Short Name: | Richard Smallwood |
Full Name: | Smallwood, Richard, 1948- |
Birth Year (est.): | 1948 |
Richard Smallwood (b. Washington, D.C., 1948), a composer, arranger, pianist, and innovator in the African American gospel style. Many of his arrangements of gospel hymns appear in Lift Every Voice and Sing (1981). Organized by Smallwood in 1967, the Richard Smallwood Singers have sung and recorded many of his arrangements. He remains their current director. Smallwood has a BM degree from Howard University, Washington, DC.
Bert Polman
Tunes by Richard Smallwood (14) | As | Instances | Incipit |
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AMEN (Spiritual) | Richard Smallwood (Arranger) | 2 | 16513 21354 35432 |
BLESS HIS HOLY NAME | Richard Smallwood (Arranger) | 6 | 55555 55534 55432 |
KUM BA YAH | Richard Smallwood (Arranger) | 2 | 13555 66513 55543 |
[I love the Lord, He heard my cry] (15541) | Richard Smallwood (Arranger) | 1 | 13554 13171 5 |
[I love the Lord, he heard my cry] (Smallwood) | Richard Smallwood, b. 1948 (Harmonizer) | 21 | 34322 54334 56655 |
JESUS LIFTED ME | Richard Smallwood (Harmonizer) | 1 | 11177 71222 21112 |
[Jesus, you're the center of my joy] | Richard Smallwood (Composer) | 8 | 33334 32156 66677 |
LEAD ME, GUIDE ME | Richard Smallwood (Arranger) | 23 | 32132 11222 66654 |
[Lord, I will lift mine eyes to the hills] | Richard Smallwood (Composer) | 11 | 11234 56554 22345 |
[O Lord, our Lord, how excellent is thy name] (Smallwood) | Richard Smallwood (Composer) | 7 | 34531 12333 34556 |
SMALLWOOD | Richard Smallwood (Composer) | 1 | 53621 71322 5765 |
WE NEED THE POWER | Richard Smallwood (Composer) | 6 | 12332 21777 76666 |
[Don't be discouraged when trouble's in your life] | Richard Smallwood (Arranger) | 3 | 13332 12366 5443 |
[When the glory of the Lord fills this holy temple] | Richard Smallwood (Composer) | 5 | 34555 55435 43213 |