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:
Famous Blue Jay Gospel Singers [as Standing By The Bedside Of A Neighbor on Paramount]
Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet [as Bedside Of A Neighbor]
Mahalia Jackson [during the thirties she operated as a demonstrator for Dorsey's compositions]
Dixie Hummingbirds [as Bedside Of A Neighbor]
Charlie Musselwhite [idem, along with The 5 Blind Boys Of Alabama]
Sweet Honey In The Rock [as I Was Standing By The Bedside Of A Neighbor, the first line in Dorsey's song]
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)