"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life. Indeed, God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world but in order that the world might be saved through him." - Jesus of Nazarene, John 3:16-17
The word "gospel" means "good news" and refers, in English, to the news that, despite the nature of sin having condemned everyone to eternal separation from their ultimate Creator, the Creator was willing to make a sacrifice (that of His son, Jesus) such that we might be saved from such fate. Gospel music is, simply defined, any music that proclaims this message, and more broadly, worship music, which proclaims various messages of adoration of the Creator and His Son in addition to the central story of salvation.
A number of recordings in the National Recording Registry can be classified as Gospel - including ones the Library marked as Choral, and ones that could be considered rhythm and blues, or classical, or even in one case (Larry Norman's Only Visiting This Planet, as rock). These entries are listed below, and total just over eleven hours.
| Entry | Track | Composer(s) | Performer(s) | Duration | Recorded (Compiled) | Inducted | Genre | 🎧 |
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| single | “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot” | “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot” | Traditional | Fisk Jubilee Singers | 4 min, 29 sec | 1909 | 2002 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| single | “Listen to the Lambs” | “Listen to the Lambs” | Hampton Quartette | 3 min, 0 sec | 1917 | 2005 | Gospel | ❌ | ✅ | |
| single | “Lift Every Voice and Sing” | “Lift Every Voice and Sing” | James Weldon Johnson, J. Rosamund Johnson | Manhattan Harmony Four | 3 min, 3 sec | 1923 | 2016 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| single | “Adeste Fideles (O Come All Ye Faithful)” | “Adeste Fideles (O Come All Ye Faithful)” | John Francis Wade | Associated Glee Clubs of America | 2 min, 38 sec | 1925 | 2003 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| single | “If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again” | “If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again” | Thomas Dorsey | Thomas Dorsey | 3 min, 4 sec | 1934 | 2007 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| single | “He's Got the Whole World in His Hands” | “He's Got the Whole World in His Hands” | Traditional | Marian Anderson | 2 min, 23 sec | 1936 | 2003 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| single | “John the Revelator” | “John the Revelator” | Traditional | Golden Gate Quartet | 2 min, 20 sec | 1938 | 2005 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| single | “Were You There” | “Were You There” | Traditional | Roland Hayes | 4 min, 24 sec | 1940 | 2013 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | Wings Over Jordan | “Rock my soul in the bosom of Abraham” | Traditional | Worth Kramer, Glenn T. Setter, and the Wings Over Jordan Choir | 2 min, 54 sec | 1941 | 2007 | Gospel | ❌ | ✅ |
| album | Wings Over Jordan | “Sometimes I feel like a motherless child” | Traditional | Worth Kramer, Glenn T. Setter, and the Wings Over Jordan Choir | 3 min, 21 sec | 1941 | 2007 | Gospel | ❌ | ✅ |
| album | Wings Over Jordan | “Don't stay away” | Traditional | Worth Kramer, Glenn T. Setter, and the Wings Over Jordan Choir | 3 min, 9 sec | 1941 | 2007 | Gospel | ❌ | ✅ |
| album | Wings Over Jordan | “Couldn't hear nobody pray” | Traditional | Worth Kramer, Glenn T. Setter, and the Wings Over Jordan Choir | 3 min, 29 sec | 1941 | 2007 | Gospel | ❌ | ✅ |
| album | Wings Over Jordan | “Trying to get ready” | Traditional | Worth Kramer, Glenn T. Setter, and the Wings Over Jordan Choir | 3 min, 21 sec | 1941 | 2007 | Gospel | ❌ | ✅ |
| album | Wings Over Jordan | “Deep river” | Traditional | Worth Kramer, Glenn T. Setter, and the Wings Over Jordan Choir | 3 min, 25 sec | 1941 | 2007 | Gospel | ❌ | ✅ |
| album | Wings Over Jordan | “The old ark's a'moverin'” | Traditional | Worth Kramer, Glenn T. Setter, and the Wings Over Jordan Choir | 2 min, 49 sec | 1941 | 2007 | Gospel | ❌ | ✅ |
| album | Wings Over Jordan | “Sweet turtle dove” | Traditional | Worth Kramer, Glenn T. Setter, and the Wings Over Jordan Choir | 2 min, 43 sec | 1941 | 2007 | Gospel | ❌ | ✅ |
| single | “They Look Like Men of War” | “They Look Like Men of War” | Traditional | Deep River Boys | 3 min, 0 sec | 1941 | 2018 | Gospel | ❌ | ❌ |
