Pace Jubilee Singers

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Biography

In 1871, the historic Hebrew phrase “Jubilee” was put on an African-American vocal ensemble by way of a music teacher at Fisk School in Nashville, TN. The term carried a mention of the freeing of slaves that reached back again a large number of years. Touring to improve money because of their university, the Fisk Jubilee Performers also set up a precedent for the enhanced, dignified display of art music and spirituals. With the 1920s, the example they established had inspired a large number of predominately spiritual ensembles, like the Norfolk Jubilee Quartet, the Dixie Jubilee Performers, the Elkins-Payne Jubilee Performers, and the Speed Jubilee Performers. This last group was called for their creator Charles Henry Speed (1886-1963), who with the middle-’20s was generally energetic as composer and publisher of spiritual music. An ex-student of W.E. Du Bois, Speed transferred to Memphis from Atlanta in 1905 to provide as editor of Du Bois’ short-lived periodical the Moon Illustrated Regular. In 1907, Speed was functioning as cashier on the Solvent Cost savings Bank or investment company on Beale Avenue when he fulfilled W.C. Helpful. For years, both males would collaborate as composers and music web publishers, and the Speed & Handy Music Organization was founded in 1913, even while Speed sought financial balance by relocating to Atlanta where, like composer Charles Ives, he worked well in the life span insurance business. In 1921, Speed & Handy dissolved their collaboration, and Speed established the Speed Phonograph Company, shortly to be referred to as Dark Swan Information. He also became adept being a publisher of Christian melodies, including his very own airs and agreements of traditional spirituals. With Speed as his publisher, hokum bluesman Georgia Tom broke along with his longtime collaborator Tampa Crimson and crossed to become an solely spiritual artist beneath the name of Thomas A. Dorsey. Based on Memphis musicologist David Evans, Dorsey and Charles Albert Tindley could actually become established within their very own careers thanks generally towards the groundwork laid by Charles Henry Speed. Many of Tindley’s music show up within the Speed Jubilee discography, including “Keep It There,” “The stand by position Me,” and “Nothing at all Between.” The Speed Jubilee Performers produced their recordings — a lot more than 40 edges — through the years 1926-1929. Many of these have already been reissued with the Record label. They’re most crucial for the tone of voice of highlighted soloist Hattie Parker, whose broadly imitated sonorities and delicate handling of religious lyrics would afterwards become express in the task of the fantastic Mahalia Jackson.

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Music Songs Steal Away And Pray, Leave It There, Certainly Lord, Nothing Between, Old Time Religion, I'm Going To Do All I Can For My Lord, The Haven Of Rest, No Night There, What A Friend, I've Done My Work, Everytime I Feel The Spirit, My Task, It Pays To Serve Jesus, I'll Be Satisfied, My Lord's Gonna Move This Wicked Race, Seek And Ye Shall Find, Shouting On, You'd Better Mind, My Lord, What a Morning, My Lord's Going to Move This Wicked Race, I Can't Stay Away, I'm Going Through Jesus, Everybody Got to Walk, My Lord Is Writin' All the Time, Were You There When They Crucified My Lord?, Walk in the Light of God, Is It Well with Your Soul Today?, I've Started and I'm Goin' All the Way, We Will Walk Thru the Valley of Peace, Heaven's Door Gonna Be Closed, You Gonna Just What, My Lord Will Deliver

Albums I Can't Stay Away, Pace Jubilee Singers Vol. 2 (1928-1929)

#	Fact
1	Ex-brother in law of Ned Glass.
2	Made 11 movies with his close friend James Cagney, more than any other actor. These were The Crowd Roars (1932), Footlight Parade (1933), Here Comes the Navy (1934), Devil Dogs of the Air (1935), The Irish in Us (1935), A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935), Boy Meets Girl (1938), The Roaring Twenties (1939), The Fighting 69th (1940), City for Conquest (1940), A Lion Is in the Streets (1953).
3	Played the same character, Spud Connors, in The Crowd Roars (1932) and its remake, Indianapolis Speedway (1939).
4	Played the same character (the petty thief running away from Chinese authorities) both in One Way Passage (1932) and its remake, 'Til We Meet Again (1940). The character was called Skippy in the first film and Rockhingham T. Rockingham in the second.
5	Brother of Matt McHugh, Kitty McHugh, James McHugh, Nora McHugh, and Edward McHugh.

