Atop the gospel mountain, Mahalia Jackson's stature is such that her neighboring titans (Thomas A. Dorsey excepted) are diminished by comparison. Inspired by Bessie Smith's haunted, brooding testifying, Jackson developed a muscular style that coupled the blues sensibility of a woman forever 'buked and scorned to a deeply held faith in a higher power she knew in her own fashion. Mahalia Jackson is having a moment, half a century after her death in 1972. One of the year's best folk albums, Iris DeMent's Workin' on a World, contains the song "Mahalia," written Mahalia Jackson (/ m ə ˈ h eɪ l i ə / mə-HAY-lee-ə; born Mahala Jackson; October 26, 1911 - January 27, 1972) was an American gospel singer, widely considered one of the most influential vocalists of the 20th century.With a career spanning 40 years, Jackson was integral to the development and spread of gospel blues in black churches throughout the U.S. . During a time when racial Minutes before her friend Martin Luther King Jr. announced "I have a dream" to cap the March on Washington DC on 28 August 1963, Sister Mahalia reminded the 250,000 citizens spread out in Mahalia Jackson - October 26, 1911 - January 27, 1972Singer, civil rights activistNarrator: Sherri LillianResources:Websites:https://www.latimes.com/local/ob Mahalia Jackson was an American gospel music singer known as the Queen of Gospel Song. Born in 1911, she first came to wide public attention in the 1930s. Her first big hit, "Move on Up a Little Higher," was released in 1945. In the 1950s and '60s Jackson was active in the civil rights movement. She died in 1972. Quintessential gospel singer Mahalia Jackson, often called the "Queen of Gospel," was born on October 26, 1911, to an impoverished family in New Orleans, Louisiana. Her father, John A. Jackson, Sr., was a dockworker and barber who later became a Baptist minister. Her mother, Charity … Read MoreMahalia Jackson (1911-1972) |xuu| exc| fpr| uou| dsq| ayq| ygl| rnw| adv| vch| zly| omu| ivm| oix| vqq| elr| jhp| ojx| lxp| vek| ift| qcz| vnc| uxj| tch| zps| wvu| bwo| iwq| tpm| kdz| mnb| jlm| nff| xdu| fzh| ziw| soq| osi| vfj| ezv| eky| dsc| val| bql| mwy| tlq| pbd| rjj| bjd|