Rev. J. M. Gates
American preacher and Gospel music singer born in 1884, died 1945. He was the pastor of Mount Calvary Baptist Church in Rockdale Park, Atlanta from 1914 until his death. During this time he recorded over 200 sides between 1926 and 1941, most of them recorded by himself.
The Best Of Reverend J. M. Gates
Reverend J. M. Gates*
2004
Volume 6 (February 1928 To March 1929) Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order
Rev. J. M. Gates
1996
Document Records (2)
CD, Comp, RM
Volume 2 (Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order 2 September 1926)
Rev. J. M. Gates
1996
Document Records (2)
CD, Comp, RM
Volume 3. Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order. September To November 1926
Rev. J. M. Gates
1996
Document Records (2)
CD, Comp
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order - Vol. 7 (1929-1930)
Rev. J. M. Gates
1996
Document Records (2)
CD, Comp
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order Volume 8 (December 1930 To August 1934)
Rev. J. M. Gates
1996
Document Records (2)
CD, Comp
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order Volume 5 (1927)
Rev. J. M. Gates
1996
Document Records (2)
CD, Comp
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order Volume 9 (August 1934 To October 1941)
Rev. J. M. Gates
1996
Document Records (2)
CD, Comp
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order Volume 4 (September 1926)
Rev. J. M. Gates
1996
Document Records (2)
CD, Comp
Volume 1 (April To September 1926)
Rev. J. M. Gates
1995
Document Records (2)
CD, Comp
Vol. 1 (1926-1934)
Rev. J. M. Gates
1990
RST Records
LP, Comp, Mono, RM
Adam And Eve In The Garden / Samson And The Woman
Rev. J. M. Gates
1935
Bluebird (3)
Shellac, 10", RE, RP
Born To Die / Prepare To Meet Thy God
Rev. J. M. Gates
1934
Bluebird (3)
Shellac, 10"
Kinky Hair Is No Disgrace / Pay Your Policy Man
Rev. J. M. Gates
1931
Okeh
Shellac, 10"
He'll Feed You When You're Hungry / Pray For Better Times To Come
Rev. J. M. Gates Assisted By Deacon Leon Davis & Sisters Jordan & Norman
1931
Okeh
Shellac, 10"
He'll Feed You When You're Hungry/ Pray For Better Times To Come
Rev. J. M. Gates
1930
Okeh
Shellac
These Hard Times Are Tight Like That/ Is The Rope Around Your Neck
Rev. J. M. Gates
1930
Okeh
Shellac
Woe Be Unto You Liars / Things That You Can Move Don't Ask God To Move
Rev. J. M. Gates Assisted By Deacon Leon Davis & Sisters Jordan & Norman / Rev. J. M. Gates And His Congregation
1929
Okeh
Shellac, 10"
Pay Your Furniture Man / Women Spend Too Much Money
Rev. J. M. Gates Assisted By Deacon Leon Davis & Sisters Jordan & Norman
1928
Okeh
Shellac, 10"
Stop For The Red Light / The Rattlesnake Coils Before He Strikes
Rev. J. M. Gates Assisted By Deacon Leon Davis & Sisters Jordan & Norman
1928
Okeh
Shellac, 10"
Somebody's Been Stealing / Kidnapping
Rev. J. M. Gates
1928
Victor
Shellac, 10"
Hell Bound Express Train / White Horse And His Rider
Rev. J. M. Gates
1928
Okeh
Shellac, 10"
Lazarus In Heaven And The Rich Man In Hell / Blow, Gabriel, For It's Judgment
Rev. J. M. Gates
1927
Victor
Shellac, 12"
Devil In A Flying Machine / God's Wrath In The St. Louis Cyclone
Rev. J. M. Gates Assisted By Deacon Leon Davis & Sisters Jordan & Norman
1927
Okeh
Shellac, 10"
Paul And Silas In Jail / Judgement Day Is Coming
Rev. J. M. Gates
1927
Okeh
Shellac, 10"