Actor

Title	Year	Status	Character
Convention City	1933		Will Goodwin
The House on 56th Street	1933		Chester Hunt
Son of a Sailor	1933		'Gaga'
Havana Widows	1933		Mr. Duffy, the Lawyer
Footlight Parade	1933		Francis
Professional Sweetheart	1933		Speed Dennis
Tomorrow at Seven	1933		Clancy
Hold Me Tight	1933		Billy
Ex-Lady	1933		Hugo Van Hugh
Lilly Turner	1933		David 'Dave' Dixon
Elmer, the Great	1933		Healy High-Hips
Private Jones	1933		'Greasy', the Cook
The Telegraph Trail	1933		Corporal Tippy
Grand Slam	1933		Philip 'Speed' McCann
Mystery of the Wax Museum	1933		Jim
Parachute Jumper	1933		Toodles Cooper
One Way Passage	1932		Skippy
Life Begins	1932		Ringer Banks
Blessed Event	1932		Reilly
The Dark Horse	1932		Joe
The Strange Love of Molly Louvain	1932		Skeets - a Reporter
The Crowd Roars	1932		Spud Connors
Extra! Extra!	1932	Short
High Pressure	1932		Mike Donahey
Union Depot	1932		The Drunk
The Wide Open Spaces	1931	Short	Matt - a Gambler
Corsair	1931		'Chub' Hopping
The Big Scoop	1931	Short
Bad Company	1931		Doc - Henchman
The Great Junction Hotel	1931	Short	Peeping Tom
The Hot Spot	1931	Short
Traveling Husbands	1931		Pinkie
That's News to Me	1931	Short
Men of the Sky	1931
Up for Murder	1931		Collins
The Front Page	1931		McCue
Millie	1931		John Holmes
Kiss Me Again	1931		Francois
Going Wild	1930		'Ricky' Freeman
The Widow from Chicago	1930		Slug
College Lovers	1930		Speed Haskins
Bright Lights	1930		A. Hamilton Fish, a reporter
Top Speed	1930		Tad Jordan
The Dawn Patrol	1930		Flaherty
If Men Played Cards as Women Do	1929	Short	3rd Card Player
Lancer	1969	TV Series	Charlie Wingate
NBC Experiment in Television	1968	TV Series
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color	1968	TV Series	Constable Seely
The Lucy Show	1967	TV Series	Mr. snowden
Easy Come, Easy Go	1967		Captain Jack
F Troop	1966	TV Series	Charlie
The Bing Crosby Show	1964-1965	TV Series	Willie / Willie Walters
A Tiger Walks	1964		Bill Watkins
The United States Steel Hour	1957-1963	TV Series	Dan O'Malley / George Rausch / Tude Bowers / ...
The Doctors and the Nurses	1963	TV Series	Mr. Durkin
Inside Danny Baker	1963	TV Movie	Mr. Johansen
Going My Way	1962	TV Series	William Jennings Depew
Route 66	1962	TV Series	Sandy Leeds / Landers
The DuPont Show of the Week	1962	TV Series	The Hub Tub Kid
Cain's Hundred	1962	TV Series	Wilbur Morton
Theatre '62	1961	TV Series
The Spiral Staircase	1961	TV Movie	Constable Williams
The Defenders	1961	TV Series	Henry Schell
Wagon Train	1961	TV Series	Henry Shannon
Outlaws	1961	TV Series	John Buttery
Harrigan and Son	1961	TV Series	Patrick O'Toole
The DuPont Show of the Month	1960	TV Series
Art Carney Special	1960	TV Series
Buick-Electra Playhouse	1959	TV Series
Career	1959		Charlie Gallagher
Say One for Me	1959		Jim Dugan
The Millionaire	1959	TV Series	Charles Bradwell
The Red Skelton Hour	1959	TV Series	Muggsy
The Last Hurrah	1958		Festus Garvey
Studio One in Hollywood	1954-1958	TV Series	Barney / Ben Ames / Horace Potter / ...
Kraft Theatre	1957-1958	TV Series	Max
Playhouse 90	1957	TV Series	Charlie
Matinee Theatre	1957	TV Series
Star Stage	1956	TV Series
The Alcoa Hour	1956	TV Series	George Schroeder
Appointment with Adventure	1955	TV Series	Salesman
Justice	1954-1955	TV Series
The Elgin Hour	1954	TV Series	Photographer
There's No Business Like Show Business	1954		Eddie Dugan, Vicky's Agent
Armstrong Circle Theatre	1954	TV Series	Willy Skokes
Ponds Theater	1953-1954	TV Series
Center Stage	1954	TV Series
Love Story	1954	TV Series
The Motorola Television Hour	1954	TV Series	Mayor Pease
Medallion Theatre	1954	TV Series
The Web	1953	TV Series
A Lion Is in the Streets	1953		Frank Rector
It Happens Every Thursday	1953		Fred Hawley
The Gulf Playhouse	1952	TV Series
Celanese Theatre	1952	TV Series	Father McKee
My Son John	1952		Father O'Dowd
Tales of Tomorrow	1952	TV Series
Schlitz Playhouse	1952	TV Series
The Pace That Thrills	1952		Rocket Anderson
Musical Comedy Time	1951	TV Series	Hiram Bent
Starlight Theatre	1951	TV Series
The Tougher They Come	1950		Gig Rafferty
Paid in Full	1950		Ben, Bartender
Miss Grant Takes Richmond	1949		Mr. Kilcoyne
Mighty Joe Young	1949		Windy
The Velvet Touch	1948		Ernie Boyle
Carnegie Hall	1947		John Donovan
Easy Come, Easy Go	1947		Carey
Little Miss Big	1946		Charlie Bryan
The Runaround	1946		Wally Quayle
The Hoodlum Saint	1946		Three Finger
State Fair	1945		McGee
A Medal for Benny	1945		Edgar Lovekin
Bowery to Broadway	1944		Joe Kirby
Marine Raiders	1944		Sgt. Louis Leary
Going My Way	1944		Father Timothy O'Dowd
Her Cardboard Lover	1942		Chappie Champagne
All Through the Night	1942		Barney
Manpower	1941		Omaha
Back Street	1941		Ed Porter
Four Mothers	1941		Ben Crowley
City for Conquest	1940		'Mutt'
I Love You Again	1940		'Doc' Ryan
'Til We Meet Again	1940		Rockingham T. Rockingham
Virginia City	1940		Mr. Upjohn
Alex in Wonderland	1940	Short	Narrator (voice, uncredited)
The Fighting 69th	1940		'Crepe Hanger' Burke
Four Wives	1939		Ben Crowley
The Roaring Twenties	1939		Danny Green
On Your Toes	1939		Paddy Reilly
Dust Be My Destiny	1939		Caruthers
Indianapolis Speedway	1939		'Spud' Connors
Daughters Courageous	1939		George
Dodge City	1939		Joe Clemens
Wings of the Navy	1939		Scat Allen
Valley of the Giants	1938		'Fingers' McCarthy
Boy Meets Girl	1938		Rossetti
Four Daughters	1938		Ben Crowley
Little Miss Thoroughbred	1938		Tod Harrington
He Couldn't Say No	1938		Lambert T. Hunkins
Swing Your Lady	1938		Popeye
Submarine D-1	1937		'Lucky'
Sunday Night at the Trocadero	1937	Short	Frank McHugh
Mr. Dodd Takes the Air	1937		'Sniffer' Sears
Marry the Girl	1937		David 'Party' Partridge
Ever Since Eve	1937		'Mabel' DeCraven
A Day at Santa Anita	1937	Short	Frank McHugh (uncredited)
Three Men on a Horse	1936		Erwin Trowbridge
Stage Struck	1936		Sid
Bullets or Ballots	1936		Herman
Snowed Under	1936		Orlando Rowe
Moonlight Murder	1936		William
Freshman Love	1936		Coach Hammond
Stars Over Broadway	1935		Offkey Cramer
A Midsummer Night's Dream	1935		Quince - the Carpenter
Page Miss Glory	1935		Ed Olson
The Irish in Us	1935		Mike O'Hara
Gold Diggers of 1935	1935		Humbolt Prentiss
Devil Dogs of the Air	1935		Crash Kelly
Maybe It's Love	1935		Willie Sands
6 Day Bike Rider	1934		Clinton Hemmings
Happiness Ahead	1934		Tom
Here Comes the Navy	1934		Droopy
Return of the Terror	1934		Joe Hastings
Smarty	1934		George
Let's Be Ritzy	1934		Bill Damroy Robert
Merry Wives of Reno	1934		Al
Heat Lightning	1934		Frank
Fashions of 1934	1934		Snap
Not Tonight, Josephine	1934	Short	Napoleon

