Pace Jubilee Singers

The Pace Jubilee Singers were a gospel group founded by Charles Henry Pace in Chicago in 1925, and one of the first gospel groups to be recorded. They recorded more than 40 songs for Victor and for Brunswick Records in 1926–29, including spirituals arranged by Pace, and songs and hymns by Pace and Charles Albert Tindley and others. They performed in close harmony style, usually accompanied by piano or organ. Thomas A. Dorsey was briefly associated with them. In their later recordings, Hattie Parker is identified as soloist.

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1926 - 1929

Roles Represented in DAHR: Vocal group, Musical group

Notes: Their first recording date is credited to Rocky Mountain Jubilee Singers in Victor ledgers.

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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings (Results 1-25 of 77 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	BVE-36219	10-in.	9/13/1926	You gonna reap just what you sow	Pace Jubilee Singers	Mixed vocal chorus	Vocal group
Victor	BVE-36220	10-in.	9/13/1926	Everybody got to walk this lonesome valley	Pace Jubilee Singers	Mixed vocal chorus	Vocal group
Victor	BVE-36221	10-in.	9/13/1926	My Lord, what a morning	Pace Jubilee Singers	Mixed vocal chorus	Vocal group
Victor	BVE-36222	10-in.	9/13/1926	My Lord is writin' all the time	Pace Jubilee Singers	Mixed vocal chorus	Vocal group
Victor	BVE-36223	10-in.	9/13/1926	I'm going through Jesus	Pace Jubilee Singers	Mixed vocal chorus	Vocal group
Victor	BVE-36224	10-in.	9/13/1926	I do, don't you	Pace Jubilee Singers	Mixed vocal chorus and female vocal soloist	Vocal group
Victor	BVE-38675	10-in.	6/13/1927	All the way	Pace Jubilee Singers	Mixed vocal chorus	Vocal group
Victor	BVE-38676	10-in.	6/13/1927	I'll journey on	Pace Jubilee Singers	Mixed vocal chorus	Vocal group
Victor	BVE-38677	10-in.	6/13/1927	Ride on, Jesus	Pace Jubilee Singers	Mixed vocal chorus	Vocal group
Victor	BVE-38678	10-in.	6/13/1927	Heav'n	Pace Jubilee Singers	Mixed vocal chorus	Vocal group
Victor	BVE-38679	10-in.	6/13/1927	Shouting on	Pace Jubilee Singers	Mixed vocal chorus	Vocal group
Victor	BVE-38680	10-in.	6/13/1927	Oh death	Pace Jubilee Singers	Mixed vocal chorus	Vocal group
Victor	BVE-46029	10-in.	6/30/1928	What a friend	Pace Jubilee Singers	Mixed vocal chorus, with organ	Vocal group
Victor	BVE-46030	10-in.	6/30/1928	Nothing between	Pace Jubilee Singers	Mixed vocal chorus, with organ	Vocal group
Victor	BVE-46031	10-in.	6/30/1928	Ezekial saw de wheel	Pace Jubilee Singers	Mixed vocal chorus, with piano	Vocal group
Victor	BVE-46032	10-in.	6/30/1928	Stand by me	Pace Jubilee Singers	Mixed vocal chorus, with piano	Vocal group
Victor	BVE-46033	10-in.	6/30/1928	Leave it there	Pace Jubilee Singers	Mixed vocal chorus, with piano	Vocal group
Victor	BVE-46034	10-in.	6/30/1928	Old-time religion	Pace Jubilee Singers	Mixed vocal chorus, with organ	Vocal group
Victor	BVE-46035	10-in.	6/30/1928	When the saints go marching in	Pace Jubilee Singers	Mixed vocal chorus, with organ	Vocal group
Victor	BVE-46036	10-in.	6/30/1928	Seek and you shall find	Pace Jubilee Singers	Mixed vocal chorus, with organ	Vocal group
Victor	BVE-46057	10-in.	7/5/1928	My lord's going to move this wicked race	Pace Jubilee Singers	Mixed vocal chorus, with piano and organ	Vocal group
Victor	BVE-46058	10-in.	7/5/1928	Roll, Jordan roll	Pace Jubilee Singers	Mixed vocal chorus, with piano and organ	Vocal group
Victor	BVE-46059	10-in.	7/5/1928	Everytime I feel the spirit	Pace Jubilee Singers ; Hattie Parker	Mixed vocal chorus, with piano and organ	Vocal group
Victor	BVE-46060	10-in.	7/5/1928	I'm going to do all I can for my Lord	Pace Jubilee Singers ; Hattie Parker	Mixed vocal chorus, with piano and organ	Vocal group
Victor	BVE-48833	10-in.	1/29/1929	Steal away and pray	Pace Jubilee Singers ; Hattie Parker	Mixed vocal chorus and soloist, with piano	Vocal group

(Results 1-25 of 77 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Pace Jubilee Singers," accessed November 24, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/100564.

Pace Jubilee Singers. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 24, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/100564.

"Pace Jubilee Singers." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 24 November 2024.

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