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Before they went on tour, The Hemphills negotiated their first recording contract in 1966 as a duet with Canaan Records, a division of Word, then the largest gospel music company.<ref name=labreeza/> In time, they were particularly known for "Sweetest Words He Ever Said (I Forgive)", "I’ll Soon Be Gone", and "I Came On Business For The King."<ref name=allmusic/>

Before they went on tour, The Hemphills negotiated their first recording contract in 1966 as a duet with Canaan Records, a division of Word, then the largest gospel music company.<ref name=labreeza/> In time, they were particularly known for "Sweetest Words He Ever Said (I Forgive)", "I’ll Soon Be Gone", and "I Came On Business For The King."<ref name=allmusic/>

Having won eight Gospel Music Association Dove Awards, The Hemphills excelled on the music charts in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s,<ref name=labreeska/> with multiple albums under, first, Canaan Records, and then mostly the Heartwarming Records label. Their 1967 album is ''The Country-Gospel Style of The Hemphills''. More recent albums are ''Band of Light'' (1989) and ''Walking in the Light'' (2003). <ref name=sghistory>{{cite web|url=http://sghistory.com/index.php?n=H.Hemphills|title=The Hemphills: History|publisher=sghistory.com|accessdate=May 16, 2016}}</ref> A reviewer for ''[[The Washington Post]]'' described one of The Hemphills concerts held at DAR Constitution Hall in [[Washington, D.C.]], accordingly: "Mrs. Hemphill has a powerful and convincing voice, and The Hemphills do not have one sit-still song in their repertoire.”<ref name=labreeska/>

Having won eight Gospel Music Association Dove Awards, The Hemphills excelled on the music charts in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s,<ref name=labreeska/> with multiple albums under, first, Canaan Records, and then mostly the Heartwarming Records label. Their 1967 album is ''The Country-Gospel Style of The Hemphills''. Later albums are ''Band of Light'' (1989) and ''Walking in the Light'' (2003). <ref name=sghistory>{{cite web|url=http://sghistory.com/index.php?n=H.Hemphills|title=The Hemphills: History|publisher=sghistory.com|accessdate=May 16, 2016}}</ref> A reviewer for ''[[The Washington Post]]'' described one of The Hemphills concerts held at DAR Constitution Hall in [[Washington, D.C.]], accordingly: "Mrs. Hemphill has a powerful and convincing voice, and The Hemphills do not have one sit-still song in their repertoire.”<ref name=labreeska/>

LaBreeska Rogers Hemphill was born to Walter Erskine Rogers and the former Gussie Mae Goodman, later Gussie Rudd (1923-1990),  in Flat Creek in populous Jefferson County near [[Birmingham]], Alabama. She first sang at Ryman Auditorium in Nashville at the age of nine with her group, the Happy Goodman Family. Her uncle, Howard "Happy" Goodman (1921-2002), originated the family group<ref>{{cite web|url=

LaBreeska Rogers Hemphill was born to Walter Erskine Rogers and the former Gussie Mae Goodman, later Gussie Rudd (1923-1990),  in Flat Creek in populous Jefferson County near [[Birmingham]], Alabama. She first sang at Ryman Auditorium in Nashville at the age of nine with her group, the Happy Goodman Family. Her uncle, Howard "Happy" Goodman (1921-2002), originated the family group<ref>{{cite web|url=