In 1937, Cleavant Derricks sent to Stamps–Baxter what would be his best-known song, ''Just a Little Talk with Jesus", which first appeared in Harbor Bells Number Six.
He sold the song to Stamps-Baxter in exchange for fifty songbooks, which he then sold for ten cents each. So he earned only $ 5 for this classic.
First recorded in 1938 by The Stamps Quartet
(c) The Stamps Quartet (1938) (as "Just A Little Talk With Jesus")
Jim Gaither, Walter Rippetoe, R.E. Bacon, and Virgil O. Stamps, with pianist Marion Snider.
Recorded May 13, 1938 in Dallas, TX
Released on Okeh 04329
(also released as Vocalion 04329, Conqueror 9668, Columbia 37672, 20271)
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(c) Rangers Quartet (1939) (as "Just A Little Talk With Jesus")
Vernon Hyles, Denver Crumpler, Walter Leverett and Arnold Hyles.
Recorded September 22, 1939 in New York City
Released on Decca 5749.
(c) Heavenly Gospel Singers (1940) (as "Have A Little Talk With Jesus")
Recorded June 19, 1940 in New York City
Released on Bluebird B-8520 and Montgomery Ward M-8918
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(c) Brown's Ferry Four (1946) (as "Just A Little Talk With Jesus")
Recorded Febr or March 1946 in Hollywood, CA
Released on King 530
(c) Harmoneers Quartet (1946) (as "Just A Little Talk With Jesus")
Recorded November 27, 1945 in Charlotte Hotel, Charlotte, NC
Released on RCA Victor 20-1979
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(c) Smith Jubilee Singers (1948) (as "Just A Little Talk With Jesus")
Recorded December 1947
Matrix MM 857
Released on Modern 20-616
Also released on Vogue 111
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(c) The Soul Stirrers (1948) (as "A Little Talk With Jesus")
Recorded c February 1947 in Chicago
Released on Aladdin 2022
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During the Million-Dollar-Quartet session on December 4, 1956, Elvis Presley sang "Just a Little Talk with Jesus" with Jerry Lee Lewis singing harmony.
(c) Million Dollar Quartet (1957) (as "Just A Little Talk With Jesus")
Recorded December 4, 1956 in the Sun Studios in Memphis, TN
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In the late 1960s, Derricks rather casually dropped in at the offices of Word/Canaan Records in Nashville and inquired about making an album. When he told the skeptical manager he was the author of ''Just a Little Talk with Jesus", he was laughed at and dismissed. Later he returned with proof, and the amazed company quickly signed him to an LP contract. Two albums resulted: Just a Little Talk with Jesus and Satisfaction Guaranteed. They were to be Derrick's last testimony as a singer.
(c) Reverend Cleavant Derricks and Family (1975) (as "Just A Little Talk With Jesus")
Recorded in 1975 in the House Of Cash recording studios in Memphis, TN
Released on Canaan LP CAS 9778
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"Just A Little Talk With Jesus" borrows a bit from the chorus of "A Little Talk (With Jesus)" which was published in 1893 as song #122 in Our Praise in Song (Philadelphia: John J. Hood, 1893), edited by John R. Sweney, William J. Kirkpatrick, and H.L. Gilmour.
The first recording of this version I could find:
(c) Ernest Phipps and His Holiness Singers (1928) (as "A Little Talk With Jesus")
Recorded in October 30, 1928 in Bristol, TN
Released on Bluebird B-5540
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(c) Pace Jubilee Singers (1929) (as "A Little Talk With Jesus")
Recorded October 26, 1929 in Chicago
Released on Victor 23350
More versions of "Just a Little Talk With Jesus":
Not to be confused with "Just A Little Talk With Jesus" published in 1875.
(Meade et alia reference 'W.H. Doane, w&m, 1875).
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