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 (Results 1-25 of 77 records)

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
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 March 29, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/100564.

Pace Jubilee Singers. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved March 29, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/100564.

"Pace Jubilee Singers." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 29 March 2024.

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