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.

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings (Results 51-75 of 77 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Brunswick	C728-C729	10-in.	4/18/1927	My Lord will deliver	Pace Jubilee Singers	Mixed vocal chorus	Vocal group
Brunswick	C730-C731	10-in.	4/18/1927	Walk in the light of God	Pace Jubilee Singers	Mixed vocal chorus	Vocal group
Brunswick	C732-C733	10-in.	4/18/1927	His eye is on the sparrows	Pace Jubilee Singers ; Hattie Parker	Female vocal solo, with mixed vocal chorus	Vocal group
Brunswick	C756-C757	10-in.	4/20/1927	I’ve started and I'm goin' all the way	Pace Jubilee Singers ; Hattie Parker	Female vocal solo, with mixed vocal chorus	Vocal group
Brunswick	C758-C759	10-in.	4/20/1927	Don’t you want to meet your mother over there?	Pace Jubilee Singers ; Hattie Parker	Mixed vocal chorus, with female vocal solo	Vocal group
Gennett	12617	10-in.	3/2/1927	There is room enough in heaven for us all	Pace Jubilee Singers	Mixed vocal chorus	Vocal group
Gennett	12618	10-in.	3/2/1927	Steal away and pray	Pace Jubilee Singers	Female vocal solo and mixed vocal chorus	Vocal group
Gennett	12619	10-in.	3/2/1927	The old ship of Zion	Pace Jubilee Singers	Female vocal solo and mixed vocal chorus	Vocal group
Gennett	12629	10-in.	3/5/1927	Were you there when they crucified my Lord	Pace Jubilee Singers	Mixed vocal chorus, with female vocal solo	Vocal group
Gennett	12630	10-in.	3/5/1927	Heaven's door's gonna be closed	Pace Jubilee Singers	Mixed vocal chorus	Vocal group, Musical group
Gennett	12933	10-in.	7/20/1927	He's got His eye on you	Pace Jubilee Singers	Mixed vocal chorus, with female vocal solo	Vocal group
Gennett	12934	10-in.	7/20/1927	Certainly Lord	Pace Jubilee Singers	Mixed vocal chorus, with female vocal solo	Vocal group, Musical group
Gennett	12935	10-in.	7/20/1927	Hell bound train	Pace Jubilee Singers	Mixed vocal chorus, with male vocal solo	Vocal group
Gennett	12936	10-in.	7/20/1927	Hark from the tomb	Pace Jubilee Singers	Mixed vocal chorus, with male vocal solo	Vocal group
Gennett	13320	10-in.	12/20/1927	Feed me till I want no more	Pace Jubilee Singers	Mixed vocal chorus, with piano	Vocal group
Gennett	13321	10-in.	12/20/1927	Give away Jordan	Pace Jubilee Singers	Mixed vocal chorus, with piano	Vocal group
Gennett	13322	10-in.	12/20/1927	God's gonna set this world on fire	Pace Jubilee Singers	Mixed vocal chorus, with piano	Vocal group
Gennett	13323	10-in.	12/20/1927	Witness for my Lord	Pace Jubilee Singers	Mixed vocal chorus, with piano	Vocal group
Gennett	13448	10-in.	2/20/1928	My Father's house	Pace Jubilee Singers	Mixed vocal chorus, with piano	Vocal group
Gennett	13449	10-in.	2/20/1928	Witness for my Lord	Pace Jubilee Singers	Mixed vocal chorus and female vocal solo, with piano	Vocal group
Gennett	13450	10-in.	2/20/1928	He's the lily of the valley	Pace Jubilee Singers	Mixed vocal chorus and female vocal solo, with piano	Vocal group
Gennett	13451	10-in.	2/20/1928	In my heart	Pace Jubilee Singers	Mixed vocal chorus and female vocal solo, with piano	Vocal group
Gennett	13481	10-in.	2/27/1928	I got a home in that rock	Pace Jubilee Singers	Mixed vocal chorus and female vocal solo, with piano	Vocal group
Gennett	13482	10-in.	2/27/1928	I heard the voice of Jesus say	Pace Jubilee Singers	Mixed vocal chorus, with piano	Vocal group
Gennett	13483	10-in.	2/27/1928	God's gonna set this world on fire	Pace Jubilee Singers	Mixed vocal chorus, with piano	Vocal group

(Results 51-75 of 77 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Pace Jubilee Singers," accessed November 9, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/100564.

Pace Jubilee Singers. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 9, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/100564.

"Pace Jubilee Singers." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 9 November 2024.

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