| single | “Down by the Riverside” | “Down by the Riverside” | Traditional | Sister Rosetta Tharpe | 2 min, 51 sec | 1944 | 2004 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| single | “Don’t Let Nobody Turn You Around” | “Don’t Let Nobody Turn You Around” | traditional | Fairfield Four | 2 min, 29 sec | 1947 | 2023 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| single | “Move On Up a Little Higher, Pt. 1” | “Move On Up a Little Higher, Pt. 1” | W. Herbet Brewster | Mahalia Jackson | 2 min, 43 sec | 1948 | 2005 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| single | “Move On Up a Little Higher, Pt. 2” | “Move On Up a Little Higher, Pt. 2” | W. Herbet Brewster | Mahalia Jackson | 3 min, 22 sec | 1948 | 2005 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| single | “I’ll Fly Away” | “I’ll Fly Away” | Albert E. Brumley, Sr. | Chuck Wagon Gang | 2 min, 28 sec | 1948 | 2016 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| single | “How I Got Over” | “How I Got Over” | Clara Ward | Clara Ward and the Ward Singers | 2 min, 55 sec | 1950 | 2017 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| single | “Jesus Gave Me Water” | “Jesus Gave Me Water” | Lucie E. Campbell | Sam Cooke and the Soul Stirrers | 2 min, 30 sec | 1950 | 2022 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| single | “Peace in the Valley” | “Peace in the Valley” | Thomas Dorsey | Red Foley and the Sunshine Boys | 3 min, 14 sec | 1951 | 2006 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| single | “Let's Go Out to the Programs” | “Let's Go Out to the Programs” | Ira Tucker | Dixie Hummingbirds | 2 min, 51 sec | 1953 | 2011 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | A Festival of Lessons and Carols | “Once in Royal David's City” | Henry John Gauntlett, Rodney Williams | King's College Choir, Boris Ord, Hugh Maclean | 3 min, 56 sec | 1954 | 2008 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | A Festival of Lessons and Carols | “The Bidding Prayer” | Traditional | John Sheppard | 1 min, 38 sec | 1954 | 2008 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | A Festival of Lessons and Carols | “Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 - 'And There Were Shepherds' Chorale” | Johann Sebastian Bach, Nigel Rogers | King's College Choir, Boris Ord, Hugh Maclean | 3 min, 22 sec | 1954 | 2008 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | A Festival of Lessons and Carols | “The Bible: First Lesson: Genesis III 8-15” | Moses | R. L. Strickland | 1 min, 51 sec | 1954 | 2008 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | A Festival of Lessons and Carols | “Ding, Dong, Ding (Up, Good Christen Folk, and Listen)” | Traditional | King's College Choir, Boris Ord, Hugh Maclean | 1 min, 15 sec | 1954 | 2008 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | A Festival of Lessons and Carols | “Flos de Radice Jesse” | Traditional | King's College Choir, Boris Ord, Hugh Maclean | 2 min, 26 sec | 1954 | 2008 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | A Festival of Lessons and Carols | “The Bible: Second Lesson: Isaiah IX 1-5” | Isaiah | Donald Beves | 1 min, 5 sec | 1954 | 2008 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | A Festival of Lessons and Carols | “God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen” | Traditional | King's College Choir, Boris Ord, Hugh Maclean | 2 min, 4 sec | 1954 | 2008 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | A Festival of Lessons and Carols | “In Dulci Jubilo” | Traditional | King's College Choir, Boris Ord, Hugh Maclean | 3 min, 55 sec | 1954 | 2008 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | A Festival of Lessons and Carols | “The Bible: Third Lesson: St. Luke I, 26-33, 38” | St. Luke | Donald Beves | 1 min, 48 sec | 1954 | 2008 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | A Festival of Lessons and Carols | “Hail! Blessed Virgin Mary” | Traditional | King's College Choir, Boris Ord, Hugh Maclean | 2 min, 8 sec | 1954 | 2008 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | A Festival of Lessons and Carols | “The Bible: Fourth Lesson: St. Matthew I, 18-23” | St. Matthew | Donald Beves | 1 min, 31 sec | 1954 | 2008 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | A Festival of Lessons and Carols | “A Virgin Most Pure” | Traditional | King's College Choir, Boris Ord, Hugh Maclean | 2 min, 56 sec | 1954 | 2008 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | A Festival of Lessons and Carols | “The Bible: Fifth Lesson: St. Luke II - The Shepherds Go to the Manger” | St. Luke | Donald Beves | 1 min, 47 sec | 1954 | 2008 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | A Festival of Lessons and Carols | “While Shepherds Watched” | Traditional | King's College Choir, Boris Ord, Hugh Maclean | 2 min, 58 sec | 1954 | 2008 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | A Festival of Lessons and Carols | “The Shepherd's Cradle Song” | Traditional | King's College Choir, Boris Ord, Hugh Maclean | 3 min, 53 sec | 1954 | 2008 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | A Festival of Lessons and Carols | “The Bible: Sixth Lesson: St. Matthew II 1-5, 7-11” | St. Matthew | H. U. Wilink | 1 min, 55 sec | 1954 | 2008 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | A Festival of Lessons and Carols | “The Three Kings” | Peter Cornelius | King's College Choir, Boris Ord, Hugh Maclean | 2 min, 42 sec | 1954 | 2008 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | A Festival of Lessons and Carols | “The Bible: Seventh Lesson: St. John I 1-14” | St. John | John Sheppard | 1 min, 6 sec | 1954 | 2008 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | A Festival of Lessons and Carols | “The Infant King” | Traditional | King's College Choir, Boris Ord, Hugh Maclean | 3 min, 53 sec | 1954 | 2008 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | A Festival of Lessons and Carols | “O Come All Ye Faithful” | John Francis Wade | King's College Choir, Boris Ord, Hugh Maclean | 3 min, 43 sec | 1954 | 2008 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | Spirituals (Tuskegee Institute Choir) | “Ezekiel Saw De Wheel” | William Dawson | Tuskegee Institute Choir | 2 min, 14 sec | 1955 | 2004 | Gospel | ❌ | ✅ |