Jonah And The Whale / Rich Man And The Needle's Eye
Rev. J. M. Gates
1927
Okeh
Shellac, 10"
He Was Born In A Manger / You May Be Alive Or You May Be Dead, Christmas Day
Rev. J. M. Gates
1927
Victor
Shellac, 10"
Just As Soon As My Feet Strike Zion / Adam And Eve In The Garden
Rev. J. M. Gates
1927
Victor
Shellac, 10"
Get Right With God / Noah And The Flood
Rev. J. M. Gates
1927
Okeh
Shellac, 10"
Baptize Me / You Belong To That Funeral Train
Rev. J. M. Gates
1927
Perfect (3)
Shellac, 10"
I'm Going If It Takes My Life / I've Left This World Behind
Rev. J. M. Gates
1927
Paramount
Shellac, 10"
Praying For The Moaners/ Sisters' Prayer Meeting
Rev. J. M. Gates
1927
Okeh
Shellac
I've Left This World Behind / The Funeral Train A-Coming
Rev. J. M. Gates
1927
Silvertone
Shellac, 10"
Dying Mother And Her Child / Tell Me How Did You Feel
Rev. J. M. Gates
1927
Silvertone
Shellac, 10"
I'm Going If It Takes My Life / The Funeral Train A-Coming
Rev. J. M. Gates
1927
Herwin
Shellac, 10"
I Know I Got Religion, Yes, Yes / Death's Black Train
Rev. J. M. Gates
1927
Conqueror
Shellac, 10"
Moses In The Wilderness / Hebrew Children In The Fiery Furnace
Rev. J. M. Gates
1927
Victor
Shellac, 10"
Dry Bones In The Valley / Jesus Rose From The Dead
Rev. J. M. Gates
1927
Victor
Shellac, 12"
Where Will You Be Christmas Day? / Will The Coffin Be Your Santa Claus?
Rev. J. M. Gates Assisted By Deacon Leon Davis & Sisters Jordan & Norman
1927
After A While / Baptize Me
Rev. J. M. Gates
1927
Dying Gambler / Praying For The Pastor
Rev. J. M. Gates
1927
Need Of Prayer / Death's Black Train Is Coming
Rev. J. M. Gates
1926
Columbia
Shellac, 10"
Amazing Grace / The Dying Mother And Her Child
Rev. J. M. Gates
1926
Victor
Shellac, 10"
You Belong To That Funeral Train / Sit Down, Servant, And Rest A Little While
Rev. J. M. Gates
1926
Okeh
Shellac, 10"
I'm Gonna Die With The Staff In My Hand / There's One Thing I Know
Rev. J. M. Gates
1926
Okeh
Shellac, 10"
I'm Gonna Die With The Staff In My Hand / There's One Thing I Know
Rev. J. M. Gates
1926
Columbia
Shellac, 10"
Ain't Gonna Lay Down My Religion / The Dying Gambler
Rev. J. M. Gates
1926
Okeh
Shellac, 10"
Death's Black Train Is Comin' / Need Of Prayer
Rev. J. M. Gates
1926
Victor
Shellac, 10"
I Know I Got Religion / Funeral Train
Rev. J. M. Gates
1926
Death Might Be Your Santa Claus / Paul And Silas In Jail
Rev. J. M. Gates
1926
Baptize Me / Dying Gambler
Rev. J. M. Gates
1926
Death's Black Train Is Comin' / Yonder Comes My Lord With A Bible In His Hand
Rev. J. M. Gates
Bluebird (3)
Shellac, 10"
Need Of Prayer / Death's Black Train Is Coming
Rev. J. M. Gates
Square Records (39)
Shellac
Dying Mother And Her Child / I Know I Got Religion
Rev. J. M. Gates
Perfect (3)
Shellac, 10"
Wolf Cat And His Catcher / New Dead Cat On The Line
Rev. J. M. Gates And His Congregation*
Bluebird (3)
Shellac, 10"
There Is Something About The Lord Mighty Sweet / On The Battlefield
Rev. J. M. Gates And His Congregation*
Bluebird (3)
Shellac, 10"
Must Be Born Again / Oh Death Where Is Thy Sting
Rev. J. M. Gates
Victor
Shellac, 10"
Sad Home Of Death / You've Got To Lay Down And Die Some Day
Rev. J. M. Gates
Victor
Shellac, 10"
Samson And The Woman / The First Born Was A Nurderer
Rev. J. M. Gates
Victor
Shellac, 10"
The Harry Smith B-Sides
Various
2020
Dust-to-Digital
4xCD, Comp + Box
Merry Luxmas – It’s Christmas In Crampsville!
