Jessie Brown Pounds

Jessie Hunter Brown Pounds (August 31, 1861 – March 3, 1921) was an American lyricist of gospel songs.

Birth and Death Data: Born August 31, 1861 (Hiram), Died March 3, 1921 (Hiram)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1904 - 1949

Roles Represented in DAHR: lyricist

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

Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Victor A-1173 7-in. 3/29/1904 We are going down the valley Harry Macdonough Male vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Victor B-1173 10-in. 3/29/1904 We are going down the valley Harry Macdonough Male vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Victor B-6131 10-in. 4/22/1908 Beautiful Isle of Somewhere Harold Jarvis Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor BB-8692 10-in. 3/10/1910 Beautiful Isle of Somewhere Percy Hemus Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-9364 10-in. 8/19/1910 Beautiful Isle of Somewhere John Barnes Wells Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-14225 10-in. 12/19/1913 Beautiful Isle of Somewhere Evan Williams Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-14669 10-in. 4/6/1914 Beautiful Isle of Somewhere John McCormack Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-16481 10-in. 9/14/1915 Beautiful Isle of Somewhere Imperial Quartet Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied lyricist  
Victor B-17221 10-in. 2/26/1916 My wonderful dream Homer A. Rodeheaver Male vocal solo, with trombone and orchestra lyricist  
Victor C-18700 12-in. 11/6/1916 Gospel songs no. 4 Victor Light Opera Company Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor B-27340 10-in. 12/26/1922 Beautiful Isle of Somewhere Henry Burr Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor BVE-33051 10-in. 7/2/1925 Beautiful Isle of Somewhere Henry Burr ; Peerless Quartet Male vocal quartet and soloist, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor BVE-36198 10-in. 9/21/1926 Going down the valley Dixie Mountaineers ; Ernest V. Stoneman Vocal and instrumental ensemble lyricist  
Victor BVE-37334 10-in. 1/4/1927 My wonderful dream Homer A. Rodeheaver Male vocal solo, with pipe organ lyricist  
Victor BVE-37899 10-in. 4/21/1927 Beautiful Isle of Somewhere Marion Talley Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Victor PBVE-42024 10-in. 2/25/1928 Beautiful Isle of Somewhere Tom Kenyon Male vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Victor BRC-71226 10-in. 1/13/1932 Beautiful Isle of Somewhere Jesse Crawford ; Richard Crooks Tenor vocal solo, with pipe organ lyricist  
Victor BVE-82817 10-in. 7/30/1934 We are going down the valley Jenkins Family Mixed vocal trio, with guitar and mandolin lyricist  
Victor BS-100969 10-in. 8/14/1936 Beautiful Isle of Somewhere Joe Emerson Male vocal solo, with instrumental trio lyricist  
Victor BS-056929 10-in. 10/17/1940 Beautiful Isle of Somewhere Edward MacHugh ; William Meeder Male vocal solo, with organ lyricist  
Victor PD6VB-1805 10-in. 2/7/1946 Beautiful isle of somewhere Hymns of All Churches Choir Mixed vocal choir, with tenor vocal solo and instrumental ensemble lyricist  
Victor D9VB-2238 10-in. 9/13/1949 Beautiful isle of somewhere Eddy Arnold Male vocal solo, with string band lyricist  
Victor BVE-Test-196 10-in. 12/6/1929 A brown bird singing Dorma Lee Female vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Columbia 4927 10-in. approximately 1910 Beautiful Isle of Somewhere Columbia Mixed Quartette Mixed vocal quartet, with orchestra lyricist  
Columbia 19492 10-in. 11/27/1911 Beautiful Isle of Somewhere Harold Jarvis Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Columbia 46845 10-in. 6/16/1916 Beautiful Isle of Somewhere Columbia Stellar Quartette Male vocal quartet, with orchestra lyricist  
