now to just discover Billie died last month....Wow... RIP!

[@lhu6971]

I'm looking for entire documentary❤ Can you include link?? Please

[@Evian43]

I remember seeing Say Amen Somebody when it first hit the movie theaters in 1982, i was 17 yrs old, and hearing the Barrett Sisters sing for the first time had everything in me wanting to shout, i sat and watched the documentary 3 times because it was so mesmerizing, uplifting and educational. I loved learning about Thomas A Dorsey, Mother Willie Mae Ford Smith, and Sallie Martin . This movie introduced me to The FABULOUS Barrett Sisters, and I have been a fan ever since. ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@need4HIM]

Their music brings conviction upon the hearer. People can get saved with this kind of singing...and then live right!

[@leslieh761]

You're right ... their voices, along with the conviction of the Gospel they sang with, had the power to draw folks to Christ.

[@chocolatedrop439]

How I miss Aunt Delois! Now she can sing again with Aunt Billie! Both of you have made your rest! God gave both of you your wings, wings of faith to fly away to be at rest! Missing you both! Pray for the family and keep Rodessa lifted!

[@melindabanksisom8781]

My Condolences tou and ur Family🖤😇

[@chocolatedrop439]

@@melindabanksisom8781 Thank you!!! My apologies for the late response!

[@marcmarc59]

BEST FEMALE "GOSPEL TRIO" EVER!!!!!

[@CigaraStCistar]

Am I getting this over to you... You want eggs with you're sausage? Interpretation ... You tried me in this filming but I said what I said... you know my desire and I'm going to live my purpose driven life. Cameras rolling or not... when she tossed that spoon in sink I was like- she was pissed but she handled that.... lol oh yes she did.

[@milsway99]

😂 Facts...it was all over her face.

[@janetbond1367]

She was really pist.

[@08CARIB]

They are lovely ladies, especially Delores she is gorgeous. I will use "you want eggs, with your sausage?" for the rest of my LIFE to my husband! Oh and "...am I getting this over to you?" classic

[@ArchAGabriel]

there will never be another group like them..

[@keithmuncy2165]

Such a beautiful tribute to the legendary Barrett Sisters. One of my personal favorite singing groups of all time. I miss Mrs. Delois and it hurt so badly when I found out she had gone to glory. I hope one day to meet Rhodessa and Billie before they join their sweet sister in that heavenly choir.

[@j.pwashingtoniii7432]

Her home is lovely!

[@need4HIM]

I love, love , LOVE the Barrett Sisters. They have blessed the world with their anointed music (accompanied with Godly living).. We need this kind of music RIGHT NOW!

[@tony265982]

"you want eggs with your sausage??" classic!!

[@KarenDBrame]

#CLASSIC 🎤⬇️

[@elf8266]

That's my favorite line

[@DaQuan-Boyd]

Amazing!!!!

[@GermonoToussaint]

She said so much with so little. lol

[@rbaltimo]

@@GermonoToussaint DIVA PREACHED A SERMON

[@notkeith123]

These ladies!!!! Talent, beauty, intelligence, realness...! What is it like to KNOW you've done something important for God in the world? It should have been against the law for any performance not to have been recorded. RIP Ms. DeLois. A job well down. And to Ms. Billie and Ms. Rodessa, thank you. Any more we can get from you is just delicious icing on an already extraordinarily good cake.

[@chevydude658]

They helped SO MANY couples in the ministry because its a very real thing. It showed just how authentic and real they were about their ministries a d their lives with the Lord. We look at these Gospel giants and forget they were real people. Not superhumans. This makes meove them more than I did before. And thats a whole lot!

[@JewelsR4ever]

I love that scene!!! KMSL. She was bout to CLOWN Rev. Campbell. Then she looked in that camera!! Classic!!

[@muzikpheend4449]

YESSSSSS!!!! When I first watched this movie yearrrs ago, I didn't even catch the clatter of the spoon til just now, but I caught right on to that look..even had to rewind it SEVERAL times before she even smiled ever so sweetly & said "do you want eggs to go with your sausage?" After that, I was beyond done!! Must get this movie in my collection (already have the soundtrack, but having seen the interviews just makes me want it more!)

