Gospel song and the Hammond organ: In the ‘30s Black gospel churches in the North originally, began using the Hammond organ, which had been newly invented, in services.

Hammond, Leslie, Cobbs & Smith. Do those names sound like a law firm? Actually, the first two men were inventors, the third was a man of the cloth and the fourth was a musician. Collectively, their ...

On the advent of the Hammond organ "The Hammond organ, actually invented because people were looking for an answer to the pipe organ.

The sound of the Hammond organ was invented for churches as an alternative to pipe organs. But it's distinctive sound became crucial to the development of a new kind of music: gospel.

Along with its signature counterpart, the spinning Leslie speaker, the unwieldy-yet-soulful Hammond B-3 organ makes a resurgence in the Bay Area jazz scene.