Soundtrack

Title	Year	Status
Going My Way	1944	performer: "Hail Alma Mater" 1944 - uncredited
Submarine D-1	1937	performer: "Bringing in the Sheaves" 1880 - uncredited
Stage Struck	1936	performer: "She's in Love Lady of the Moon Number" - uncredited
Freshman Love	1936	performer: "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" - uncredited
Stars Over Broadway	1935	performer: "Where the Sweet, Sweet Cactus Grows" 1935, "Brownstone Baby I've Got the Blues for You" 1935 - uncredited
A Midsummer Night's Dream	1935	performer: "Scottish Symphony: Final Movement" 1842 - uncredited
Maybe It's Love	1935	performer: "By a Waterfall" 1933 - uncredited
Happiness Ahead	1934	performer: "Massaging Window Panes" 1934 - uncredited
Here Comes the Navy	1934	performer: "Oh, Promise Me" 1889 - uncredited
Footlight Parade	1933	performer: "Ah! The Moon Is Here" 1933 - uncredited
Lilly Turner	1933	performer: "My Wild Irish Rose" - uncredited
Millie	1931	performer: "It's Nice to Be a Geranium" - uncredited
Kiss Me Again	1931	performer: "A Make Believe Ladies Man" 1905 - uncredited
The Dawn Patrol	1930	performer: "Plum and Apple" - uncredited

Self

Title	Year	Status	Character
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to James Cagney	1974	TV Special documentary	Himself (table boe) (uncredited)
The Hollywood Palace	1965	TV Series	Himself - Singer
The Jack Paar Tonight Show	1958	TV Series	Himself
Breakdowns of 1938	1938	Documentary short	Popeye Bronson (Swing Your Lady outtakes) (uncredited)
Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 1	1936	Documentary short	Himself
Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 3	1935	Documentary short	Himself
A Dream Comes True	1935	Documentary short	Himself (uncredited)
Hollywood Newsreel	1934	Short	Himself (uncredited)
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee	1930	Short	Himself

Archive Footage

Title	Year	Status	Character
A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies	1995	TV Movie documentary	Francis, 'Footlight Parade' (uncredited)
Red Skelton: Bloopers, Blunders and Ad-Libs	1994	Video	Muggsy
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color	1966	TV Series	Bill Watkins