Victor matrix BS-74918. Lord, I want to be a Christian / Bennett College Quartet

TitleSource
Lord, I want to be a Christian (Primary title)Victor ledgers
Lord, I want to be Christian (Alternate title)Dixon/Godrich/Rye
PersonnelNotes Hide Additional Titles
Bennett College Quartet (Vocal group)Listed in Victor ledgers as Quartet of Bennett College for Women.
Maudie Ruth Gamble (vocalist)Not confirmed.
Nannie Wright (vocalist)Not confirmed.
  • Description: Female vocal quartet, unaccompanied
  • Category: Vocal
  • Language: English
  • Master Size: 10-in.
Notes
Source(s): Dixon/Godrich/Rye (personnel); Victor blue history card; trade catalog; Victor ledgers.
Dixon/Godrich/Rye names Maudie Ruth Gamble and Nannie Wright as “probable” singers at the recording session. In addition, Dixon/Godrich/Rye names other performers who possibly recorded at the Victor session; the names were found in a newspaper, the Baltimore Afro-American (issues of 5/14/1932 and 12/2/1933), which identified them as members of the Bennett College Quartet. One or more of the following individuals may have been a vocalist or a piano player at the session: Jessie Lee Dickson, Carrie Robinson, Elfreda Sandifer, Grace Coulbourne, and Gladys Thomas.
Take Date and PlaceTakeStatusLabel Name/NumberFormatNote Hide Additional Titles
1/16/1933 New York, New York. Studio 2 1 Master Victor 23390 10-in.

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Victor matrix BS-74918. Lord, I want to be a Christian / Bennett College Quartet," accessed March 29, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800040212/BS-74918-Lord_I_want_to_be_a_Christian.

Victor matrix BS-74918. Lord, I want to be a Christian / Bennett College Quartet. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved March 29, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800040212/BS-74918-Lord_I_want_to_be_a_Christian.

"Victor matrix BS-74918. Lord, I want to be a Christian / Bennett College Quartet." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 29 March 2024.

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