[78-L] Rhythmic "sprituals" of the early 1930s

[Taylor Bowie]

I'm not quite sure if they qualify,  but certainly some of Willard Robison's 
compositions have a sort of "spiritual" air to them,  e.g. The Devil is 
Afraid of Music,  and also Wake Up,  Chillun! Wake Up...both from 1928,  if 
memory serves.

And now that I think of it,  there is a real spiritual quality to We'll Have 
a New Home (in the Morning) also by Robison...who was one of the unsung 
greats of American music.


Taylor



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From: "Cary Ginell" <soundthink at live.com>
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Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 1:34 PM
Subject: [78-L] Rhythmic "sprituals" of the early 1930s


>
> I was listening to Cole Porter's "Blow, Gabriel, Blow" today and was 
> wondering about precedents for this idea in Tin Pan Alley. The style was 
> in the form of a camp meeting spiritual, with a mock sermonizing lyric. 
> Three songs that preceded this were "Oh, Monah," "On Revival Day" and 
> "Sing, You Sinners." Without going off on a tangent, can anyone supply me 
> with further examples of pop songs using the spiritual form? Keep in mind 
> that Anything Goes was on Broadway in 1934, so the songs would have to 
> predate that ("All God's Chillun Got Rhythm" doesn't count; it came out in 
> 1937; "Ol' Man Mose" came out in 1936, I believe.).
>
>
>
> Cary Ginell
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