Nick Bollinger guides us through Black America's rich tradition of religious song.
Photo: CC00 Samueles
Black Americans made some of the most earth-shaking sounds of the 20th century. For a start they invented jazz and the blues, and today it would be hard to find a corner of the planet where the impact of those vital musical forms hasn't been felt. But they also produced one of the most profound bodies of religious music. Join Nick Bollinger for a guide to Black America's rich tradition of religious song: In the Spirit - Parts One and Two:
Music Details - Part One:
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Title: Meeting Tonight |
Composer: Public Domain/Clara Ward |
Label: NASHBORO 27222 |
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The Day is Past and Gone |
Public Domain/Aretha Franklin |
CH 9105 |
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I Love the Lord |
Isaac Watts/Reverend RC Crenshaw and Congregation/Negro Church Music |
ATLANTIC 7 82496 |
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Amazing Grace |
Newton-Public Domain/Fred McDowell |
TCD 5004 |
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I’m Gonna Sit at the Welcome Table |
Public Domain/Wings of Jordan Choir/Jubilee to Gospel |
JEMF 108 |
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Oh Mary Don’t You Weep |
Public Domain/The Utica Institute Jubilee Singers/Jubilee to Gospel |
JEMF 108 |
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Denomination Blues |
Washington Phillips/Washington Phillips |
YA200 2003 |
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If I Had My Way |
Public Domain/Blind Willie Johnson |
COLUMBIA 472 190 |
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Precious Lord |
Dorsey/Marion with Thomas A Dorsey/Testify! The Gospel Box |
RHINO R2 75734 |
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What Manner of Man |
Roman Holmes/Willie Mae Ford Smith/The Great Gospel Women |
SHANACHIE 6004 |
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Move On Up a Little Higher |
Brester- Davis/Mahalia Jackson/Jubilation! Volume I |
RHINO R2 70288 |
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Job |
n.s./Golden Gate Jubilee Quintet/How Can I Keep from Singing Volume II |
YAZOO 2021 |
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Working on a Building |
Public Domain/Swan Silvertones |
K-5022X |
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Sleep on Mother |
Harris/Soul Stirrers |
SF 1001 |
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Man Can’t Get No Satisfaction |
Mighty Clouds of Joy/The Mighty Clouds of Joy |
MARK 49 |
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See How They Done My Lord |
Public Domain/Sensational Nightingales |
SF 1001 |
Music Details - Part Two:
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I’m a Soldier |
Public Domain/Clara Ward |
NASHBORO 27222 |
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Come Out the Corner |
n.s./Marion Williams/The Great Gospel Women |
SHANACHIE 6004 |
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Troubled |
Dorothy Love Coates/Dorothy Love Coates/The Great Gospel Women |
SHANACHIE 6004 |
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Down By the Riverside |
Public Domain/Sister Rosetta Tharpe |
MCA 1317 |
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Somebody Save Me |
R Staple/The Staple Singers |
NV 92-600 |
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Touch the Hem of His Garment |
Cooke/Sam Cooke & the Soul Stirrers |
SPCD 7009-2 |
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Mary Don’t You Weep/Precious Lord |
Inez Andrews-Thomas A Dorsey/Aretha Franklin |
ATLANTIC 7567-81324 |
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Oh Happy Day |
Hawkins/The Edwin Hawkins Singers |
RHINO R2 70288 |
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Overdose of the Holy Ghost |
Clark/The Clark Sisters |
50G 132 |
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Amazing Grace |
Newton/Sonny Treadway |
ARHOOLIE CD 450 |
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Revolution |
Franklin/Kirk Franklin |
IND 90178 |
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Walk With Me |
Public Domain/The Arc Choir |
MAPLESHADE |
