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An Introduction to Gospel Song

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An Introduction to Gospel Song
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From the Fisk Jubilee Singers' restrained vocal arrangements of spirituals to the jazz-influenced music of the "Happy I Am" Choir, gospel music may have changed its trappings, but the heart of the music remains. This collection includes songs and sermons from 1913 to 1954.

Track Listing

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101
Roll Jordan Roll Fisk University Jubilee Quartet 2:41  
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102
I've Been 'Buked/Most Done Traveling Tuskegee Institute Singers 3:20  
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103
Leave it There Pace Jubilee Singers 3:07  
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104
You Mother Heart Breakers Rev. J.M. Gates and His Congregation 3:12  
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105
Why Don't You Live So God Can Use You? Rev. J.M. Gates and His Congregation 3:51  
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106
I Looked Down the Line and I Wondered Rev. F.W. McGee and His Congregation 3:20  
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107
Jesus the Lord is a Saviour Rev. F.W. McGee and His Congregation 3:26  
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201
Did I Wonder Sister Ernestine Washington with Bunk Johnson's Jazz Band 2:58  
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202
I am So Happy (Parts I and II) Lightfoot Solomon Michaux with the Happy Am I Choir and Orchestra 5:41  
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203
I Got Two Wings Rev. Utah Smith and His Congregation 3:26  
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204
Psalm for Confusion Mother McClease and her sons 2:48  
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205
When Mother's Gone The Spirit of Memphis 2:53  
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206
He's a Friend of Mine The Spirit of Memphis 2:45  

Album Info

Catalog Number(s)

FW0RBF5, RF 5

Year(s) Released

1962

Label/Collection

Folkways Records

Genre(s)

African American Music; Gospel

Country(s)

United States

Culture Group(s)

African American

Instrument(s)

Drum; Guitar; Piano; Triangle (Musical instrument); Trombone

Language(s)

English

Credit(s)

Ronald Clyne - Designer
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*This album is unavailable for digital download.