• Thomas Andrew Dorsey (July 1, 1899 – January 23, 1993) was an American musician, composer, and Christian evangelist influential in the development of early...
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  • Thomas Dorsey may refer to: Tom Dorsey (1927-1939), Pseudonym for Columbia Recording Artist Dan Hornsby Tommy Dorsey (1905–1956), bandleader and jazz trombone...
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    Thomas Francis Dorsey Jr. (November 19, 1905 – November 26, 1956) was an American jazz trombonist, composer, conductor and bandleader of the big band...
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  • larger genre's reach. Also a popular form of commercial music, Black gospel was revolutionized in the 1930s by Thomas Dorsey, the "father of gospel music...
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    Jimmy Dorsey was born in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, United States, the first son of Theresa Langton Dorsey and Thomas Francis Dorsey. His father, Thomas, was...
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  • Recordings of the Great Songs of Thomas A. Dorsey is a 1973 album by Rev. Thomas A. Dorsey. The recording features Dorsey's account of his life, as well as...
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    Jack Patrick Dorsey (born November 19, 1976) is an American programmer and businessperson, who is a co-founder and former CEO of Twitter, Inc. from 2015...
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    The Thomas A. Dorsey Farmhouse, at 416 High St. in Carlisle, Kentucky, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. It is a large two-story...
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  • two spirituals by innovator Thomas A. Dorsey, "Peace in the Valley" and "Take My Hand, Precious Lord". Coincidentally, A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra...
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    The National Recording Registry is a list of sound recordings that "are culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant, and inform or reflect...
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  • Dorsey B. Thomas (October 18, 1823 – June 5, 1897) was a former Speaker of the Tennessee Senate from 1869–1871. This position had been the designated successor...
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  • and jazz and gradually began including gospel standards written by Thomas A. Dorsey and others in their repertoire. The Gates and other jubilee quartets...
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  • Take My Hand, Precious Lord (category Songs written by Thomas A. Dorsey)
    My Hand, Precious Lord" (a.k.a. "Precious Lord, Take My Hand") is a gospel song. The lyrics were written by Thomas A. Dorsey, who also adapted the melody...
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  • songs of Thomas A. Dorsey and her influence on other artists. Martin was born in Pittfield, Georgia, on November 20, 1895, where she was raised as a Baptist...
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  • including the late Queen of Gospel Albertina Walker, Dorothy Love Coates, Thomas A. Dorsey (National Singers Convention), Rev. James Cleveland, Andraé Crouch...
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    gospel groups. Jackson was heavily influenced by musician-composer Thomas Dorsey and blues singer Bessie Smith, adapting Smith's style to traditional...
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  • Peace in the Valley (category Songs written by Thomas A. Dorsey)
    is a 1939 song written by Thomas A. Dorsey, originally for Mahalia Jackson. In 1951, a version of the song by Red Foley and the Sunshine Boys was a hit...
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    Maryland. Thomas Beale Dorsey was born on October 17, 1780, in Anne Arundel County, Maryland to Comfort Worthington Dorsey and John Worthington Dorsey. He attended...
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  • Historic Preservation Commission historic markers. THOMAS A. DORSEY Father of Gospel Thomas Andrew Dorsey, composer of over 400 blues and gospel songs, lived...
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  • S. Dorsey "Dorrie" Armstrong (born 1970) is an American Arthurian scholar who is a Professor of English and Medieval Literature at Purdue University....
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  • up singing with her family, joining a quartet with her sisters. Later she became acquainted with Thomas A. Dorsey, the "Father of Gospel Music", when...
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    Thomas A. Dorsey, the father of gospel songs. Dorsey learned about music as a child at Mt. Prospect Baptist Church. After leaving Villa Rica, Dorsey became...
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  • Clayton County Thomas A. Dorsey Farmhouse, Carlisle, Kentucky, NRHP-listed in Nicholas County Dorsey Hall, Columbia, Maryland, NRHP-listed Dorsey-Palmer House...
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    Dorsey began starring as Hollingsworth "Hollywood" Desonier in the Oprah Winfrey Network drama series Queen Sugar. Dorsey played small parts in a number...
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    and eventually sold over seven million copies. Hudson Whittaker and Thomas A. Dorsey met by playing in the backing band accompanying Ma Rainey on her numerous...
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  • dance band makes first live broadcast of a performance on the radio. Thomas A. Dorsey moves to Chicago for the second time in his life, this time hoping...
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    Arnold George Dorsey MBE (born 2 May 1936), known professionally as Engelbert Humperdinck, is a British pop singer described by AllMusic as "one of the...
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  • Justice Dorsey may refer to: Thomas Beale Dorsey (1780–1855), associate justice of the Maryland Court of Appeals Walter Dorsey (1771–1823), associate justice...
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  • Included are Thomas A. Dorsey, considered the "Father of Gospel Music", and "Mother" Willie Mae Ford Smith, an associate of Dorsey's who trained gospel...
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    Pentecostalism) and, via the gospel choir phenomenon spearheaded by Thomas Dorsey, has become a form of musical devotion worldwide. Southern Afroamerican gospel...
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