On April 16, 1928, a group led by J.C. Brown and S. Whit Denson recorded several songs for
Columbia Records, amongst which were "Present Joys" and "Rocky Road", later included on the
Anthology of American Folk Music. In August 1942,
Alan Lomax recorded the Alabama Sacred Harp Singing Convention in
Birmingham. These recordings were edited by
George Pullen Jackson and published by the
Library of Congress. In 1959, Lomax returned to Alabama to record the 56th convention of the United Sacred Harp Musical Association in
Fyffe. This recording is variously credited to either the "United Sacred Harp Convention" or "Alabama Sacred Harp Singers".
Samples from this recording of
Sarah Lancaster's "The Last Words of Copernicus" appear in both M.I.A.'s "
Tell Me Why" and Bruce Springsteen's "
Death to My Hometown". Finally, "Alabama Sacred Harp Singers" may refer to a recording by Stephen McCallum at the Alabama and Florida Union Singing Convention at Greater Old Salem Baptist Church in
Dale County, Alabama, on September 26, 1980. ==References==