"(Let Your Light) Shine on Me" is a traditional gospel blues song, having been recorded by The Wiseman Quartet in 1923, by Ernest Phipps in 1928, and by Blind Willie Johnson in 1929. The song itself is also known as "Shine On Me", "Let It Shine on Me", "Light from the Lighthouse" and "Light from Your Lighthouse".
With yet another title "(Will the Lighthouse) Shine on Me" this hymn appeared in Songs &
Spirituals (Chicago: Overton-Hygienic Co., 1921).
In fact in this hymn-book it's a combination of the hymn "I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say" and "Shine On Me".
On December 29, 1920 the Fisk University Jubilee Singers recorded a version of this spiritual in New York, but it wasn't issued.
Nearly 20 years later the Fisk Jubliee Singers recorded the song again. This version was eventually released. See further on in this post.
The first released version of "Shine On Me" by the Wiseman Sextet is a combination of this hymn with another popular African-American spiritual "Must Jesus Bear The Cross Alone", which has a very similar tune.
This double-rooted gospel starts with "Must Jesus Bear The Cross Alone" and after 2 min and 30 sec flows over into "Shine On Me", using the same Maitland-meter.
(o) Wiseman Sextet (1923) (as "Shine on Me")
Recorded July 1923 in New York City.
Released on Rainbow 1093
Listen here:
Or here: shine-on-me-wiseman-sextette.mp3
(c) Sandhills Sixteen. Solo by Thad S. Page (1927)
(without the "Must Jesus Bear The Cross" verses)
Recorded in Camden, NJ, on July 21, 1927.
Released on Victor 20903
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(c) Rev E.D. Campbell (1927) (as "Escape For Your Life")
Rev E.D. Campbell included one chorus of "Shine On Me" in his sermon "Escape For Your Life")
Recorded November 11, 1927 in Chicago
Released on Victor 21133
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(c) Rev Johnny Blakey and Congregation (1928) (as "Let The Light Shine On me")
In combination with the hymn "I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say"
Recorded October 11, 1928 in New York City
Released on Okeh 8758
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(c) Ernest Phipps and his Holiness Singers (1928) (as "Shine On Me")
This version also contained some verses of "Must Jesus Bear The Cross Alone".
A.G. Baker, Minnie Phipps, Nora Byrley, unidentified others, voc group;
Ernest Phipps, Roland N. Johnson, f; Ethel Baker, p; Ancil L. McVay, md; Eula Johnson, bj; Shirley Jones, g; Alfred G. Karnes, unidentified others, clapping
Recorded October 29, 1928 in Bristol, TN
Released on Bluebird B-5540
This version was also contained on Harry Smith's "Anthology Of American Folk Music"
(c) Blind Willie Johnson (1929) (as "Let Your Light Shine on Me")
(without the "Must Jesus Bear The Cross" verses)
Recorded December 10, 1929 in New Orleans.
Released on Columbia 14490-D
Blind Willie Johnson - Let Your Light Shine On Me / God Don't Never Change (1930, Shellac) | Discogs
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(c) Rev. J.L. Hendrix (1930) (as "Let Your Light Shine For Jesus")
Rev. J.L. Hendrix included one chorus of "Shine On "Me" in this sermon.
Recorded October 27, 1930 in Chicago
Released on Vocalion 1595
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(c) Famous Garland Jubilee Singers (=Bryant’s Jubilee Quartet) (1931) (as "Shine on Me")
(without the "Must Jesus Bear The Cross" verses)
Recorded March 19, 1931 in New York City.
Released on Banner 32433, Oriole 8135, Perfect 0204, Conqueror 8358 and Romeo 5135.
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(c) Cliff Carlisle Quartet (1936) (as "Shine on Me")
(without the "Must Jesus Bear The Cross" verses)
Cliff Carlisle + Bill Carlisle + Sonny Boy Tommy Carlisle and Louis Carlisle
Recorded June 16, 1936 Hotel Charlotte, 237 West Trade St., Charlotte, NC
Released on Bluebird B-6855
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(c) Fisk Jubilee Singers (1940) (as "Shine on Me")
(without the "Must Jesus Bear The Cross" verses)
Recorded on May 26, 1940 in the WSM Radio Studios in Nashville, Tenn.
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(c) Lead Belly (1940) (as "Let It Shine on Me")
Huddie Ledbetter: vocal and guitar.
Recorded August 23, 1940
Released on "The Library Of Congress Recordings Vol 3" (Rounder-label)
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As you can hear Leadbelly includes a fragment of "Amazing Grace"
And as I said earlier on in this post, the tune of "Shine On Me" is very similar to the tune of "Must Jesus Bear This Cross Alone". But "Amazing Grace" comes close too.
see what I said here about the similarity: Shine On Me / Must Jesus Bear This Cross Alone
(c) Silveraires (1950) (as "Shine on Me")
Released on Gotham G-668
Listen here:
Or here: Shine on Me - The Silveraires.mp3
(c) Lonnie Donegan (1959) (as "Light From The Lighthouse")
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(c) Seekers (1965) (as "The Light From The Lighthouse")
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(c) Ry Cooder (1977) (as "Let Your Light Shine On Me")
Live in Hamburg in 1977.
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(c) Mud Boy and the Neutrons (1992) (as "Let Your Light Shine On Me")
Jim Dickinson and friends recorded this in 1992 and it was released in 2001 on the next album
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(c) Nick Cave (2006) (as "Shine On Me")
Following Ernest Phipps' 1928 version.
Released on "THE HARRY SMITH PROJECT:
THE ANTHOLOGY OF AMERICAN FOLK MUSIC REVISITED",
50 years after Harry Smith's original release of "The Anthology Of American Folk Music"
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(c) The Fireman (=Paul McCartney and Martin Glover) (2008) (as "Light From Your Lighthouse")
On July 19, 2013 Bob Dylan played it live in Bridgeport, CT
(c) Maria McKee (2016) (as "Let Your Light Shine On Me")
On tribute album: "God Don't Never Change: The Songs of Blind Willie Johnson"
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MORE VERSIONS HERE:
Some digging: Where Dead Voices Gather: Life at 78 RPM: "Shine On Me" - Ernest Phipps and His Holiness Singers
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