Of Mics and Men...

Wanna make a gospel singer happy? Give him a game show host microphone!

...and chicks dig big mics, too!

Bob Cline & Melva Jo Lea

Let's just say this was not PETA's favorite Christmas album.

Bette Stalnecker

This Christmas album brought to you by PETO - People for the Ethical Treatment of Overcoats

Captain Hook and his Pirate Crew

Ahoy, matey!

Here's a Christian buccaneer who gained his fame from swashbucklin' the devil on the high seas! Captain Hook made Satan walk the plank like the scallywag that he is. And instead of pieces o' eight or ill-gotten treasure, the good Cap'n was only interested in leading boys and girls to Jesus. Today, he's not in Davey Jones' locker or the Fiddlers Green...no, he's with the Lord.

Puppets and Dummies (Part Two)

Danny

Thankfully, going barefoot on album covers never really caught on...

The Christian Trippers

These boys were a real trip!

The Smylie Family

Nice 'fro, bro.

Terry

Terry enjoyed a wonderful career in Southern Gospel music despite persistent rumors that he was actually Wolfman Jack.

The Faith Tones

These ladies spent a good portion of their love offerings on hairspray.

The Liberty Trio

We got our hair fixed real pretty since the King is coming.

Vickie

Heeeeere's Vickie!

Nancy Harmon

The Blind Slye Twins

The Blackwoods

"...and here's another picture of us standing beside our BUS." 

The Knieriem Sisters

"Groovy, baby, yeah!"

Norman Ray

"That's him, officer! That's the man who tried to snatch my purse!"

Gertrude Patrick & Helen Davidson

Are they dressed in curtains from the Red Roof Inn? Or maybe it's sofa upholstery...

Kathy

Like Prince, Cher and Madonna, Kathy was so famous she was known only by one name.

Brother and Sister W.V. Grant

Leonard and Jan Moody

Two things Leonard and Jan can't live without - the Lord and sausage gravy biscuits.

The Joyful Sounds

Why do they have their hands out? Maybe they need help paying the woman at the beauty parlor. A PhD* doesn't come cheap, you know.

(*Pentecostal Hair-Do)

Ann Kathleen Beaty

Another nominee for Creepy Album Cover of the Year...

The Downings

It's the Downings...dressed as the Brady Bunch!

Oak Ridge Boys

Hey, look...it's the Oak Ridge Boys and the doorway to nowhere...

The Oak Ridge Boys

That album title, though...I gotta give 'em points for honesty!

Steve Taylor

Wait a minute...usually, this name is associated more with clones and wax museums and discos and lifeboats and ice cream trucks...

LeRoy & Shorty

Before they became infamous Chicago gangsters, "Leroy" and "Shorty" were the best "two-man quartet" around. "The Happy Two," indeed. You can how happy they are just by looking at them.

J.D. Sumner & the Stamps

Wow, where to start with this one? From a graphic design standpoint, this is just a nightmare, top to bottom. And is it just me, or do some of the guys' heads appear too large for their bodies? J.D. and the young man on the bottom right must've had exceptionally large brains. 

The Praters

...another nominee for Creepy Album Cover of the Year.

J.D. Sumner & the Stamps Quartet

This isn't commonly known, but J.D. Sumner actually invented the practice of "manspreading."

Bob Wills and the Inspirationals

Look out for that...BUS!

The LeFevres

You knew you were in the big leagues when you could afford a bus driver with a uniform.

Gold City

What do you get when you cross a 'fro with a mullet? A Frullet! (Worn proudly by the young man on the far left.)