Jesse Randall Baxter
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American Southern Gospel composer and publisher. Born December 8, 1887 in DeKalb County, Alabama. Died January 29, 1960 (aged 72) in Dallas, Texas. Baxter composed Gospel songs including "Try Jesus", "Travel the Sunlit Way", "Something Happens (When You Give Your Heart to God)", "I Have Peace in My Soul", "Living Grace", and "I Want to Help Some Weary Pilgrim". In 1926, Baxter bought part of Virgil Stamps’ Gospel music firm, which became the Stamps-Baxter Music and Printing Company (aka Stamps-Baxter Music), 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. Baxter's interest in school teaching led him to publish shape-note songbooks and sponsor a Stamps-Baxter School of Music, both of which contributed to the popularity of Gospel music. Baxter was inducted into the Southern Gospel Music Association Hall of Fame in 1997. See also Member Of The Stamps-Baxter School Of Music.
