The Pilgrim Travelers

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Jesus Hits Like the Atom Bomb 02:23 Tools
Straight Street 02:20 Tools
I'll Be Home for Christmas 02:31 Tools
Ill Be Home For Christmas 02:15 Tools
Mother Bowed 02:56 Tools
Good News 02:18 Tools
Jesus Hits Like An Atom Bomb 02:20 Tools
Poor Pilgrim Of Sorrow 01:33 Tools
The Old Rugged Cross 03:10 Tools
Jesus Met the Woman At the Well 02:30 Tools
I'm Standing On The Highway 02:17 Tools
Satisfied With Jesus 02:37 Tools
Jesus Is The First Line Of Defence 03:10 Tools
Lord Hold My Hand 02:21 Tools
Close to Thee 02:32 Tools
Gonna Walk Right Out 02:45 Tools
Everytime I Feel the Spirit 02:12 Tools
Go Ahead 02:47 Tools
The Life You Save May Be Your Own 02:28 Tools
I Never Knew Joy Before 02:24 Tools
Standing On the Highway 02:18 Tools
I'll Be Home for Chrismas 02:41 Tools
Move Up To Heaven 02:41 Tools
This little light of mine 02:22 Tools
Leaning On The Everlasting Arm 02:01 Tools
I Love the Lord 02:32 Tools
After While 03:07 Tools
What A Friend We Have In Jesus 02:32 Tools
Dear Lord Look Down Upon Me 02:25 Tools
I'll Tell It 02:03 Tools
I've Got A New Home 02:29 Tools
I Wonder Will We Meet Again 02:45 Tools
Jesus, I'm Thankful 02:41 Tools
I Want My Crown 02:57 Tools
Look Down That Lonesome Road 02:47 Tools
Troubled in Mind 02:41 Tools
All The Way 02:03 Tools
Please Watch Over Me 02:28 Tools
He Will Remember Me 02:45 Tools
Troubles In My Home Will Have To End 02:03 Tools
In the Sky 02:32 Tools
God Shall Wipe All Tears Away 02:23 Tools
I Love Jesus 02:36 Tools
Weary Traveler 02:25 Tools
Hold On 02:30 Tools
Jesus Is the First Line of Defense 02:16 Tools
I Was There When the Spirit Came 02:47 Tools
Your Mother Is Your Friend 02:26 Tools
I'm Going Through 02:55 Tools
My Old Home 02:38 Tools
I Could Do Better Than That 02:47 Tools
How About You ? 02:06 Tools
Blessed Be the Name 02:48 Tools
Did You Stop To Pray This Morning 02:48 Tools
In My Heart 02:03 Tools
Just a Closer Walk 02:03 Tools
Every Time I Feel The Spirit 02:47 Tools
Peace of Mind 02:50 Tools
Motherless Child 02:16 Tools
Bless Us Today 03:01 Tools
How Jesus Died 03:01 Tools
Long Ago 02:54 Tools
I've Got a Mother Gone Home 02:37 Tools
A Hard Road To Travel 02:37 Tools
Talk About Jesus 02:20 Tools
Lord, Hold My Hand 00:00 Tools
He's My Friend 02:52 Tools
Every Prayer Will Find It's Answer 02:52 Tools
Spoken Introduction 00:52 Tools
I'll Be There 02:37 Tools
Stretch out 00:52 Tools
After While - Take 8 02:16 Tools
Lord, Help Me Carry On 02:16 Tools
What a Blessing in Jesus I've Found 02:25 Tools
Good News - Original 02:16 Tools
Now Lord (Yes, My Lord) 02:25 Tools
A Soldiers Plea 02:16 Tools
Jesus Gave Me Water 02:25 Tools
Something Within Me 02:33 Tools
Jesus Hits Like the Atom Bomb (1951) 02:22 Tools
Thank You Jesus 02:33 Tools
It's a Blessing 02:25 Tools
I'll Be Home For Xmas 02:16 Tools
Stand By Me 02:25 Tools
Angels Tell Mother 02:33 Tools
My Prayer 02:28 Tools
My Road's So Rough and Rocky 02:32 Tools
I'll Be Home For Christmas '52 02:32 Tools
Did You Stop to Pray This Morning? 02:22 Tools
When I Join the Jubilee 02:35 Tools
I've Got a New Way Home 02:28 Tools
That's Heaven to Me 02:35 Tools
How About You? 02:07 Tools
Jezebel 02:22 Tools
Long Ago (Wooden Church) 02:55 Tools
Deliver Me from Evil 02:22 Tools
Walking in the Light of the Lord 02:35 Tools
What a Friend I Have in Jesus 02:35 Tools
My Eternal Home 02:35 Tools
Call Him By His Name 02:35 Tools
Just A Closer Walk With Thee 02:35 Tools
Welcome Home 02:22 Tools
Sweet Chariot 02:35 Tools
Wade in the Water 02:22 Tools
Silent Night (Alternate Take 1) 02:35 Tools
Witness for My Lord 02:22 Tools
Every Prayer Will Find Its Answer 02:22 Tools
Mother BELOVED 02:55 Tools
Jesus, He's the One 02:22 Tools
Didn't It Rain 02:22 Tools
If He Holds Your Hand 02:22 Tools
(Joshua Fit) the Battle of Jericho 02:55 Tools