| album | Spirituals (Tuskegee Institute Choir) | “Deep River” | William Dawson | Tuskegee Institute Choir | 3 min, 13 sec | 1955 | 2004 | Gospel | ❌ | ✅ |
| album | Spirituals (Tuskegee Institute Choir) | “I Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray” | William Dawson | Tuskegee Institute Choir | 2 min, 41 sec | 1955 | 2004 | Gospel | ❌ | ✅ |
| album | Spirituals (Tuskegee Institute Choir) | “There is a Balm in Gilead” | William Dawson | Tuskegee Institute Choir | 5 min, 3 sec | 1955 | 2004 | Gospel | ❌ | ✅ |
| album | Spirituals (Tuskegee Institute Choir) | “Hail Mary!” | William Dawson | Tuskegee Institute Choir | 3 min, 24 sec | 1955 | 2004 | Gospel | ❌ | ✅ |
| album | Spirituals (Tuskegee Institute Choir) | “I've Been Buked” | William Dawson | Tuskegee Institute Choir | 2 min, 11 sec | 1955 | 2004 | Gospel | ❌ | ✅ |
| album | Spirituals (Tuskegee Institute Choir) | “Behold the Star” | William Dawson | Tuskegee Institute Choir | 4 min, 18 sec | 1955 | 2004 | Gospel | ❌ | ✅ |
| album | Spirituals (Tuskegee Institute Choir) | “Ev'ry Time I Feel the Spirit” | William Dawson | Tuskegee Institute Choir | 1 min, 47 sec | 1955 | 2004 | Gospel | ❌ | ✅ |
| album | Spirituals (Tuskegee Institute Choir) | “Were You There” | William Dawson | Tuskegee Institute Choir | 3 min, 29 sec | 1955 | 2004 | Gospel | ❌ | ✅ |
| album | Spirituals (Tuskegee Institute Choir) | “I Want to Be Ready” | William Dawson | Tuskegee Institute Choir | 1 min, 49 sec | 1955 | 2004 | Gospel | ❌ | ✅ |
| album | Spirituals (Tuskegee Institute Choir) | “Listen to the Lambs” | William Dawson | Tuskegee Institute Choir | 5 min, 22 sec | 1955 | 2004 | Gospel | ❌ | ✅ |
| album | Spirituals (Tuskegee Institute Choir) | “Ain'-A That Good News” | William Dawson | Tuskegee Institute Choir | 1 min, 15 sec | 1955 | 2004 | Gospel | ❌ | ✅ |
| album | Spirituals (Tuskegee Institute Choir) | “Mary Had a Baby” | William Dawson | Tuskegee Institute Choir | 3 min, 26 sec | 1955 | 2004 | Gospel | ❌ | ✅ |
| album | Spirituals (Tuskegee Institute Choir) | “King Jesus Is A-Listening” | William Dawson | Tuskegee Institute Choir | 2 min, 55 sec | 1955 | 2004 | Gospel | ❌ | ✅ |
| album | Spirituals (Tuskegee Institute Choir) | “Rockin' Jerusalem” | William Dawson | Tuskegee Institute Choir | 2 min, 31 sec | 1955 | 2004 | Gospel | ❌ | ✅ |
| album | Messiah | “Overture” | Georg Frederic Handel | Eugene Ormandy, Richard Condie, Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Philadelphia Orchestra | 4 min, 27 sec | 1959 (1991) | 2004 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | Messiah | “Comfort Ye, My People” | Georg Frederic Handel | Eugene Ormandy, Richard Condie, Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Philadelphia Orchestra | 3 min, 29 sec | 1959 (1991) | 2004 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | Messiah | “Every Valley Shall Be Exalted” | Georg Frederic Handel | Eugene Ormandy, Richard Condie, Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Philadelphia Orchestra | 3 min, 53 sec | 1959 (1991) | 2004 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | Messiah | “And the glory of the Lord” | Georg Frederic Handel | Eugene Ormandy, Richard Condie, Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Philadelphia Orchestra | 3 min, 19 sec | 1959 (1991) | 2004 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | Messiah | “Thus Saith the Lord” | Georg Frederic Handel | Eugene Ormandy, Richard Condie, Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Philadelphia Orchestra | 1 min, 31 sec | 1959 (1991) | 2004 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | Messiah | “But who may abide” | Georg Frederic Handel | Eugene Ormandy, Richard Condie, Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Philadelphia Orchestra | 4 min, 33 sec | 1959 (1991) | 2004 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | Messiah | “And He shall purify” | Georg Frederic Handel | Eugene Ormandy, Richard Condie, Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Philadelphia Orchestra | 2 min, 41 sec | 1959 (1991) | 2004 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | Messiah | “Behold a virgin shall conceive” | Georg Frederic Handel | Eugene Ormandy, Richard Condie, Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Philadelphia Orchestra | 0 min, 36 sec | 1959 (1991) | 2004 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | Messiah | “O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion” | Georg Frederic Handel | Eugene Ormandy, Richard Condie, Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Philadelphia Orchestra | 7 min, 2 sec | 1959 (1991) | 2004 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | Messiah | “For unto us a Child is born” | Georg Frederic Handel | Eugene Ormandy, Richard Condie, Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Philadelphia Orchestra | 4 min, 14 sec | 1959 (1991) | 2004 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | Messiah | “Pastoral Symphony” | Georg Frederic Handel | Eugene Ormandy, Richard Condie, Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Philadelphia Orchestra | 3 min, 59 sec | 1959 (1991) | 2004 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | Messiah | “There were shepherds” | Georg Frederic Handel | Eugene Ormandy, Richard Condie, Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Philadelphia Orchestra | 0 min, 52 sec | 1959 (1991) | 2004 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | Messiah | “And the angel said unto them” | Georg Frederic Handel | Eugene Ormandy, Richard Condie, Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Philadelphia Orchestra | 1 min, 11 sec | 1959 (1991) | 2004 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | Messiah | “And suddenly there was with the angel” | Georg Frederic Handel | Eugene Ormandy, Richard Condie, Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Philadelphia Orchestra | 0 min, 28 sec | 1959 (1991) | 2004 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | Messiah | “Glory to God” | Georg Frederic Handel | Eugene Ormandy, Richard Condie, Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Philadelphia Orchestra | 1 min, 53 sec | 1959 (1991) | 2004 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | Messiah | “Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened” | Georg Frederic Handel | Eugene Ormandy, Richard Condie, Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Philadelphia Orchestra | 0 min, 35 sec | 1959 (1991) | 2004 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | Messiah | “He shall feed his flock” | Georg Frederic Handel | Eugene Ormandy, Richard Condie, Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Philadelphia Orchestra | 7 min, 4 sec | 1959 (1991) | 2004 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | Messiah | “His yoke is easy” | Georg Frederic Handel | Eugene Ormandy, Richard Condie, Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Philadelphia Orchestra | 2 min, 47 sec | 1959 (1991) | 2004 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | Messiah | “Behold the Lamb of God” | Georg Frederic Handel | Eugene Ormandy, Richard Condie, Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Philadelphia Orchestra | 3 min, 50 sec | 1959 (1991) | 2004 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | Messiah | “He was despised” | Georg Frederic Handel | Eugene Ormandy, Richard Condie, Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Philadelphia Orchestra | 5 min, 17 sec | 1959 (1991) | 2004 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | Messiah | “Surely He hath borne our griefs” | Georg Frederic Handel | Eugene Ormandy, Richard Condie, Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Philadelphia Orchestra | 3 min, 4 sec | 1959 (1991) | 2004 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | Messiah | “And with His stripes we are healed” | Georg Frederic Handel | Eugene Ormandy, Richard Condie, Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Philadelphia Orchestra | 2 min, 19 sec | 1959 (1991) | 2004 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | Messiah | “All we like sheep have gone astray” | Georg Frederic Handel | Eugene Ormandy, Richard Condie, Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Philadelphia Orchestra | 4 min, 17 sec | 1959 (1991) | 2004 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | Messiah | “Lift up your heads” | Georg Frederic Handel | Eugene Ormandy, Richard Condie, Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Philadelphia Orchestra | 3 min, 5 sec | 1959 (1991) | 2004 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | Messiah | “Why do the nations?” | Georg Frederic Handel | Eugene Ormandy, Richard Condie, Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Philadelphia Orchestra | 2 min, 41 sec | 1959 (1991) | 2004 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | Messiah | “He that dwelleth in Heaven” | Georg Frederic Handel | Eugene Ormandy, Richard Condie, Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Philadelphia Orchestra | 0 min, 23 sec | 1959 (1991) | 2004 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | Messiah | “Thou shalt break them” | Georg Frederic Handel | Eugene Ormandy, Richard Condie, Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Philadelphia Orchestra | 2 min, 16 sec | 1959 (1991) | 2004 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | Messiah | “Hallelujah” | Georg Frederic Handel | Eugene Ormandy, Richard Condie, Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Philadelphia Orchestra | 3 min, 56 sec | 1959 (1991) | 2004 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | Messiah | “I know that my Redeemer liveth” | Georg Frederic Handel | Eugene Ormandy, Richard Condie, Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Philadelphia Orchestra | 7 min, 7 sec | 1959 (1991) | 2004 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | Messiah | “Behold I tel you a mystery” | Georg Frederic Handel | Eugene Ormandy, Richard Condie, Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Philadelphia Orchestra | 0 min, 47 sec | 1959 (1991) | 2004 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | Messiah | “The Trumpet shall sound” | Georg Frederic Handel | Eugene Ormandy, Richard Condie, Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Philadelphia Orchestra | 6 min, 53 sec | 1959 (1991) | 2004 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | Messiah | “Worthy is the Lamb” | Georg Frederic Handel | Eugene Ormandy, Richard Condie, Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Philadelphia Orchestra | 6 min, 32 sec | 1959 (1991) | 2004 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| other | United Sacred Harp Musical Convention in Fyfe, AL | “Sherburne” | Sacred Harp | Alabama Sacred Harp Singers (recorded by Alan Lomax, Shirley Lomax) | 1 min, 55 sec | 1959 (1998) | 2010 | Gospel | ❌ | ❌ |