[@JewelsR4ever]

I have the DVD. I watch it often. This is classic!! Makes me kinda sad knowing Mrs. Delois has crossed over, but we always have the music!!

[@FourSeasons04]

This was a staple at our family gatherings. We wore the VHS tape so badly that I eventually had to purchase the DVD. That scene along with Sister Martin and Sister Willie Mae quipping over where the convention first started was too enjoyable.

[@melindabanksisom8781]

@@FourSeasons04 😁😁

[@milsway99]

@@FourSeasons04Lol. I just watched it tonight. They were going in!!!

[@5243SWATS]

Wow I can't believe how Beautiful this documentary is. It brings back so many memories of growing up with my Late Grandmother and Late Mother that this makes me cry just watching it. I'm sorry Im still a church kid at heart,Grown Men cry too!😂 I Love This❤❤

[@NewRon2003us]

I recently got the Barrett Sisters doc DVD and wish they had gotten better recognition and recordings both visual and sound !

[@Ashsmokedout]

Wow! I knew about Deloris, but my God, all them Barrett girls could holler! And, Mrs. Rodessa still at it!

[@aliciamariehuff5265]

The Barrett Sisters pianist was Charles Anthony Pikes. He died in 2006.

[@keepingitrealandtruthful.5081]

Alicia Marie Huff He was also the minister of music at Mount Pisgah MB Church.

[@WordWoman111]

Thank you for sharing that. RIP.

[@haroldscroggins8484]

@@keepingitrealandtruthful.5081 he could really play a piano, is there any footage of him at his church? I know that at that time there wasn't any cell phones.

[@haroldscroggins8484]

He could play a piano!

[@rbaltimo]

We lost him way too early

[@kishagreen6809]

I wish someone would upload the full movie of say amen somebody. RIP DELORIS AND BILLIE🌺🦋🌹❤

[@kadeemrobinson1294]

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[@tyrehodges9794]

That younger sister hitting them high notes!

[@markrefour]

Love the barrett sisters they have been a major inspiration in my life

[@xrigtrk]

I advise anybody don't listen to these great ladies after 10 at night, you may not get to sleep it 12:52am,I'll try to stop after this song.

[@need4HIM]

You are right. Once I start listening to them sing I stay at it for hours. But the anointing is still strong and actually changes the atmosphere of my home. I long for that type of music in the church again.

[@leslieh761]

Yes Lord! You'll have a praise in your sleep listening to this at bedtime!

[@lomagugudlamini9909]

Hey me tooo🤣🤣🤣🤣since morning😇😇😇

[@chuckspoke]

Your so correct ....i started listening and 3hours later Pacific California time still listening. I need go to go to bed but I just want toi hear one more. Then another and another and just one more 3hours ago.

[@calebmatthias6761]

This is true in new zealand too haha

[@jaihemingway3680]

"...am I getting this over to you!!!" LOLOLOLOLOL, that's Mama Lois...

[@kennethross624]

Really they are classically trained sopranos who could have made it in concert halls. But they stayed in church

[@jaihemingway3680]

Absolutely a beautiful documentary!!!

[@robertsonclark7878]

Thank you for the memories.

[@Yahchebed]

This is so beautiful thank you for sharing your mom and aunts with us.

[@chuckspoke]

I had never heard of the Barrett Sister until I seen this documentary of HBO or PBS. Mrs Delois was so true because I became a lifelong fan of their gospel performance. All the way to the end with Mrs. Delois homegoing funeral service. They were a joy and delight whenever I could see and hear them perform.

[@UncleDuTheWatchman]

Say Amen Somebody was the movie that paved the way for the method that Reality TV would later be shot.

[@kingnice5687]

She is so pretty

[@chevydude658]

Oh yeah. She was such a beautiful woman.

[@milsway99]

They all were. And they aged well.

[@jhakeerjohnson6854]

When church was church

[@balaportejean7015]

You're intimacy with God js your church. The Lord led me to a great church bro. A revival church and i can tell u, it's truly revival.

[@aldoferrari5248]

thank you ,,,grazie per questo bellissimo documentario.

[@aprilellisellis]

This was a blessing! Thank you!

