logo
episode-header-image
Apr 2007
32 m

Hymns and Gospel Music

BRICE FUQUA
About this episode

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.

Up next
Feb 6
Extended Play Jazz
Jazz records from the 1930s and 40s that are longer than usual for the time. Music includes: Sing Sing Sing by Benny Goodman, Concerto For Clairnet by Artie Shaw and Do You Know What It means to Miss New Orleans? by Louis Armstrong. 
38m 17s
Jan 12
Centennials 2026
Celebrating the 100th Birthdays of: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Tony Bennett, Julie London, Big Mama Thorton, Buddy Greco, Stan Freberg, Chuck Berry, And Ray Brown. 
45m 42s
Jan 5
Music Of 1926
Songs include Valencia by Paul Whiteman, Black Bottom Stomp by Jelly Roll Morton, White House Blues by Charlie Poole, Hebbie Jebbies by Louis Armstrong, Lost Your Head Blues by Bessie Smith and I'm Sitting On Top Of the World by Al Jolson. 
44m 1s
Recommended Episodes
Jan 2018
The "Godfather of Gospel Music"
Thomas A Dorsey is credited with developing Gospel music into a global phenomenon. He started his own musical career in jazz clubs and blues bars, but personal tragedy led him back to church, and inspired hundreds of Gospel songs that transformed the genre. Rebecca Kesby has been ... Show More
9m 18s
Feb 2011
Bluegrass Gospel-Jesus, You're Everything to Me
This song is a Bluegrass song that I wrote. I tried to keep all of the instrumentation as authentically Bluegrass as possible, with the exception of the train beat. Purists will note Traditional Bluegrass music does not have drums. Bluegrass music is distinctly American with its ... Show More
3m 41s
Apr 2022
A Higher Power Ballad
The recorded version of Justin Bieber’s “Peaches” opens with a full-blast chorus alongside driving percussion and ringing guitars. But when he performed the song at this year’s Grammys, the song’s instrumentation was stripped down, with Bieber alone at a grand piano, crooning int ... Show More
26m 28s
Sep 2011
The Heart of God
Chorus   I Lift My Hands up For You Hey You Alone Are Worthy to Be Praised Come on Everybody Gonna Lift Your Hands In Praise Gonna Make a Joyful Noise Unto the Lord Verses I'm Going up To a River I'm Climbing up This Mountain I'm Looking for The Heart of God I Am Looking around A ... Show More
4m 5s