Our Founder
& CEO
Rev. Dr.
Stanley Keeble
Reverend Dr. Stanley Keeble
A lifelong lover of Gospel Music, Reverend Dr. Stanley Keeble was born March 8, 1937 in Chicago, Illinois. His father Josephus was a native of Arkansas and his mother, Adola, was from Mississippi. They moved to Chicago in 1936. Stanley graduated from high school in 1955 and would later return to school, graduating from Daniel Hale Williams University in 1978.
At the age of nine, Stanley took piano lessons and attended services at the Greater Harvest Baptist Church, where he came under the tutelage of Professor Willie Webb. By 1952, Stanley had begun his musical career. He started out playing the piano and organ, singing, and later, directing the choir of Fellowship Baptist Church, under the leadership of Rev. Dr. Clay Evans. He was the first musician for Jessy Dixon. He also played for Inez Andrews after she separated from the Caravans, and he played for Operation PUSH as well.
By 1968, Stanley had formed his own gospel choir, The Voices of Triumph. While continuing to perform, Stanley focused his energies on becoming a minister. He was ordained in 1973. Following his graduation from Daniel Hale Williams University, Dr. Keeble began teaching English in the Chicago Public Schools System in 1980, where he also created an accredited program on Gospel Music. In 1986 Dr. Keeble left the field of teaching to serve as the chaplain at Presbyterian St. Luke Hospital, where he remained for the next thirteen years.
Dr. Keeble has been a member of the Gospel Music Workshop of America since the mid-1980s. He is also an officer of the Chicago Gospel Announcers Guild. Dr. Keeble is also a "History Maker," listed in "Who's Who in Black Chicago." He was the Musical Director fo the play "The Evolution of Gospel," written by Sasha Dalton. The play featured Albertina Walker and Ethel Holloway. Dr. Keeble was also a frequent performer on "Jubilee Showcase," a Chicago-based Gospel television show.
He has received numerous awards and has performed at the House of Blues, The Apollo Theater and many other famed houses, halls and churches across the United States and Europe. He currently hosts a weekly radio program, The Joy Hour, on WKKC. As a gospel pioneer, Keeble is noted for his knowledge of gospel music history.
Rev. Dr. Keeble was a member of Fellowship Baptist Church for 49 years under the pastorate of Rev. Dr. Clay Evans, as well as Samaritan Bible Baptist church under the pastorate of Rev. Bryant Jones, Sr. Dr. Keeble is currently a member of Chicago's Logos Baptist Assembly under the pastorate of Rev. Dr. Donald L. Parson.