[@JeanJean-lz5qp]

THE DYNAMIC BARRET SISTERS, GREATEST GOSPEL SINGERS THE WORLD HAS KNOWN!

[@consentidabradford8904]

God bless you sisters 👑🎵🎼🎶🎼

[@deborahthompson5414]

Awesome! Always loved those sisters.

[@queenrichards1579]

She has a beautiful smile

[@amapparatistkwabena]

Sublime! Absolutely brilliant!

[@celestematthews3266]

I love the Barrett Sister's, I remember this video.

[@britishlad5648]

"...am I getting this over to you?" LOLOLOLOL!!!

[@Wl5134]

Real gospel music for gospel means Good News!❤

[@Ike1702]

Billie never aged even until she passed away.

[@speedygonzalez_2177]

RIGHTTT

[@alethiabrown898]

JewelsR4ever....I know right..Priceless😂do u want eggs with your sausage. ...She stayed in order...

[@chuckwilliams4229]

but the epic am i getting this over too you ha ha

[@BroPorkChop]

She was about to go in on her husband!!! Lol 6:17

[@jeffreygriffin7248]

Trevez Montgomery yes she was! Lol

[@alanhudson2999]

Wow that had to be hard for her as a wife to tell her husband a Pastor in the Lords church tht I want do my own ministry the Lord has given when the Words says wives submit urselves to husbands but I’m glad her husband was understanding to release her n let her n her sisters the the gospel they have blessed thousands of people n their ministry ..God bless the Barrett sisters RIH two of them one is still living 🙏🏽

[@grousejr]

Awesome! God Bless.

[@thesonofoldschoolshaw9620]

I have never seen this one with the edit version. Feeling Bless some parts was hilarious!!

[@Onlyone-m6f]

I like how the musician is telling them to breathe before they started. That's true musican and singer connection.

[@keepingitrealandtruthful.5081]

That the late Charles Pikes he was the minister of music where Roberta Martin was for years.

[@keepingitrealandtruthful.5081]

Mount pisgah baptist church

[@marcmarc59]

CHARLES PIKE WAS THE MUSICIAN!!!! ONE OF THE BEST IN CHICAGO!!!! THE BARRETT SISTERS STAYED AT MY FAMILIES HOME WHEN THEY FILMED THIS!!!!❤❤😂❤❤

[@dorothyhutchins6041]

Great women. Fabulous voices. I want to know about their mother. Was she also a singer?

[@dorotheaburchall9938]

Like just so powerful I love them so much I never know tham only yahshua Hmashyach can do this keeppppppppp up the good work dorothea bermuda

[@hebrewking8340]

God bless these ladies

[@PennTrafford]

Who hit that high note at the end? It must have been Sister Rodessa.

[@merletyler2233]

I love them. Pass me not is one of my favorites Yahweh bless!!!’n

[@wayword1679]

It's like Mother Delois Barrett Campbell had to tell us I'll see you at the feet of Jesus. She went to glory not long after this.

[@miraclesblessings5044]

That piano player in the red jacket.....yes!!!

[@joiismyth3804]

Love them Love them Love them....and the Caravans

[@maryjoe6354]

That heavenly choir 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾I know it's lit

[@maryjoe6354]

RIP Deloris and Billie

[@normanlawrence4705]

Wow, just Wow!

[@sidneya.dorsett860]

Amen twice

[@lucianenunes4001]

The Barrett Sisters. ❤❤❤

[@lottietucker3082]

Lady Campbell was a beautiful woman.

[@chuckwilliams4229]

if only at the moment if thoughts could verbally talk kmsl what a told pastor he would have been

[@johnrice8242]

First heard of the Barrett sister's wen I was 8

[@larrywilliams6648]

God bless!!!

[@athorpe630]

She had to hold her peace. Powerful voices. The Clark Sisters of that time. My opinion.

[@lrnnnnaisanonymous9573]

uwhy y'all always comparing tbe ckark sisters with others?

[@athorpe630]

@@lrnnnnaisanonymous9573 I said, like the Clark Sisters but from their time. We can compare who we want and so can you. That's not a bad thing.

[@jasonbaddboii]

No comparison in that time the Clark sisters were in there prime

[@athorpe630]

Thats my opinion you have yours.​@@jasonbaddboii

[@TheThirdWord]

This never gets old. "You want some eggs with your sausage?" I LOVE IT!!!