| other | United Sacred Harp Musical Convention in Fyfe, AL | “David's Lamentation” | William Billings | Alabama Sacred Harp Singers (recorded by Alan Lomax, Shirley Lomax) | 1 min, 12 sec | 1959 (1998) | 2010 | Gospel | ❌ | ❌ |
| other | United Sacred Harp Musical Convention in Fyfe, AL | “Soar Away” | A. Marcus Cagle | Alabama Sacred Harp Singers (recorded by Alan Lomax, Shirley Lomax) | 3 min, 15 sec | 1959 (1998) | 2010 | Gospel | ❌ | ❌ |
| other | United Sacred Harp Musical Convention in Fyfe, AL | “Commentary” | Joyce Smith | Alabama Sacred Harp Singers (recorded by Alan Lomax, Shirley Lomax) | 0 min, 31 sec | 1959 (1998) | 2010 | Gospel | ❌ | ❌ |
| other | United Sacred Harp Musical Convention in Fyfe, AL | “Wondrous Love” | Sacred Harp | Alabama Sacred Harp Singers (recorded by Alan Lomax, Shirley Lomax) | 2 min, 59 sec | 1959 (1998) | 2010 | Gospel | ❌ | ❌ |
| other | United Sacred Harp Musical Convention in Fyfe, AL | “Traveling On” | Sacred Harp | Alabama Sacred Harp Singers (recorded by Alan Lomax, Shirley Lomax) | 1 min, 47 sec | 1959 (1998) | 2010 | Gospel | ❌ | ❌ |
| other | United Sacred Harp Musical Convention in Fyfe, AL | “New Harmony” | Sacred Harp | Alabama Sacred Harp Singers (recorded by Alan Lomax, Shirley Lomax) | 2 min, 35 sec | 1959 (1998) | 2010 | Gospel | ❌ | ❌ |
| other | United Sacred Harp Musical Convention in Fyfe, AL | “Hallelujah” | Charles Wesley | Alabama Sacred Harp Singers (recorded by Alan Lomax, Shirley Lomax) | 2 min, 20 sec | 1959 (1998) | 2010 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| other | United Sacred Harp Musical Convention in Fyfe, AL | “Prayer for Recess” | Sacred Harp | Alabama Sacred Harp Singers (recorded by Alan Lomax, Shirley Lomax) | 1 min, 3 sec | 1959 (1998) | 2010 | Gospel | ❌ | ❌ |
| other | United Sacred Harp Musical Convention in Fyfe, AL | “Loving Jesus” | Sacred Harp | Alabama Sacred Harp Singers (recorded by Alan Lomax, Shirley Lomax) | 1 min, 56 sec | 1959 (1998) | 2010 | Gospel | ❌ | ❌ |
| other | United Sacred Harp Musical Convention in Fyfe, AL | “Greenwich” | Sacred Harp | Alabama Sacred Harp Singers (recorded by Alan Lomax, Shirley Lomax) | 2 min, 30 sec | 1959 (1998) | 2010 | Gospel | ❌ | ❌ |
| other | United Sacred Harp Musical Convention in Fyfe, AL | “Milford” | Sacred Harp | Alabama Sacred Harp Singers (recorded by Alan Lomax, Shirley Lomax) | 1 min, 44 sec | 1959 (1998) | 2010 | Gospel | ❌ | ❌ |
| other | United Sacred Harp Musical Convention in Fyfe, AL | “Babtismal Anthem” | Sacred Harp | Alabama Sacred Harp Singers (recorded by Alan Lomax, Shirley Lomax) | 2 min, 28 sec | 1959 (1998) | 2010 | Gospel | ❌ | ❌ |
| other | United Sacred Harp Musical Convention in Fyfe, AL | “Amsterdam” | Robert Seagraves | Alabama Sacred Harp Singers (recorded by Alan Lomax, Shirley Lomax) | 1 min, 40 sec | 1959 (1998) | 2010 | Gospel | ❌ | ❌ |
| other | United Sacred Harp Musical Convention in Fyfe, AL | “Montgomery” | Isaac Watts | Alabama Sacred Harp Singers (recorded by Alan Lomax, Shirley Lomax) | 2 min, 12 sec | 1959 (1998) | 2010 | Gospel | ❌ | ❌ |
| other | United Sacred Harp Musical Convention in Fyfe, AL | “Memorial Lesson” | Sacred Harp | Alabama Sacred Harp Singers (recorded by Alan Lomax, Shirley Lomax) | 1 min, 42 sec | 1959 (1998) | 2010 | Gospel | ❌ | ❌ |
| other | United Sacred Harp Musical Convention in Fyfe, AL | “Cussetta” | Sacred Harp | Alabama Sacred Harp Singers (recorded by Alan Lomax, Shirley Lomax) | 2 min, 24 sec | 1959 (1998) | 2010 | Gospel | ❌ | ❌ |
| other | United Sacred Harp Musical Convention in Fyfe, AL | “The Last Words of Copernicus” | Sarah Lancaster | Alabama Sacred Harp Singers (recorded by Alan Lomax, Shirley Lomax) | 1 min, 44 sec | 1959 (1998) | 2010 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| other | United Sacred Harp Musical Convention in Fyfe, AL | “The Morning Trumpet” | John Leland | Alabama Sacred Harp Singers (recorded by Alan Lomax, Shirley Lomax) | 1 min, 28 sec | 1959 (1998) | 2010 | Gospel | ❌ | ❌ |
| other | United Sacred Harp Musical Convention in Fyfe, AL | “Homeward Bound” | Howard Denson | Alabama Sacred Harp Singers (recorded by Alan Lomax, Shirley Lomax) | 1 min, 58 sec | 1959 (1998) | 2010 | Gospel | ❌ | ❌ |
| other | United Sacred Harp Musical Convention in Fyfe, AL | “Northfield” | Isaac Watts | Alabama Sacred Harp Singers (recorded by Alan Lomax, Shirley Lomax) | 1 min, 25 sec | 1959 (1998) | 2010 | Gospel | ❌ | ❌ |
