Cleavant Derricks
Reverend Cleavant Derricks (May 13, 1910 in Chattanooga, Tennessee – April 14, 1977) was a pastor and choir director at a number of black Baptist churches. He studied at Cadek Conservatory of Music in Chattanooga, A & I State University and American Baptist Theological Seminary in Nashville. At age 21, he directed a gospel choir of more than 100 voices in Washington, D.C. at the Vermont Avenue Baptist Church. Cleavant Derricks counted among his friends many well-known artists, one of which was Mahalia Jackson. He pastored churches throughout Tennessee at Dayton, Knoxville and Jackson; also in Beloit, Wisconsin and Washington, D.C. Mr. Derricks has many outstanding credits: pastor, church builder, choir director, poet, musician, and composer of note, having written more than 300 songs and several song books. Among his more famous songs are the much-recorded and performed "Just a Little Talk with Jesus," "When God Dipped His Love In My Heart," "We'll Soon Be Done With Troubles and Trials," and "When He Blessed My Soul." He was inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 1984. He is the father of twin actor sons Cleavant Derricks and Clinton Derricks-Carroll. |
Birth and Death Data: Born May 13, 1910 (Chattanooga), Died April 14, 1977
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1938 - 1949
Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, lyricist
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Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | BS-054555 | 10-in. | 10/8/1940 | Just a little talk with Jesus | Four Great Wonders | Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied | composer, lyricist | |
Victor | D5AB-0833 | 10-in. | 11/13/1945 | Just a little talk with Jesus | Harmoneers Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with piano | composer | |
Columbia | CO40914 | 10-in. | June 1949 | When God dips his love in my heart | Daniel Sisters ; Otis L. McCoy | Male vocal solo, with female vocal chorus and piano | composer, lyricist | |
Brunswick | DAL527 | 10-in. | 5/13/1938 | Just a little talk with Jesus | Stamps Quartet | Vocal quartet, with piano | composer, lyricist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Derricks, Cleavant," accessed August 21, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/353242.
Derricks, Cleavant. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved August 21, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/353242.
"Derricks, Cleavant." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 21 August 2024.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Derricks, Cleavant, 1910-1977 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2010012981
Wikidata: Cleavant Derricks - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1099580
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/106913909
MusicBrainz: Cleavant Derricks - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e90056c0-0f11-4216-ab9c-e1bbcc56ad20
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