[@jddrew1000]

Look at that photo of the Martin Singers behind her

[@DaQuan-Boyd]

2019 anyone?!!!

[@JoeyCalico-ne2ei]

When people were REALLY SAVED,

[@ninabravo9735]

LOVELY

[@TheMrJRM1990]

Glory to God!

[@tyestrong5726]

Believe me it is a show She really didn't call nobody These two women were right behind the door waiting to get in.

[@amethystlady]

Great movie!

[@Dunsapie]

I bet the air was blue when the camera stopped rolling.

[@seanologyofficial]

What do you mean?

[@Dunsapie]

A few swear words.

[@mrpeach2023]

Dunsapie I doubt that but okay.

[@gloriamanson1365]

Love it always

[@antoniochiquito9081]

How did Delores voice go hoarse? 😟😒 I love her voice 😍!!

[@athorpe630]

She was sick.

[@evglistmaryjohnson55]

Amen and Amen yessssssssssssdsssss lord

[@elmawilson3357]

Oh Precious Memory!

[@candicemcneill5484]

some SANGING FOLK!!! yess LORD!!!

[@atruckin_hairstylist6645]

They just dont sang like that anymore

[@alethiabrown898]

Women of God don't have to get out of order with their husbands. ..All they have to do is Stay Humble and take the matter to Jesus....😊

[@pattiwalsh4308]

I disagree. “Taking it to Jesus” is a cop-out used to cover a lot of dysfunctional behavior. This sister did the right thing and communicated what she meant with her husband. He was being selfish and she basically told him that in a loving way. He got the message.

[@ivanberry19]

O yes. Im sure the barret sisters Have video of mother willie mae ford smith and thomas Dorsey celebration of life service.

[@thatboycjsings]

Does Anybody Know What The Barrett Sisters Harmony Is??

[@daphnebrooks8916]

I love Them sisters 🙏🙏🙏💗💗💗

[@haroldscroggins8484]

Does anyone know what happened to her voice?

[@Bristoljenkinsjr]

Harold Scroggins she had clots in her vocal cords. Pulmonary embolism which was a result. That’s the reason her voice was hoarse

[@haroldscroggins8484]

@@Bristoljenkinsjr oh ok! Was just wondering had a powerful voice

[@melindabanksisom8781]

@@Bristoljenkinsjr ThanQ

[@tyestrong5726]

That was quick It was a trick They were right behind the door waiting.

[@NaturallyBlessed22]

Who is playing the Piano for the Barrett Sisters ?

[@waltclark7519]

+NaturallyBlessed22 The late Charles Pickens. One of the best musicians and arrangers in gospel at that time.

[@NaturallyBlessed22]

Thank you!

[@keepingitrealandtruthful.5081]

NaturallyBlessed22 The late Professor Charles Pikes.

[@milsway99]

Charles Pikes

[@camprich6768]

That's a big lie That woman on that phone did not call no Billie nor Rodassa. They were both hiding behind that door.

[@OrianaLouu]

Ya’ll look at the pianist face from (7:34-7:41)😂😂😂😂

[@rochellewarren5008]

💜💥

[@hebrewking8340]

Their high notes

[@MsJoyce31202]

So she waited until she got older to travel?

[@TriceO]

No she traveled when she was with The Roberta Martin Singers…..but I believe they did more abroad traveling due to the exposure they received from the film Say Amen Somebody

[@DeBorahFord-q8u]

No disrespect to her husband. May the Holy Father bless his soul, but I didn't care for her husband. He was keeping her small instead of encouraging her. She was a great talent. She should have been singing to thousands, and he should have been supporting her dream, not limiting her to just himself and his relatively small ministry. It just seemed selfish to me.

[@larryduplechan3546]

Plus, why would you marry Delois Campbell and then expect her to just be the First Lady of your little folding-chairs church? He knew who she was. I wish I had her self control. Many’s the argument I could have saved myself from if I could just air a breath and say, You want eggs … with your sausage?

[@modestinemungo4661]

Billy, Sue, and Iradessa.. ok.. well alrighty then.. 😅