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 76-77 of 77 records)

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Gennett 13503 10-in. 3/2/1928 Fight on your time ain't long Pace Jubilee Singers Mixed vocal chorus, with piano Vocal group  
Gennett 13504 10-in. 3/2/1928 I'm gonna do all i can for my Lord Pace Jubilee Singers Mixed vocal chorus, with piano Vocal group  
(Results 76-77 of 77 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Pace Jubilee Singers," accessed April 28, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/100564.

Pace Jubilee Singers. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 28, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/100564.

"Pace Jubilee Singers." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 28 April 2024.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/100564

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