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group founded by Charles Henry Pace in
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in 1925, and one of the first gospel groups to be recorded. They recorded more than 40 songs for
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and for
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in 192629, including
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arranged by Pace, and songs and hymns by Pace and Charles Albert Tindley and others. They performed in
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style, usually accompanied by piano or organ.
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was briefly associated with them. In their later recordings, Hattie Parker is identified as soloist.


Recordings

* 1926"My Lord What a Morning" / "I'm Going Through with Jesus" 10"
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20225 * 1926"My Lord's Writing All the Time" / "I Do, Don't You?" 10" 78rpm single Victor 20226 * 1926"Gonna Reap What You Sow" / "Everybody's Gotta Walk That Lonesome Valley" 10" 78rpm single Victor 20310 * 1927"We Will Walk thru the Valley of Peace" / "Is It Well with Your Soul Today?" 10" 78rpm single Brunswick 7001 * 1927"
His Eye Is on the Sparrow "His Eye Is on the Sparrow" is a gospel hymn written in 1905 by lyricist Civilla D. Martin and composer Charles H. Gabriel. It is most associated with actress-singer Ethel Waters who used the title for her autobiography. Mahalia Jackson's recordi ...
s" / "Walk in the Light of God" 10" 78rpm single Brunswick 7008 * 1927"Lawdy Won't You Come By Home" / "My Lord Will Deliver" 10" 78rpm single Brunswick 7009 * 1927"Shouting On" / " Oh Death" 10" 78rpm single Victor 20813 * 1927"I'll Journey On" / "All the Way" 10" 78rpm single Victor 20947 * 1927"Ride On Jesus" / "Heav'n" unreleased * 1928" Stand by Me" / "
Take Your Burden to the Lord and Leave It There "Leave It There" is a Christian hymn composed in 1916 by African-American Methodist minister Charles A. Tindley. It has become popular enough to have been included in 12 hymnals; and even to be attributed to "traditional" or "anonymous". ...
" 10" 78rpm single Victor 21551 * 1928"
Ezekiel Saw the Wheel "Ezekiel Saw the Wheel" is an African American spiritual arranged by William L. Dawson. It has been recorded by such artists as Woody Guthrie, Paul Robeson, John Lee Hooker, the Dixie Hummingbirds, the Tillers, the Fisk Jubilee Singers, The ...
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When the Saints Go Marching In "When the Saints Go Marching In", often referred to as simply "The Saints", is a traditional black spiritual. It originated as a Christian hymn and is often played by jazz bands. This song was famously recorded on May 13, 1938, by Louis Armstron ...
" 10" 78rpm single Victor 21582 * 1928"
What a Friend We Have In Jesus "What a Friend We Have in Jesus" is a Christian hymn originally written by preacher Joseph M. Scriven as a poem in 1855 to comfort his mother, who was living in Ireland while he was in Canada. Scriven originally published the poem anonymously, a ...
" / "Nothing Between" 10" 78rpm single Victor 21655 * 1928"Seek and You Shall Find" / "My Lord's Going to Move This Wicked Race" 10" 78rpm single Victor 21705 * 1928"
Old Time Religion ("Give Me That") "Old-Time Religion" (and similar spellings) is a traditional Gospel song dating from 1873, when it was included in a list of Jubilee songs—or earlier. It has become a standard in many Protestant hymnals, though it says nothing a ...
" 10" 78rpm single Victor 22097-B * 1928"Every Time I Feel Spirit" / "I'm Going to Do All I Can" 10" 78rpm single Victor 38018 * 1929"A Little Talk with Jesus" / "Like Is Like a Mountain Railroad" * 1929"I'm Going Through Jesus" / "What a Friend We have in Jesus" 10" single Victor 23363 (re-releases) * 1929"I've Done My Work" / "My Task" 10" 78rpm single Victor 38501 * 1929"Steal Away and Pray" / "The Haven of Rest" 10" 78rpm single Victor 38511 * 1929"It Pays to Serve Jesus" / "It's a Precious Thing" 10" 78rpm single Victor 38522 * 1929"No Night There" / "In That City" 10" 78rpm single Victor 38543 * 1929"It Is Well with My Soul" / "Holy Ghost with Light Divine" 10" 78rpm single Victor 23412 * 1929"Holy Ghost with Light Divine" / "Cryin' Holy unto the Lord" 10" 78rpm single Victor 38573 * 1929"I Can't Stay Away" / "Walk with Me" 10" 78rpm single Victor 38591 * 1929"Roll Jordan Roll" / "Throw Out the Lifeline" 10" 78rpm single Victor 38622 * 1929" What Are They Doing in Heaven Today?" / "Jesus Is a Rock in the Weary land" 10" 78rpm single Victor 38631 * 1929" You Got to Run, Run, Run" / "Old Time Religion" 10" 78rpm single
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References

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