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Mahalia Jackson (/ m ə ˈ h eɪ l i ə / mə-HAY-lee-ə; born Mahala Jackson; October 26, 1911 – January 27, 1972) [a] was an American gospel singer, widely considered one of the most influential vocalists of the 20th century.
Mahalia Jackson (1911 – 1972) was the preeminent gospel singer of the 20th century, her career spanning from about 1931 to 1971. She began singing in church as a child in New Orleans, then moved to Chicago as an adolescent and joined Chicago's first gospel group, the Johnson Singers.
He was discovered by Mahalia Jackson, who brought him to Chicago in the 1930s to perform with her. He subsequently toured with Jackson in the 1940s. [1] In the 1950s, he began playing secular music, and recorded his first album in 1954 for Vanguard Records. [1] While on tour in Europe he recorded with Big Bill Broonzy. [1]
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Bessie Griffin, 1977. Bessie Griffin (née Arlette B. Broil; July 6, 1922 – April 10, 1989) was an American gospel singer. From junior high into the late 1940s, she sang with the Southern Harps, who were better known later as the Southern Revivalists of New Orleans, then performed with The Caravans for a year and toured with W. Herbert Brewster Jr. Mentored by Mahalia Jackson, she moved to ...
[13] Other guests included Mahalia Jackson, Stevie Wonder and Peter, Paul and Mary. By late July the Chicago Freedom Movement was staging regular rallies outside of Real Estate offices and marches into all-white neighborhoods on the city's southwest and northwest sides.
The church's choir helped launch the careers of many prominent gospel musicians, including Mahalia Jackson, Sallie Martin, and Dinah Washington; rock and roll pioneer Bo Diddley also performed in the church's orchestra. [2] The church was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 24, 2016. [1]
SocialWorks is a non-profit organization founded in Chicago in August 2016 by artist Chancelor ... Mahalia Jackson Elementary School as a new beneficiary of ...