Songbird was a gospel
label started in 1963-64 as a subsidiary of Duke-Peacock. It went to ABC in the deal for Duke-Peacock.
The ABC label was concentric circles of shades of blue and violet. Print was black.
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SONGBIRD ALBUM DISCOGRAPHY
Number - Title - Artist [Release Date] (Chart) Contents
SBLP-200 - The Need Of Prayer - Inez Andrews And Anderwettes [?] It was
Jesus/It's in My Heart/The Need of Prayer/Look Up and Live/Crying of the Israelites/A God
Somewhere/Let the Church Roll On/Battlefield/I Can Tell the World/In Thee/Oh Lord Don't Turn
Around/Nobody Knows
SBLP-201 - Letter To Jesus - Inez Andrews And Anderwettes [?] Letter to
Jesus/You're Gonna Need Somebody/Thank You Lord (For Blessing Me Again)/Toiling/Nothing Beats
a Failure But a Try/Lord, I Love Thee/I Need You to Walk with Me/I'm Going Away/To be Used of
God/I Find No Fault In Him
SBLP-202 - Tribute In Prayer (from a Soldier in Vietnam) - Rev. Oris Mays [?]
What a Time/Rock My Soul/Tribute in Prayer/I've Done What You Told Me to Do/Blessed
Quietness/After It's All Over/The Reason I Love Him/Jordan River/Jesus is Walking with Me/I've
Been Charged/What a Shame/Devil is Trying to Turn Me 'Round
SBLP-203 - Believe In Me - Melody Kings Of Los Angeles [?] I Have
Someone/This Little Light of Mine/Believe in Me/Lo, I am with You/One Step Inside/I Prayed from a
Long Way/Just a Closer Walk with Thee/Sweet Bye and Bye/The Sweet Name Jesus/Lord, If You
Lead Me
SBLP-204 - Where I Long To Be - Gospel Crusaders Of Los Angeles [?]
Where I Long to Be/Can I Ride/Wait on Jesus/When the World is on Fire/My Precious Lord/
Remember Me Lord/Nothing in Between/He Watches Me/Too Late/My Soul Says Yes/That Perfect
Day/Born to Die/Feel Good
SBLP-205 - Softy The Night Is Falling - Kansas City Melodyaires [?] Be Right
with Jesus/I'm So Glad/Like a Tree/Softly the Night is Falling/y Job/My Loving Mother/God's Gift to
Me/Good Religion/Beams of Heaven/Waymaker/I Felt So Good/When on the Cross/Do You Know
Him
SBLP-206 - World's Greatest Spiritual And Gospel Artists - Various Artists [?]
I'm Glad About It -Inez Andrews And Anderwettes/God is My Refuge - Rhonda Davis/He Watches
Me - Rhonda Davis/View of the City, Part 1 - Drexall Singers/What a Love - Gospel
Challengers/Home Going - Victoria Hawkins/Never Grow Old - Sister Beatrice Haynes/Kansas City -
Sister Beatrice Haynes/Be Right with Jesus - Melodyaires/So Much to Talk About - Sister Josephine
James/Fix Me - Loving Sisters/I'm Going Home - Powerlites
SBLP-207 - Come To Jesus - Rev. Amos Waller [?] Come to Jesus/I'm
Going Home to Live with Jesus/Lord Help Us Today/I Love the Lord/ others
SBLP-208 - In Concert - Antioch Missionary Baptist Church Choir [?] Stand
By Me/When Our Work is Done/Savior More Than Life/Faith in God/I Do, Don't You/So Glad I'm a
Witness/Jesus Cares/Jesus Is a Rock/A Blessing in Prayer/The Lord is My Shepherd
SBLP-209 - Second Coming Of Christ - Rev. Isaac Jenkins Sermon
SBLP-210
SBLP-211 - Presenting Rev. C.E. Simmons And Biblical Gospel Singers - Rev. C.E.
Simmons And Biblical Gospel Singers [?] I Come to Praise Him/No One Knows the Hour/What
Kind of God We Serve/Waiting for Me/ others
SBLP-212 - Too Late - Jackson Southernaires [?] Too Late Part 1 and 2/I
Found All I Need/Oh Lord, I'm Still Waiting/On My Way Home/As I Am/Does It Please
Him/Wayfaring Stranger/So Glad/Until I Die
SBLP-213 - Close To Thee - Inez Andrews [?] Close to Thee Part 1 and
2/Step on Over/God Makes the Difference/Battle Hymn of the Republic/I Want to Die Easy/I Hear
Music/My Prayer/What a Blessing/A Sinner Saved by Grace
SBLP-214 - Presenting The Lane Relation Singers - Lane Relation Singers [?]
