He's the Lily of the Valley - Arizona Dranes
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Uploaded by StarBrown1 on Jun 15, 2008
A rare music gem and a piece of music history. Recorded during one of her first Okeh Records sessions in 1926.
Before there was Mattie Moss Clark or Rosetta Tharpe, there was... Arizona Juanita Dranes--the blind COGIC missionary, singer and pianist who is credited as the first person to ever play piano on a gospel record. This recording was in 1926, some six years before Thomas Dorsey's Precious Lord. Arizona Dranes is the musician Sister Rosetta Tharpe credited with influencing her raucous, syncopated style; Jerry Lee Lewis also credits her playing as an influence. Missionary Dranes' style of barrelhouse piano and intense sanctified singing essentially created what we know today as the gospel beat. Encouraged to record by COGIC founder Bishop C.H. Mason and Bishop S. Crouch (great-uncle of Andre Crouch), Dranes recorded 16 songs for Okeh Records, from 1926-1929. As a result of the Great Depression, she stopped recording; however, she continued to travel and play for Bishop Mason at COGIC conventions and convocations.
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They had church on that one yassssss yasssss yall !
WoodeytheBigEyedOne 1 year ago
and its still true today He's a Lily of The Valley.......
melasgune1 1 year ago
they went to shoutin at the end
GreaterhOLYmEMBER 2 years ago
Thank you for posting this rare gem. WOW Do you think you can get this information to the recording industry. I think they should know about this pioneer. Maybe you can contact Bet's Bobby Jones Gospel show.
elderkbaronsmith 2 years ago
Thank you Lord, for being the lily in the valley!!
DaSourcespr06 2 years ago
Thank you Lord!
loaactnow 3 years ago
wow you learn something new everyday!
musical14u 3 years ago
This is one of Gospel's beginings right here! Thanks again for the great rare music Star!
Darneloh 3 years ago