78 RPM ARIZONA DRANES OKEH 8352 VG+ RARE GOSPEL John Said He Saw A Number

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78 RPM ARIZONA DRANES OKEH 8352 VG+ RARE GOSPEL~John Said He Saw A Number

ORIGINAL 

1926
78 OKEH SHELLAC

ARIZONA DRANES, SARA MARTIN AND RICHARD M. JONES

JOHN SAID HE SAW A NUMBER / MY SOUL IS A WITNESS FOR THE LORD

OKEH 8352

ON

OKEH 
8352

 VG+

RECORD PLAYS THROUGH. NO SKIPS

VERY LITTLE BACKGROUND NOISE

THE LABELS ARE CLEAN  BUT THERE IS SOME LIGHT WEAR ON THE OUTER GROOVE OF THE LABEL

(PLEASE SEE PICTURES)

"Arizona" Juanita Dranes (May 4,1889 or 1891–1963) was one of the first gospel artists to bring the musical styles of Holiness churches' religious music to the public in her records for Okeh and performances in the 1920s. She was also one of the first professional woman gospel singers. Her distinctive, nasal vocal style and piano playing that incorporated boogie and ragtime influenced later gospel artists.
Juanita Drane (or possibly Drain) was born blind in 1889 or 1891 in Sherman, Texas. Drane attended the Texas Institute for Deaf, Dumb and Blind Colored Youth in Austin from 1896 to 1910. She learned to play piano in her early teens.
 

Dranes introduced piano accompaniment to Holiness music, which had previously been largely a cappella, and accompanied herself in the barrelhouse and ragtime styles popular at the time. She began recording in 1926 with Okeh Records, first as a solo artist and later with choirs and various other artists and groups. She was one of the first professional women gospel singers and sang at COGIC meetings in the Bible Belt, touring Texas, Tennessee, and Oklahoma.

Although she last recorded in 1928, she continued touring through the 1940s. She moved to Los Angeles in 1948 and died there on July 27, 1963. Later gospel artists, such as Roberta Martin and Clara Ward, were heavily influenced by her piano playing; Dranes' nasal singing style also influenced artists such as Sister Rosetta Tharpe.

(WIKIPEDIA)

78 SHELLAC RECORD

RECORDED IN 1926
ORIGINAL PRESSING

 VG+

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