| other | United Sacred Harp Musical Convention in Fyfe, AL | “Doddridge” | Mark Wynn | Alabama Sacred Harp Singers (recorded by Alan Lomax, Shirley Lomax) | 4 min, 20 sec | 1959 (1998) | 2010 | Gospel | ❌ | ❌ |
| other | United Sacred Harp Musical Convention in Fyfe, AL | “Weeping Mary” | Sacred Harp | Alabama Sacred Harp Singers (recorded by Alan Lomax, Shirley Lomax) | 2 min, 42 sec | 1959 (1998) | 2010 | Gospel | ❌ | ❌ |
| other | United Sacred Harp Musical Convention in Fyfe, AL | “Christmas Anthem” | James Denson | Alabama Sacred Harp Singers (recorded by Alan Lomax, Shirley Lomax) | 2 min, 55 sec | 1959 (1998) | 2010 | Gospel | ❌ | ✅ |
| other | United Sacred Harp Musical Convention in Fyfe, AL | “New Prospect” | Sacred Harp | Alabama Sacred Harp Singers (recorded by Alan Lomax, Shirley Lomax) | 2 min, 17 sec | 1959 (1998) | 2010 | Gospel | ❌ | ❌ |
| other | United Sacred Harp Musical Convention in Fyfe, AL | “Oxford” | Sacred Harp | Alabama Sacred Harp Singers (recorded by Alan Lomax, Shirley Lomax) | 1 min, 56 sec | 1959 (1998) | 2010 | Gospel | ❌ | ❌ |
| single | “Oh Mary Don't You Weep” | “Oh Mary Don't You Weep” | Traditional | The Swan Silvetones | 2 min, 49 sec | 1959 | 2014 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| single | “Lord, Keep Me Day by Day” | “Lord, Keep Me Day by Day” | Eddie Williams | The Caravans | 3 min, 21 sec | 1959 | 2020 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| single | “Crossing Chilly Jordan” | “Crossing Chilly Jordan” | J. D. Sumner | The Blackwood Brothers | 2 min, 19 sec | 1960 | 2012 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | Peace Be Still | “Peace Be Still” | James Cleveland | James Cleveland | 6 min, 6 sec | 1962 | 2004 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | Peace Be Still | “Jesus Saves” | James Cleveland | James Cleveland | 10 min, 26 sec | 1962 | 2004 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | Peace Be Still | “I Had a Talk With God” | James Cleveland | James Cleveland | 4 min, 15 sec | 1962 | 2004 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | Peace Be Still | “Where He Leads Me” | James Cleveland | James Cleveland | 3 min, 31 sec | 1962 | 2004 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | Peace Be Still | “Shine on Me” | James Cleveland | James Cleveland | 7 min, 9 sec | 1962 | 2004 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | Peace Be Still | “The Lord Brought Us Out” | James Cleveland | James Cleveland | 3 min, 47 sec | 1962 | 2004 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | Peace Be Still | “I'll Wear a Crown” | James Cleveland | James Cleveland | 5 min, 45 sec | 1962 | 2004 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | Peace Be Still | “I'll Be Caught up to Meet Him” | James Cleveland | James Cleveland | 4 min, 39 sec | 1962 | 2004 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | Peace Be Still | “Praise God” | James Cleveland | James Cleveland | 2 min, 11 sec | 1962 | 2004 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| single | “Oh Happy Day” | “Oh Happy Day” | Philip Doddridge | Edwin Hawkins Singers | 5 min, 9 sec | 1969 | 2005 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | Continental Harmony: Gregg Smith Singers Perform Music of William Billings | “I Am the Rose of Sharonn/David's Lamentation/The Bird/Kittery” | William Billings | The Gregg Smith Singers | 7 min, 42 sec | 1969 | 2011 | Gospel | ❌ | ✅ |
| album | Continental Harmony: Gregg Smith Singers Perform Music of William Billings | “Hopkinton / When Jesus Wept (Fuging Tune) / The Lord is Risen (Easter Anthem)” | William Billings | The Gregg Smith Singers | 6 min, 52 sec | 1969 | 2011 | Gospel | ❌ | ✅ |
| album | Continental Harmony: Gregg Smith Singers Perform Music of William Billings | “A Virgin Unspotted (Judea) / Boston (Christmas Anthem) / The Shepherd's Carol” | William Billings | The Gregg Smith Singers | 5 min, 57 sec | 1969 | 2011 | Gospel | ❌ | ✅ |
| album | Continental Harmony: Gregg Smith Singers Perform Music of William Billings | “Creation” | William Billings | The Gregg Smith Singers | 1 min, 49 sec | 1969 | 2011 | Gospel | ❌ | ✅ |
| album | Continental Harmony: Gregg Smith Singers Perform Music of William Billings | “Connection / Consonance / Jargon / Modern Music” | William Billings | The Gregg Smith Singers | 8 min, 12 sec | 1969 | 2011 | Gospel | ❌ | ✅ |
| album | Continental Harmony: Gregg Smith Singers Perform Music of William Billings | “Cobham / Morpheus / Swift As An Indian Arrow Flies” | William Billings | The Gregg Smith Singers | 3 min, 16 sec | 1969 | 2011 | Gospel | ❌ | ✅ |
| album | Continental Harmony: Gregg Smith Singers Perform Music of William Billings | “Chester / Be Glad Then America (An Anthem For Fast Day)” | William Billings | The Gregg Smith Singers | 7 min, 24 sec | 1969 | 2011 | Gospel | ❌ | ✅ |
