sentences:  The project climbed to the #1 spot on Billboard's Top Gospel Album charts.During Whitfield's final years with Sound of Gospel, Whitfield discovered Texas native Yolanda Adams and produced her first project "Just As I Am" for the Detroit label in 1988 which skyrocketed up Billboard's Gospel charts.An opportunity of a lifetime was awarded to Whitfield when the Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin confronted him with the task to head the musical direction for her upcoming live recording – a project that the media labeled the sequel to her best-selling and award-winning "Amazing Grace" LP.