Jesse Randall (Pap) Baxter, Jr. (1887-1960)
Born: December 8, 1887, Lebanon, Alabama.
Died: January 21, 1960.
Baxter grew up in DeKalb County, Alabama. In 1926, he bought part of Virgil Stamps’ Gospel music firm, which became the Stamps-Baxter Music and Printing Company, one of the most successful Gospel music publishers of the early 20th Century. Baxter ran the company’s Chattanooga, Tennessee, office until Stamps’ death in 1940, then moved to Dallas, Texas, to run the main office. After Baxter’s death, his wife, Clarice, ran the business until she died; it was then sold to Zondervan. Baxter was inducted into the Southern Gospel Mus… Go to person page >
Tune Title: [Zion's call sweetly rings over land and sea]First Line: Zion's call sweetly rings over land and seaComposer: J. R. Baxter, Jr.Key: F MajorDate: 1997
Tune Title: [Zion's call sweetly rings over land and sea]First Line: Zion's call sweetly rings over land and seaComposer: J. R. Baxter, Jr.Meter: 11.8.11.8. with chorusKey: F MajorDate: 2012
Tune Title: [Zion's call sweetly rings over land and sea]First Line: Zion's call sweetly rings over land and seaComposer: J. R. Baxter, Jr., 1887-1960Meter: 11.8.11.8. With RefrainKey: F MajorDate: 2007
Tune Title: ZION'S CALLFirst Line: Zion's call sweetly rings over land and seaComposer: Alton Howard; J. R. Baxter, Jr.; Pam StephensonMeter: 11.8.11.8.Key: F MajorDate: 1994
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