| single | “Amazing Grace” | “Amazing Grace” | John Newton | Judy Collins | 4 min, 9 sec | 1970 | 2016 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | Only Visiting this Planet | “I've Got to Learn to Live Without You” | Larry Norman | Larry Norman | 3 min, 35 sec | 1972 | 2013 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | Only Visiting this Planet | “The Outlaw” | Larry Norman | Larry Norman | 3 min, 52 sec | 1972 | 2013 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | Only Visiting this Planet | “Why Don't You Look into Jesus” | Larry Norman | Larry Norman | 4 min, 3 sec | 1972 | 2013 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | Only Visiting this Planet | “Righteous Rocker” | Larry Norman | Larry Norman | 3 min, 32 sec | 1972 | 2013 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | Only Visiting this Planet | “I Wish We'd All Been Ready” | Larry Norman | Larry Norman | 4 min, 31 sec | 1972 | 2013 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | Only Visiting this Planet | “I Am the Six O'Clock News” | Larry Norman | Larry Norman | 6 min, 4 sec | 1972 | 2013 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | Only Visiting this Planet | “The Great American Novel” | Larry Norman | Larry Norman | 4 min, 30 sec | 1972 | 2013 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | Only Visiting this Planet | “Pardon Me” | Larry Norman | Larry Norman | 3 min, 36 sec | 1972 | 2013 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | Only Visiting this Planet | “Why Should the Devil Have All the Good Music” | Larry Norman | Larry Norman | 2 min, 37 sec | 1972 | 2013 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | Only Visiting this Planet | “Reader's Digest” | Larry Norman | Larry Norman | 2 min, 42 sec | 1972 | 2013 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | Only Visiting this Planet | “Peacepollutionrevolution [Radio Single]” | Larry Norman | Larry Norman | 3 min, 32 sec | 1972 | 2013 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | Only Visiting this Planet | “Righteous Rocker [Hard Rock Version]” | Larry Norman | Larry Norman | 4 min, 20 sec | 1972 | 2013 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | Precious Lord: New Recordings of the Great Gospel Songs of Thomas A. Dorsey | “Take My Hand, Precious Lord” | Thomas Dorsey | Marion Williams | 7 min, 31 sec | 1973 | 2002 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | Precious Lord: New Recordings of the Great Gospel Songs of Thomas A. Dorsey | “It's a Highway to Heaven” | Thomas Dorsey | Alex Bradford | 3 min, 9 sec | 1973 | 2002 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | Precious Lord: New Recordings of the Great Gospel Songs of Thomas A. Dorsey | “Hide Me In Thy Bosom” | Thomas Dorsey | The Dixie Hummingbirds | 1 min, 56 sec | 1973 | 2002 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | Precious Lord: New Recordings of the Great Gospel Songs of Thomas A. Dorsey | “I'm Going to Live the Life I Sing About In My Song” | Thomas Dorsey | Marion Williams | 5 min, 21 sec | 1973 | 2002 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | Precious Lord: New Recordings of the Great Gospel Songs of Thomas A. Dorsey | “Peace in the Valley” | Thomas Dorsey | R. H. Harris | 3 min, 29 sec | 1973 | 2002 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | Precious Lord: New Recordings of the Great Gospel Songs of Thomas A. Dorsey | “What Could I Do If It Wasn't For the Lord” | Thomas Dorsey | Marion Williams | 2 min, 28 sec | 1973 | 2002 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | Precious Lord: New Recordings of the Great Gospel Songs of Thomas A. Dorsey | “I'm Waiting for Jesus” | Thomas Dorsey | The Dixie Hummingbirds | 3 min, 33 sec | 1973 | 2002 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | Precious Lord: New Recordings of the Great Gospel Songs of Thomas A. Dorsey | “I Don't Know Why” | Thomas Dorsey | Bessie Griffin | 4 min, 26 sec | 1973 | 2002 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | Precious Lord: New Recordings of the Great Gospel Songs of Thomas A. Dorsey | “If You See My Savior” | Thomas Dorsey | Alex Bradford | 4 min, 53 sec | 1973 | 2002 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | Precious Lord: New Recordings of the Great Gospel Songs of Thomas A. Dorsey | “If We Never Needed the Lord Before” | Thomas Dorsey | Marion Williams | 4 min, 6 sec | 1973 | 2002 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | Precious Lord: New Recordings of the Great Gospel Songs of Thomas A. Dorsey | “Thy Servant's Prayer Amen” | Thomas Dorsey | R. H. Harris | 3 min, 3 sec | 1973 | 2002 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | Precious Lord: New Recordings of the Great Gospel Songs of Thomas A. Dorsey | “Search Me Lord” | Thomas Dorsey | Bessie Griffin | 2 min, 30 sec | 1973 | 2002 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | Precious Lord: New Recordings of the Great Gospel Songs of Thomas A. Dorsey | “When the Gates Swing Open” | Thomas Dorsey | The Dixie Hummingbirds | 3 min, 50 sec | 1973 | 2002 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | Precious Lord: New Recordings of the Great Gospel Songs of Thomas A. Dorsey | “My Desire” | Thomas Dorsey | Delois Barrett Campbell | 3 min, 39 sec | 1973 | 2002 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | Precious Lord: New Recordings of the Great Gospel Songs of Thomas A. Dorsey | “Old Ship of Zion” | Thomas Dorsey | Bessie Griffin | 6 min, 4 sec | 1973 | 2002 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | Precious Lord: New Recordings of the Great Gospel