Judging Someone/Changing World/He Part 1 and 2/Get Along Sinner/While There is Life in Me/Put
on the Whole Amour of Faith/Lost Year/Everything is Going to Be Alright/I May Have to Cry/Looking
for a Miracle/Everybody Has a Day
SBLP-215 - It's Gospel Time - Sons Of The Birds [?] I Want to Be
Ready/God's Been Good to Me/Somebody bigger/How Great Thou Art/God Shall Wipe All Tears
Away/Christian Life/Lord Have Mercy/Nothing But the Blood/Born Again/In that Sweet Home
SBLP-216 - Presenting the St. Matthews Baptist Church Choir - St. Matthews
Baptist Church ChoirPrecious Lord/Everytime I Feel the Spirit/Pass Me Not/God Speak to Me/
others
SBLP-217 - If Anyone Asks You Who I Am - Rev. R.E. Easley Jr. [?] Sermon
SBLP-218 - The Revealing Book Of Life - Cotton Brothers [?] Alright,
Alright/Conscious/The Gift/You Can Make It If You Try/Rich Young Ruler/ others
SBLP-219 - The Revealing Book Of Life - Sweet Brothers [?] God Spoke to
Me/I'll Be Welcomed/Oh Lord, Don't Forget Me/Great Day/ others
SBLP-220 - World's Greatest Spiritual And Gospel Artists - Various Artists
[?] Coming up Through the Years - Supreme Jubilees/I Made a Vow - Supreme Jubilees /Nobody
Can Turn Me Around - Supreme Jubilees /Jesus is My Friend - Liz and Her Gospelettes/ others
SBLP-221 - Dallas Academy Youth Choir - Dallas Academy Youth Choir
SBLP-222 - He's My Brother - Jackson Southernaires And Sensational Williams
Brothers [?] Little Children - Jackson Southernaires /Traveling On - Jackson Southernaires
/Nobody Knows - Jackson Southernaires /How Long Will It Last - Jackson Southernaires /Does It
Please Him - Jackson Southernaires /Try God -Williams Brothers/He's Alright - Williams Brothers/In
My Dying Hour - Williams Brothers/I'm Waiting - Williams Brothers/This Old World - Williams
Brothers
SBLP-223 - The Soul of Jean Austin - Jean Austin
SBLP-224 - The World Series - Rev. Roy E. Easley Sermon
SBLP-225 - Pilgrim Five - Pilgrim Five
SBLP-226 - Lord, Don't Move The Mountain - Inez Andrews [?] Lord, Don't
Move the Mountain/I'm Free/Wandering Child/Looking Back/ others
SBLP-227 - Best Of Rev. Oris Mays - Rev. Oris Mays [?] What a Time/Rock
My Soul/Royal Telephone/Alive from Boston Street/ others
SBLP-228 - Somebody Bigger Than You And I - Eugene Williams & Sister Lee Ida
Brown [?] Signed, Sealed, Delivered/Battle Hymn of the Republic/He Included Me/God Will
Take Care of You/ others
SBLP-229 - Everything's Gonna Be Alright - Liz Dargan & Her Gospelettes
SBLP-230 - Save My Child - Jackson Southernaires [?] Don't Let Him Catch
You (With Your Work Undone)/Community of Smithdale (Calls Me Home)/Going Home/Keep on
Praying/Walk Around Heaven All Day/Save My Child/The Lord Will Make a Way Somehow/Lord,
You've Been Good to Me/Lord I'm So Thankful/I'd Like to Recommend You to the Lord
SBLP-231 - Jesus Is On The Mainline (I'll Be Free) - Capital City Star Singers [3/74]
SBLP-232 - The New Man - Rev. Roy Easley Jr. [2/74]
SBLP-233 - The Sound of Music - Ollie Collins [2/74]
SBLP-234 - Out On A Hill - Simaires [2/74]
SBLP-235 - A Holiday Gift Just For You - Various Artists [1973]
SBLP-236 - Holding On - Williams Brothers
SBLP-237
SBLP-238 - Daniel In The Lion's Den - Rev. Isaac Jenkins Sermon
SBLP-239 - More Church In The Home - Inez Andrews [?] Songs of
