Selah Jubilee Singers

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The Selah Jubilee Singers was an American gospel vocal quartet, who appeared in public as a gospel group but who also had a successful recording career as a secular group in the 1930s & 1940s. Around 1927, Thermon Ruth (1914–2002) founded the Selah Jubilee Singers, a group drawn from the membership of a church choir, while he was the deejay at WOR in Brooklyn, New York. He later based them in Raleigh, North Carolina when he moved his radio show to station WPTF. The Selah Jubilee Singers first recorded on April 28, 1938 for Decca, a session which included popular songs such as "Take My Hand, Precious Lord" (DE 7598), and in February 1941, "I'll Fly Away" (DE 7831). Their best recording was "Just a Closer Walk With Thee," recorded on October 8, 1941, (Decca Records 7872) New York City; with Thermon Ruth and John Ford lead vocal, Fred Baker, lead baritone; Monroe Clark, baritone; J. B. Nelson, bass vocal; and Fred Baker on guitar. By the late 1940s, the members were Ruth, Alden ("Allen") Bunn, Junius Parker, Melvin Coldten, and Jimmy Gorham. In 1949, Ruth and Bunn decided to form a secular vocal group, which became The Larks.[3] The Larks recorded most successfully for Apollo Records, a New York area record company, but split up in 1952. The Selah Jubilee Singers became the first gospel group to play in the famed Apollo Theater, known for its vaudeville acts, after Therman Ruth convinced the owner, Frank Shiffman, to allow a gospel act. On December 15, 1955, the Selah Jubilee S

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Selah Jubilee Singers Vol. 2 (1941-1944/45)

Selah Jubilee Singers Vol. 1 (1939-1941)

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Le Gospel 1939-1952

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The Masters of Gospel

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When The Moon Goes Down In The Valley Of Time: African-American Gospel, 1939-51

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The Definitive R&B Series – 1941

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The Gospel Truth

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The Gospel Train Is Coming

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Essential Gospel Anthology

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Gospel Negro Spirituals Disc 2

21 Gospel Greats 1926-2010

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Essential Gospel Anthology [Disc 1]

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