IF YOU SEE MY SAVIOUR

Created on 08/02/2006
Latest update on 16/01/2024

Artist: Thomas Dorsey
Author: Thomas Dorsey
Year: 1932

Thomas Dorsey personified Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: on Saturday evening he was Georgia Tom playing the devil's music for dancing, on Sunday morning he was regarded as one of America's most important composers of religious music.

Covers:

1932:

Famous Blue Jay Gospel Singers [as Standing By The Bedside Of A Neighbor on Paramount]

1937:

Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet [as Bedside Of A Neighbor]

1948:

Mahalia Jackson [during the thirties she operated as a demonstrator for Dorsey's compositions]

1962:

Dixie Hummingbirds [as Bedside Of A Neighbor]

1973:

Alex Bradford

1991:

Marion Williams

1994:

Charlie Musselwhite [idem, along with The 5 Blind Boys Of Alabama]

1998:

Sweet Honey In The Rock [as I Was Standing By The Bedside Of A Neighbor, the first line in Dorsey's song]

2015:

Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin

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