Thomasville / San Francisco / Houston / Modesto / Memphis / Terrell / Bakersfield / Oakland / Fresno / Long Beach / St. Louis / Madera / Birmingham / Los Angeles / Nashville / Decca / Tulare / L.A. / Chicago / Dallas / Philadelphia / Cleveland / Cairo / Richmond / Pasadena / New York / Haynesville / New Orleans / Big Town / Macon / /
Company
Rupe / Pilgrims / Al Middleman / Specialty Records Inc. / Reprise / Trafford Publishing / Apollo / Brown and Co. / Monsanto / RCA / Wesleyan University Press / Capitol / Philo / Eli Oberstein / William Morrow & Co. / /
Country
Columbia / /
Currency
USD / cent / /
Event
Reorganization / Business Partnership / /
Facility
The Palm Springs Community Hospital / The Newark Convention Hall / University of California Press / Gospel Highway / Stanford’s Music Library / Archibald Memorial Hospital / Monsanto Chemical plant / /
Holiday
Christmas Eve / /
IndustryTerm
car accident / fresh product / big sellers / /
Movie
The Ball Game / I Love Lucy / /
MusicAlbum
You Send Me / Post-War / /
MusicGroup
Laurel / Gospel / Thunderbolt / The Smiths / /
NaturalFeature
Seventh Stream / Mountain Star Harmonizers / East Bay / /
Organization
Church of God Apostolic / Austin McCoy Trio / Archibald Memorial Hospital / University of California Press / Negro Chamber of Commerce / Standard Jubilee Singers Alliance / Wesleyan University / Starlight Quartet / Brooklyn Music Academy / American Singers Alliance / American Federation of Musicians / African American Baptist church / Sam Price Trio / Palm Springs Community Hospital / Stanford / Church of God / /
Person
Essie Hayden / Talmadge Emerson / Joe May / Leroy Leonard / Bob Marovitch / Joe Lutcher / Anna May Wong / Sam Wells / Abraham Battle / Art Rupe / Sam Cooke / Erik Greene / Johnny Davis / Ruth Davis / Jacqueline Cogdell Djedje / Ethel Davenport / Roosevelt / Opal Louis / Roy Milton / Richard Orange / Ed Townsend / Mahalia Jackson / Cora Martin / Philip H. Ennis / John L. Branham / James W. Alexander / Wynona Carr / Thomas A. Dorsey / Joe Johnson / Daniel Wolff / Jesus Met / Willie Mae Ford Smith / Lee Hildebrand / Jimmy Liggins / Riley Chappelle / Archie Gatling / Fanita Barrett / Charles / Sisters Emily Bram / Willie Davis / James Earle Hines / Jump Jackson / Leroy Watkins / Aslean May / Thomas Rucker / Greenwood / James Price / Joe Adams / Frankie Laine / Soul Stirrers / Raphael Taylor / Robert Scherman / A. Phillip Randolph / Walter Lattimore / Rosetta Tharpe / Ray Funk / Annette / Presley Thomas / William Hudson / Leonard Bell / Warren May / Peter Guralnick / Alec Bernstein / Henry Redd / Sallie Martin / Joseph W. May / Gwen Lightner / James Black / William Hardison / Kylo Turner / Marie Knight / Ernest Conway / Jack Lauderdale / Marion Anderson / Clarence McGhee / Bob Geddins / Keith Barber / Viola / /
Position
gospel researcher / Pilgrim Travelers leader / noted pianist / extremely prolific songwriter / manager / solo gospel recording artist and recording studio proprietor / manager / brothers / engineer / pop singer / disc jockey / record plant manager / Premier / proprietor / artist / singer / writer / pianist / singer / /
The Gospel Side of Specialty Records – The Post-War Period by Opal Louis Nations