CCD 244 The Johnson Family Singers - Sunday Morning In Dixie (26 tracks) = F

SUNDAY MORNING IN DIXIE/A HOUSE BUILT ON A ROCK/HE PUT THE SUNSHINE IN MY SOUL/LORD, BUILD ME A CABIN IN GLORY/I'LL REAP MY HARVEST IN HEAVEN/CABIN IN THE VALLEY OF THE PINES/JUST SAY A LITTLE PRAYER/I'VE GOT A FEELING (DEEP DOWN IN MY SOUL)/A HAVEN IN HEAVEN/KEEPON THE SUNNY SIDE/MAY THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN/SOMEBODY'S WAITING FOR ME/JUST LIKE ME/THERE'S A LITTLE PINE LOG CABIN/GOD IS MY LANDLORD/LET'S RIDE THAT PLANE/THE OLD COUNTRY CHURCH (AT THE FOOT OF THE HILL)/WHEN IT'S STARLIGHT ON THE BLUEGRASS/GRANDMA'S SPINNING WHEEL/I'LL MEET YOU IN THE MORNING/HE WILL PAY ALL THE COST/REUNION IN THE SKY/GET ON YOUR KNEES, SINNER/I HAVE GOT OLD TIME RELIGION/THE HALLELUJAH TRAIN/DON'T BE ASHAMED OF YOUR RELIGION.

This popular gospel group of the 1940s and 1950s were headquarted in the area around Charlotte, North Carolina until they were eventually discovered by Art Satherly in 1946. This CD covers most of their earliest recordings for Columbia (1946 to 1950) before they changed to RCA for whom they recorded until 1959. The group consists of "Pa" Jesse, "Ma" Lydia, daughter Betty, and the three sons Kenneth, Bob & Jim. "Pa" plays guitar and Larry Walker piano. The later recordings also feature Nat Richardson <steel guitar>, Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith <fiddle>, Ray Smith and Roy Horton.