In 1883, Vaughan be­came a mu­sic stu­dent at the Rue­bush Kief­fer Nor­mal School. He lat­er formed a sing­ing quar­tet with his bro­thers Charles, John and Will. He then worked as a teach­er, but event­u­al­ly moved to Law­rence­burg, Ten­nes­see, where he found­ed the James D. Vaughan Mu­sic Pub­lish­ing Com­pa­ny. In 1910, he hit the road with the South­ern Gos­pel Quar­tet to pro­mote his song­books. The move was huge­ly suc­cess­ful—the com­pa­ny’s sales dou­bled the next year, to 60,000 volumes. In 1911, Vaughan formed the Vaughan School of Mu­sic. In 1921, he ex­pand­ed his com­pa­ny by open­ing Vaughan Pho­no­graph Re­cords. He lat­er opened branch of­fic­es in Ar­kan­sas, Mis­sis­sip­pi, South Car­o­li­na, and Tex­as. The man­a­ger of the Jack­son­ville, Texas, of­fice, Vir­gil O. Stamps, would go on to form the Stamps/Bax­ter Mu­sic Com­p­any. His works in­clude:

• Gospel Hosannas (Lawrenceburg, Tennessee: James D. Vaughan, Music Publisher, 1913) (editor)

Sources

Hymns

1. All Glory to Jesus
2. God Holds the Future in His Hands
3. I Feel Like Traveling On
4. I Need The Pray­ers
5. Just One Way To The Gate
6. My Loved Ones Are Waiting For Me

Music

1. He’s My King