Negro Melody Singers Program No. 17
The NYPR Archive Collections | Jan 1, 2000
The exact date of this episode is unknown. We've filled in the date above with a placeholder. What we actually have on record is: 193u-uu-uu.
Presented by the Works Progress Administration and the Federal Music Project, Juanita Hall leads the Negro Melody Singers in a program of spirituals.
Where Shall I be When The First Trumpet Sounds
Great Day The Righteous Marching
Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho
Who Do You Call the Wonderful Counselor?
I Been in the Storm So Long (Amazing Grace)
Oh My Loving Brother
The program begins and ends with Swing Low Sweet Chariot.
Recorded between 1935 and 1942.
Audio courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives WNYC Collection
WNYC archives id: 150498
Municipal archives id: LT4784
