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Apr 2007
32 m

Hymns and Gospel Music

BRICE FUQUA
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Religious music from the teens and twenties. 

Performers include: The Calvary Choir, Blind Lemon Jefferson, The Edison Mixed Quartet, the Tuskegee Institute Singers and the Alabama Sacred Harp Singers.

Songs include: Rock of Ages, Go Down Moses, Nearer my God to Thee and Jesus Make Up My Dying Bed.

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