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Asa Brooks Everett 1828-1875
Significant works: Baptist Chorals: A Tune and Hymn Book (1859) in collaboration with Basil Manly Jr.
Roles in gospel music: Music teacher, composer, compiler
Birthplace: Vinemont AL
Groups: Martha Carson Group, The Plainsmen Quartet,The Happy Goodman Family
Significant Songs: “I Wouldn’t Take Nothin’ for My Journey Now”, “Wait ‘Til You See My Brand New Home”, “Who Am I”, and “Had It Not Been”
James Edward Marsh 1890- unknown
Birthplace: Blount County, AL
Roles in gospel music: Music Teacher and Song Writer
Significant Songs: “Happy Am I”, “Love Leads the Way”, and “Pray the Clouds Away”
Company: Word Records (founder)
Significant works: “The Game of Life,” a spoken word recording
Other professions: Sportscaster
GMA involvement: one of the first board members, and later served as president of the Gospel Music Hall of Fame
Company: SESAC, vice president
Education: Rutgers University
Significant songs: ”Love Lifted Me”, “If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again”, “I Would Be Like Jesus”
Contemporaries: Phillip P. Bliss, William B. Bradbury, William Kirkpatrick, Fanny Crosby, James D. Vaughan
Publishing Company: James D. Vaughan Music and Publishing Company
Birthplace: Tallahassee, AL
Home: Atlanta, GA
Significant Songs: “Life’s Railway to Heaven”, “Gimmie that Old Time Religion”, “The Great Judgement Morning”
Genre: Early Black Gospel Music
Groups: The Tindley Gospel Singers
Roles: Songwriter and Minister of Music
Significant Songs: “We Shall Overcome”, “Stand By Me”, “By and By”
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