Stand By Me Father 02:22 Tools
Jesus 03:00 Tools
What Are They Doing (My Lord) 02:35 Tools
Dig A Little Deeper 02:55 Tools
Not A One 02:22 Tools
Trust Me 02:22 Tools
Everytime I Feel the Spirits 02:55 Tools
Please Let Me Be the First to Know 02:22 Tools
Mother Bowed (1948) 02:55 Tools
Could Do Better Than That (Take 5) 02:47 Tools
He's Pleading in Glory 02:22 Tools
Jesus is the First Line Defense 02:22 Tools
Jesus Is The First Line Of Def 02:22 Tools
When They Ring Dem Golden Bells 02:22 Tools
Look Down That Lonesome Road (Take 2) 02:22 Tools
He's My Friend (Take 2) 02:22 Tools
The Life You Save May Be Your Own (The Safety Song) (Take 3) 02:22 Tools
A Hard Road To Travel (Take 1) 02:22 Tools
I Love Jesus (Take 2) 02:22 Tools
Wdia Radio Station Plug 02:22 Tools
Footprints of Jesus 02:22 Tools
Come Home 02:22 Tools
The Life You Save May Be Your Own (The Safety Song) 02:22 Tools
Oh Mary Don't You Weep 02:22 Tools
Mighty High 02:22 Tools
King Jesus Will Roll All Burdens Away 02:22 Tools
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The Pilgrim Travelers were a gospel group popular in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Formed in the early 1930s in Houston, Texas, they were strongly influenced by another Texas-based quartet, the Soul Stirrers. They achieved popularity after moving to Los Angeles in 1942, where their new manager, J W Alexander, helped fashion a new style that went beyond imitating the Soul Stirrers and the Golden Gate Quartet, the other reigning quartet of the era. Like the Soul Stirrers, the Travelers traded the lead between their two best singers, Kylo Turner, a baritone with the same facility as a note-bending falsetto as R.H. Harris of the Soul Stirrers, and Keith Barber, also nicknamed "Doc" or "Crip", who changed from being a sweet-voiced tenor to a hard gospel shouter under Alexander's direction. They added Jesse Whitaker — whom Ray Charles credited as one of his models when he adapted hard gospel style to secular themes to create soul music in the 1950s — as a baritone in 1947. Alexander also changed the Travelers' performance style from the "flat-footed" style of early quartets to the church-wrecking style of other groups of their era. The singers would punctuate their singing by jumping off stage and running up the aisles in order, in Alexander's words, "to pull the sisters out of their seats". They cemented their popularity with a series of "mother songs", which replayed the same themes of gratitude and guilt for all that mother had done to steer them toward salvation. After a handful of a cappella songs, the Travelers began recording their material with a microphone picking up the sound of their percussive foot-tapping; Specialty's early press for the group proclaimed "Something New — Walking Rhythm Spirituals," and the unique sound quickly caught on with consumers. In 1948, the group issued six singles; after just three the following year, in 1950 Specialty released no less than ten Pilgrim Travelers sides, all of them to strong sales (particularly "Jesus Met the Woman at the Well" and "Mother Bowed"). However, at the peak of their success, Barber was involved in a 1950 auto accident which left his voice ravaged; at the same time, the emergence of the Soul Stirrers' Sam Cooke made Turner's vocal style appear increasingly outdated. The Travelers gradually fell apart in the 1950s, however, as accidents and drinking caused both Barber and Turner to leave the group. While the group continued to tour and record, adding Lou Rawls in late 1950s, it lost its hitmaking power after leaving Specialty Records in 1956. Rawls left the group in 1960; although he returned to record another album with the group after that, it soon faded from the scene. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.