Love/Lord, I Love Thee/A Letter to God/You and Me/Think Love/Headline News/Who Told You
That/More Church in the Home/A Brother's Prayer
SBLP-240 - Mother's Favorite Songs - Various Artists [?] I Shall Not Be
Moved - Brooklyn Skyways/Standing in the Need of Prayer - Dallas Academy/Come Ye Disconsolate
- Dixie Hummingbirds/Father I Stretch My Hands to Thee - Five Blind Boys of Mississippi/Leaning on
Jesus - Five Blind Boys of Mississippi/What a Friend - Hardeman Singers/Amazing Grace - Mighty
Clouds of Joy/Steal Away - Pilgrim Jubilee Singers
SBLP-241 - Do You Know Him - Pilgrim Outlets [3/74] Do You Know Him/I'm
Sorry/I Just Want to Testify/Standing in the Need of Prayer/Where Could I Go/Didn't Think I Could
Make It This Far/Here I Am Jesus/Don't Let the Devil Fool You/A Letter/Get on Up
SBLP-242 - It's So Easy Now - Biblical Gospel Singers [3/74]
SBLP-243 - Hope Ahead - Ziontones
SBLP-244 - The Woman I Love Won't Treat Me Right - Rev. Leroy Bailey
[1974]
SBLP-245 - A Dead End Street - Rev. W.T. Sneed
SBLP-246
SBLP-247 - Lord Will Make A Way - Smiling Jubilaires
SBLP-248 - What's Wrong With The People Today - Williams Brothers [?]
What's Wrong with the People Today/Mama's Last Request/Natural Inclination/Yes, Jesus Loves
Me/God's Getting Us Ready/Here I Am, Jesus/I Can't Live Here Always/At the Cross/Lord, I Just
Want to Thank You/Sit Down and Rest Awhile
SBLP-249 - Look Around - Jackson Southernaires [?] Look Around/He'll
Make It All Worth While/You May Find Your Best Friend Gone/Old Man Time Gonna Bring You
Down/I Found Just What I Need/Why Me, Lord/Steal Away/Just Can't Make It By Myself/Joy,
peace, Happiness and Love/I Can't Lose with the Stuff I Use
SBLP-250 - Seek Ye First The Kingdom - Eugene Willams & Sister Ida Lee
Brown
SBLP-251 - The Joker - Rev. F.L. Brown [?] Sermon
SBLP-252 - It's Cheaper To Seek Her - Rev. Theodore Cuveston [?] Sermon
SBLP-253 - Oh Why - Liz Dargan And The Gospelettes
SBLP-254 - Munich Gospel Festival - Inez Andrews
SBLP-255
SBLP-256 - Theme From Revelations - Elite Jewells
SBLP-257 - Living A Sacred Life - Josh "Albert" Hailey
SBLP-258 - Tomorrow's Help Today - Rev. Oris Mays
SBLP-259 - This Is Not The First Time I've Been Last - Inez Andrews[1975]
This is Not the First Time I've Been Lost/Jesus Power/God's Humble Servant/Help Me/ Lord, Is It
Me?/Show Me the Way/Believe in Humanity/Shine on Me/Praying Band
SBLP-260 - Life Beyond - Rev. Clay Evans [1975] Sermon
SBLP-261
SBLP-262 - Work While It's Day - Eugene Williams & Sister Ida Lee Brown
SBLP-263 - Surely God Is Able - Liz Dargan And The Gospelettes
SBLP-264 - A Fountain Filled with Blood - Rev. Isaac Jenkins
SBLP-265 - Whereof I Am Called - Josh Hailey
SBLP-266 - War On Sin - Inez Andrews [1976] Lord, Bless Me/Nobody
Knows/Sing My Song/I'm Alright Now/Keep Me Humble/War on Sin/No Greater Love/Troubled
Young Man/We Need a Miracle
SBLP-267
SBLP-268 - Pray For The Good Of The Land - Biblical Gospel Singers
SB-269 - Chapter Five - Inez Andrews [1978] Soprano sax by Gene "Daddy G" Barge.
I've Got Your Love In My Life/Lest I Stray/How Can You Love Him/Read Your Bible/Have Mercy
Lord//Accept Him Now/The healer/That's The Kind Of God He Is/Nobody
SB-270
SB-271
SB-272 - It Pays Each Day - Robert Lyons and the Robert Lyons Singers
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