As I said elsewhere on this blog, most versions of "Will The Circle Be Unbroken"/ "Can The Circle Be Unbroken" and "Glory, Glory"/ "Since I Laid My Burden Down" used the same tune.
SEE: Joop's Musical Flowers: Will The Circle Be Unbroken (1912) / Can The Circle Be Unbroken (1935)
SEE: Joop's Musical Flowers: Since I Laid My Burden Down (1928) / Glory, Glory (1948)
But the tune was used for yet another gospelsong: "I'm Gonna Live So God Can Use Me"
Probably the first artist to record that version:
(c) Blind Benny Paris and Wife (1928) (as "I'm Gonna Live So God Can Use Me")
Recorded October 22, 1928 in Atlanta, GA
Released on Victor V 38503
Blind Benny Paris and Wife - Discography of American Historical Recordings
I'm Gonna Live So God Can Use Me / Hide Me in the Blood of Jesus by Blind Benny Paris and Wife (Single, Country Gospel): Reviews, Ratings, Credits, Song list - Rate Your Music
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With slightly different lyrics Rev. J.M. Gates used the tune in "Why Don't You Live So God Can Use You Anytime".
(c) Rev. J.M. Gates and Congregation (1929) (as "Why Don't You Live So God Can Use You Anytime")
Recorded March 18, 1929 in Atlanta, GA
Released on Okeh 8716
http://www.discogs.com/Rev-JM-Gates-Congregation-Why-Dont-You-Live-So-God-Can-Use-You-Anytime-You-Mother-Heart-Breakers/release/3399811
OKeh matrix W402353. Why don't you live so God can use you anytime / Rev. J. M. Gates - Discography of American Historical Recordings
78 RPM - Rev. J. M. Gates - You Mother Heart Breakers / Why Don't You Live So God Can Use You Anytime - OKeh - USA - 8716
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(c) Brother Son Bonds (1934) (as "I Want To Live So God Can Use Me")
Son Bonds: guitar/voc, Hammie Nixon: jug/voc
Recorded September 8, 1934 in Chicago
Released on Decca 7039
Decca matrix C 9412. I want to live so God can use me-1, 2 / Brownsville "Son" Bonds - Discography of American Historical Recordings
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(c) Norfolk Jubilee Quartet (1937) (as "You Got To Live So God Can Use You")
Recorded July 14, 1937 in New York
Released on Decca 7359
Decca matrix 62376. You got to live so God can use you / Norfolk Jubilee Quartet Singers - Discography of American Historical Recordings
You Got to Live So God Can Use You / Didn't It Rain? by Norfolk Jubilee Quartet (Single, Traditional Black Gospel): Reviews, Ratings, Credits, Song list - Rate Your Music
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(c) Muddy Waters (1942) (as "Why Don't You Live So God Can Use You")
Recorded July 20-24 1942 at Clarksdale, Mississippi
Released in 1966 on the next album
Muddy Waters - Down On Stovall's Plantation (1966, Vinyl) | Discogs
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(c) Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1944) (as "I Want To Live So God Can Use Me")
Recorded December 15, 1943 in New York City
Released March 1944 on Decca 8657
Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Sleep On Darling Mother / I Want To Live So God Can Use Me (1944, Shellac) | Discogs
Decca matrix 71570. I want to live so God can use me / Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Discography of American Historical Recordings
Sleep On Darling Mother / I Want to Live So God Can Use Me by Sister Rosetta Tharpe (Single, Gospel): Reviews, Ratings, Credits, Song list - Rate Your Music
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(c) Dixie Humming Birds (1950) (as "You've Got To Live So God Can Use You")
Recorded 1950
Released in 1951 on Gotham 686
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(c) The Nightingales (1951) (as "Live So God Can Use You")
Recorded February 20, 1951 in New York
Released on Decca 48238
Decca matrix 80584. Live so God can use you / The Nightingales - Discography of American Historical Recordings
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(c) Swan's Silvertone Singers (1951) (as "Live So God Can Use You")
Recorded December 2, 1950 in Cincinnati
Released on Decca 4439
I Got a Witness / Live So God Can Use You by The Swan Silvertones (Single): Reviews, Ratings, Credits, Song list - Rate Your Music
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(c) Son House (as "Why Don't You Live So God Can Use You")
Recorded November 15, 1969 in Seattle for local television, before his concert the next day at the Seattle Folk Society
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(c) Corey Harris and Henry Butler (2000) (as "Why Don't You Live So God Can Use You")
Alligator Records - Genuine Houserockin' Music Since 1971
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(c) Aaron Neville (2010) (as "I Want To Live So God Can Use Me")
Aaron Neville - I Know I've Been Changed (2010, CD) | Discogs
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