Columbia 47473 10-in. 4/6/1917 My wonderful dream Homer A. Rodeheaver Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Columbia 77560 10-in. 12/8/1917 Beautiful Isle of Somewhere Oscar Seagle Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Columbia 80607 10-in. 10/13/1922 Drifiting down Criterion Quartet Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied lyricist  
Columbia W140748 10-in. 7/3/1925 We are going down the valley Homer A. Rodeheaver Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Columbia 141738 10-in. 3/1/1926 Beautiful Isle of Somewhere The Gospel Singers Vocal ensemble, with organ lyricist  
Columbia W141906 10-in. 4/2/1926 Beautiful Isle of Somewhere Oscar Seagle Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Columbia W142486 10-in. 7/31/1926 Beautiful Isle of Somewhere Shannon Quartet Male vocal quartet, with organ lyricist  
Columbia W143016 10-in. 11/2/1926 We are going down the valley one by one Smith’s Sacred Singers Male vocal ensemble, with piano lyricist  
Columbia C1118 10-in. 10/28/1935 Going down the valley Happy Valley Family Mixed vocal trio, with mandolin and guitar lyricist  
OKeh 159 10-in. approximately June 1918 Beautiful Isle of Somewhere Meyer and Gillette Male vocal duet, with orchestra lyricist  
OKeh S-7322 10-in. Mar. 1920 Beautiful Isle of Somewhere James Jordan ; Jean Nealson Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra lyricist  
OKeh 73504 10-in. July 1925 My wonderful dream Homer A. Rodeheaver Male vocal solo, with instrumental quintet and bells lyricist  
OKeh W80616 10-in. 3/22/1927 We are going down the valley Allen Quartette Male vocal quartet, with organ lyricist  
OKeh W404619 10-in. 12/3/1930 I know that my Redeemer liveth Dixie Entertainers ; Earl Johnson Mixed vocal trio, with fiddle (violin) and guitar lyricist  
Brunswick 3019 10-in. approximately Nov. 1919 Beautiful Isle of Somewhere Collegiate Choir Mixed vocal quartet, with orchestra lyricist  
Brunswick 4637 10-in. approximately Nov. 1920 Drifting down Criterion Quartet Male vocal quartet, with orchestra lyricist  
Brunswick 7868-7870 10-in. approximately Apr. 1922 Beautiful Isle of Somewhere Collegiate Choir Mixed vocal chorus, with orchestra lyricist  
Brunswick 15618-15620 10-in. 4/22/1925 My wonderful dream Homer A. Rodeheaver Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Brunswick E23021-E23023 10-in. 5/6/1927 Going down the valley one by one Old Southern Sacred Singers Male vocal quartet, with organ lyricist  
Brunswick E23803-E23805 10-in. 6/30/1927 Beautiful Isle of Somewhere Collegiate Choir Mixed vocal ensemble, with orchestra lyricist  
Brunswick E25519-E25520 10-in. 12/10/1927 Beautiful Isle of Somewhere Robert A. Gardner ; Lester McFarland Male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble lyricist  
Edison 1041 10-in. between 5/23/1912 and 5/25/1912 Beautiful Isle of Somewhere Edison Mixed Quartet ; Frederick J. Wheeler ; John Young Male vocal duet and mixed vocal quartet, with orchestra lyricist  
Edison 2270 10-in. May 1913 Beautiful Isle of Somewhere Harold Jarvis Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Edison 3769 10-in. 5/10/1915 Beautiful Isle of Somewhere Edison Mixed Quartet ; Frederick J. Wheeler ; John Young Male vocal duet and mixed vocal ensemble, with orchestra lyricist  
Edison 9721 10-in. 9/19/1924 Going down the valley Metropolitan Quartet Mixed vocal quartet, with orchestra lyricist  
Edison 10751 10-in. 1/5/1926 My wonderful dream Homer A. Rodeheaver Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Pounds, Jessie Brown," accessed May 3, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/109530.

Pounds, Jessie Brown. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved May 3, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/109530.

"Pounds, Jessie Brown." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 3 May 2024.

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