Various
2019
Righteous
CD, Comp
Death Might Be Your Santa Claus
Various
2012
Take Me To The Water
Various
2009
Dust-to-Digital
CD, Comp, Boo
Harry Smith's Anthology Of American Folk Music Volume Two: Social Music
Harry Smith
2009
Black Heroes - From Stagger Lee To Joe Louis
Various
2007
Saga
CD, Comp, RM
Death Songs For The Living
Gob Iron
2006
Blues, Blues Christmas 1925 - 1955 (In The Blues, Jazz, Boogie-Woogie And Gospel Spirit)
Various
2005
Document Records (2)
2xCD, Comp, Mono
L'Histoire Du Jazz Vocal - The Story Of Vocal Jazz: Part 1 (1911 - 1940)
Various
2004
Le Chant Du Monde
10xCD, Comp
Blues Reflex
Bob Brozman
2004
Where Will You Be Christmas Day?
Various
2004
Walk Right In
Various
2002
Anthology Of American Folk Music
Harry Smith
1997
"Too Late, Too Late": More Newly Discovered Titles And Alternate Takes, Volume 6 (1924-1946)
Various
1996
Document Records (2)
CD, Comp, RM
The RCA Records Label: The 1st Note In Black Music
Various
1992
Roots N' Blues - The Retrospective (1925-1950)
Various
1992
I Hear Music In The Air—A Treasury Of Gospel Music
Various
1990
RCA
CD, Comp, Mono
Recording The Blues
Various
1970
Amazing Grace / I'll Be Satisfied When My Soul Is Resting In The Presence Of The Lord
Rev. J. M. Gates & Congregation*
1927
You Belong To That Funeral Train / I Know I Got Religion
Rev. J. M. Gates & His Congregation*
Champion (5)
Shellac, 10"
I'm So Glad Trouble Don't Last Always / I'll Be Satisfied
Rev. J. M. Gates & His Congregation*
Champion (5)
Shellac, 10"
Highway Robbers In The Night / Don't Hide From Your Furniture Man
Rev. J. M. Gates And His Congregation
Bluebird (3)
Shellac, 10"
Highway To Hell / Hell Ain't Half Full
Rev. J. M. Gates And His Congregation
Bluebird (3)
Shellac, 10"
A Sure-Enough Soldier / Do It Yourself
Rev. J. M. Gates And Congregation*
Victor
Shellac, 10"
The Boxer, The Bluesman & The Jazzman (Boxing In, African-American Music 1921-1962)
Various
2021
Frémeaux & Associés
2xCD, Comp
The Rough Guide To The Roots Of Gospel (Reborn And Remastered)
Various
2020
Music Rough Guides, World Music Network
CD, Comp, RM
Blues, Blues Christmas Volume 5: 1925 - 1962
Various
2020
Document Records (2)
2xCD, Comp
A Rhythm & Blues Chronology 6 - 1938-39
Various
2018
Rhythm & Blues Records
4xCD, Comp
American Epic
Various
2017
Lo-Max Records, Third Man Records, Columbia, Legacy, Sony Music
5xCD, Comp, RM + Box
I've Got The Blues But I'm Too Damn Mean To Cry: Protest In Early Blues & Gospel
Various
2016
JSP Records
4xCD, Comp, RM, Box
Roots & Blues
Various
2015
Sony Music
20xCD, Comp + Box
From Sacred To Secular: A Soul Awakening
Various
2015
History Of Soul
8xCD, Comp
Death May Be Your Christmas Gift
Various
2015
America! Gospel Beyond The Will Of God
Various
2014
Le Chant Du Monde
2xCD, Comp, Dig
When I Reach That Heavenly Shore (Unearthly Black Gospel 1926-1936)
Various
2014
Blues, Blues Christmas Volume 3: 1927– - 1962
Various
2013
Document Records (2)
2xCD, Comp
A Taste Of Bear Family Records
Various
2012
Bear Family Records
CD, Comp, Promo
No Time Left To Start Again - The B And D Of R 'N' R Volume 4 - Church
Various
2012
Orion Read
LP, Comp, Ltd