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Various (Gospel) - Wade in the Water, Vol. III: African American Gospel: The Pioneering Composers

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Song List:
1. Stand By Me - Lou Bell Johnson
2. We'll Understand It Better By and By - Toshi Reagon
3. What Are They Doing in Heaven Today? - Bernice Johnson Reagon, Yasmeen, and Michelle Lanchester
4. Something Within - The Rev. Eugene Smallwood
5. He'll Understand and Say Well Done - Donald Vails and the Celebration Delegation, Debbie Steele Hayden, solo lead
6. Touch Me, Lord Jesus - Michelle Lanchester, Bernice Johnson Reagon, and Yasmeen
7. It's a Highway to Heaven - The Rev. Donald Vails and the Celebration Delegation
8. Little Wooden Church on a Hill - The Rev. Eugene Smallwood
9. I Was Standing by the Bedside of a Neighbor (If You See My Savior) - Michelle Lanchester with Sweet Honey in the Rock
10. How I Got Over - The Richard Allen Singers
11. Speak to Me Jesus - Sweet Honey in the Rock Trio, Yasmeen, Evelyn Maria Harris, Aisha Kahlil
12. Does Jesus Care? - Horace C. Boyer, Donald Vails and the Celebration Delegation
13. Just a Closer Walk with Thee - Sweet Honey in the Rock
14. God is Still on the Throne - Donald Vails and the Celebration Delegation with William Boyd
15. God Specializes - Gloria Griffin, with Donald Vails and the Celebration Delegation
16. Precious Lord - Carolyn Bolger-Payne of the Philadelphia Ambassadors

From the CDs liner notes:
The Pioneering Composers celebrates the work and legacy of Charles Albert Tindley, Lucie Eddie Campbell, Thomas Andrew Dorsey, William Herbert Brewster, Roberta Martin, and Kenneth Morris. These composers helped create a new repertoire of sacred songs that would become a declaration of cultural identity.

This Smithsonian Folkways recording was conceived and compiled by Bernice Johnson Reagon. The recordings were made in 1992 and 1993, produced in collaboration with National Public Radio.