Songs of Thomas A. Dorsey | “How Many Times” | Thomas Dorsey | Alex Bradford | 3 min, 50 sec | 1973 | 2002 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | Precious Lord: New Recordings of the Great Gospel Songs of Thomas A. Dorsey | “I'll Tell It Wherever I Go” | Thomas Dorsey | Sallie Martin | 3 min, 0 sec | 1973 | 2002 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | Precious Lord: New Recordings of the Great Gospel Songs of Thomas A. Dorsey | “Never Turn Back” | Thomas Dorsey | R. H. Harris | 3 min, 31 sec | 1973 | 2002 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | Precious Lord: New Recordings of the Great Gospel Songs of Thomas A. Dorsey | “The Lord Will Make a Way Somehow” | Thomas Dorsey | Marion Williams | 4 min, 35 sec | 1973 | 2002 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| single | “Lift Every Voice and Sing” | “Lift Every Voice and Sing” | James Weldon Johnson, J. Rosamund Johnson | Melba Moore & Friends (Stephanie Mills, Freddie Jackson, Anita Baker, Dionne Warwick, Bobby Brown, Stevie Wonder, Jeffrey Osborne, Howard Hewitt) | 5 min, 52 sec | 1990 | 2016 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | Old Regular Baptists: Lined-Out Hymnody from Southeastern Kentucky | “Bethren We Have Met Again” | John Leland | Indian Bottom Association | 4 min, 13 sec | 1997 | 2014 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | Old Regular Baptists: Lined-Out Hymnody from Southeastern Kentucky | “On Jordan's Stormy Banks” | Samuel Stennett | Indian Bottom Association | 4 min, 19 sec | 1997 | 2014 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | Old Regular Baptists: Lined-Out Hymnody from Southeastern Kentucky | “(O) How Happy Are They” | Charles Wesley | Indian Bottom Association | 4 min, 16 sec | 1997 | 2014 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | Old Regular Baptists: Lined-Out Hymnody from Southeastern Kentucky | “The Day Is Past and Gone” | John Leland | Indian Bottom Association | 4 min, 33 sec | 1997 | 2014 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | Old Regular Baptists: Lined-Out Hymnody from Southeastern Kentucky | “Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah” | William Williams | Indian Bottom Association | 4 min, 35 sec | 1997 | 2014 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | Old Regular Baptists: Lined-Out Hymnody from Southeastern Kentucky | “Jesus Thou Art the Sinner's Friend” | Richard Burnham | Indian Bottom Association | 4 min, 23 sec | 1997 | 2014 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | Old Regular Baptists: Lined-Out Hymnody from Southeastern Kentucky | “Jesus Left His Home in Glory” | V. E. Moses | Indian Bottom Association | 5 min, 5 sec | 1997 | 2014 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | Old Regular Baptists: Lined-Out Hymnody from Southeastern Kentucky | “Salvation O the Name I Love” | Traditional | Indian Bottom Association | 4 min, 54 sec | 1997 | 2014 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | Old Regular Baptists: Lined-Out Hymnody from Southeastern Kentucky | “I'm Not Ashamed to Own My Lord” | Isaac Watts | Indian Bottom Association | 3 min, 57 sec | 1997 | 2014 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | Old Regular Baptists: Lined-Out Hymnody from Southeastern Kentucky | “I Am a Poor Pilgrim of Sorrow” | Charles Albert Tindley | Indian Bottom Association | 5 min, 23 sec | 1997 | 2014 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | Old Regular Baptists: Lined-Out Hymnody from Southeastern Kentucky | “Farewell Vain World” | Garret K. Lawrence | Indian Bottom Association | 4 min, 23 sec | 1997 | 2014 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | Old Regular Baptists: Lined-Out Hymnody from Southeastern Kentucky | “I Am Going to a City” | Jim Miller, Elsie Osborn, Jack Osborn | Indian Bottom Association | 3 min, 16 sec | 1997 | 2014 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | Old Regular Baptists: Lined-Out Hymnody from Southeastern Kentucky | “The Meaning of Singing” | Indian Bottom Association | 12 min, 21 sec | 1997 | 2014 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ | |
| album | Our American Journey | “Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah” | Traditional | Chanticleer | 4 min, 15 sec | 2002 | 2025 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | Our American Journey | “Credidi propter quod locutus sum” | Juan de Lienas | Chanticleer | 6 min, 35 sec | 2002 | 2025 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | Our American Journey | “Versa est in luctum” | Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla | Chanticleer | 2 min, 47 sec | 2002 | 2025 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | Our American Journey | “Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken” | Alexander Johnson | Chanticleer | 2 min, 59 sec | 2002 | 2025 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | Our American Journey | “David's Lamentation” | William Billings | Chanticleer | 2 min, 18 sec | 2002 | 2025 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |
| album | Our American Journey | “Soar Away” | Alfred Marcus Cagle | Chanticleer | 2 min, 23 sec | 2002 | 2025 | Gospel | ✅ | ✅ |