Fort Valley Music Festivals, 1938-1943  -  Gospel Music (.mp3 Format)

Collection: "Now What a Time": Blues, Gospel, and the Fort Valley Music Festivals
Location: Fort Valley State College (now Fort Valley State University)
Fort Valley, Georgia
Online Sponsor: The Texaco Foundation
Dates: 1938-1943
Notes: One interesting feature of this collection is the topical rewording of several standard gospel songs to address the wartime concerns of the performers.

Fort Valley Music Festivals

Anyhow!

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PERFORMER(S): Golden Jubilee Quartet

COLLECTED BY: James, Willis Laurence

DATE: 1943 (June-July)

FORMAT: Sound Recording

GENRE: Gospel

CALL NUMBER: AFS 7045a1

DIGITAL ID: afcftv 7045a1

Rock of Ages

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PERFORMER(S): Thomas, John Lee; harmonica

COLLECTED BY: Work, John

DATE: 1941

FORMAT: Sound Recording

GENRE: Gospel

CALL NUMBER: AFS 5167b2

DIGITAL ID: afcftv 5167b2

I'll Fly Away

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PERFORMER(S): Lincoln Park Singers

COLLECTED BY: James, Willis Laurence

DATE: 1943 (June-July)

FORMAT: Sound Recording

GENRE: Gospel

CALL NUMBER: AFS 7043b1

DIGITAL ID: afcftv 7043b1

De Lawd Says

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PERFORMER(S): House Davidson Singers

COLLECTED BY: James, Willis Laurence

DATE: 1943 (June-July)

FORMAT: Sound Recording

GENRE: Gospel

CALL NUMBER: AFS 7043a1

DIGITAL ID: afcftv 7043a1

My Lord Is Writin'

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PERFORMER(S): Cochran Field Singers

COLLECTED BY: James, Willis Laurence

DATE: 1943 (June-July)

FORMAT: Sound Recording

GENRE: Gospel

CALL NUMBER: AFS 7047a1

DIGITAL ID: afcftv 7047a1

I'll Be Singing

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PERFORMER(S): New York, Georgia, Singers

COLLECTED BY: James, Willis Laurence

DATE: 1943 (June-July)

FORMAT: Sound Recording

GENRE: Gospel

CALL NUMBER: AFS 7040a1

DIGITAL ID: afcftv 7040a1

Jesus Touched Me

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PERFORMER(S): New York, Georgia, Singers

COLLECTED BY: James, Willis Laurence

DATE: 1943 (June-July)

FORMAT: Sound Recording

GENRE: Gospel

CALL NUMBER: AFS 7039a1

DIGITAL ID: afcftv 7039a1

We Are Americans, Praise de Lawd

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PERFORMER(S): Houston, Bertha and congregation

COLLECTED BY: James, Willis Laurence

DATE: 1943 (June-July)

FORMAT: Sound Recording

GENRE: Gospel

CALL NUMBER: AFS 7047a2

DIGITAL ID: afcftv 7047a2




Credit for some: Library of Congress, Music Division.

Research performed by the staff of the American Folklife Center in anticipation of the release of this Collection in American Memory indicates that the underlying musical works appear to be in the public domain. Please notify us if any material presented here is copyrighted and we will remove it.