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Thomas A. Dorsey

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Thomas Andrew Dorsey (July 1, 1899 – January 23, 1993) was known as "the father of black gospel music" and was at one time so closely associated with the field that songs written in the new style were sometimes known as "dorseys." Earlier in his life he was a leading blues pianist known as Georgia Tom. As formulated by Dorsey, gospel music combines Christian praise with the rhythms of jazz and the blues. His conception also deviates from what had been

Top songs

  1. If You See My Saviour
  2. If You See My Savior
  3. I'll Tell It Wherever I Go
  4. How About You
  5. Precious Lord, Take My Hand
  6. Take My Hand, Precious Lord
  7. (There'll Be) Peace In The Valley (with R.H. Harris)
  8. Hide Me In Thy Bosom (with the Dixie Hummingbirds)
  9. Take My Hand, Precious Lord (with Marion Williams)
  10. (There'll Be) Peace In the Valley (For Me) - with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
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  1. Take My Hand, Precious Lord - with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  2. (There'll Be) Peace in the Valley (For Me)
  3. It's A Highway to Heaven (with Alex Bradford)
  4. If You See My Savior (with Alex Bradford)
  5. Hide Me in Thy Bosom
  6. (There'll Be) Peace In the Valley
  7. What Could I Do If It Wasn't For The Lord (with Marion Williams)
  8. I'm Going To Live The Life I Sing About In My Song (with Marion Williams)
  9. Search Me Lord (with Bessie Griffin)
  10. Take My Hand Precious Lord
  11. I'm Waiting For Jesus (with The Dixie Hummingbirds)
  12. It's a Highway to Heaven
  13. I Don't Know Why (with Bessie Griffin)
  14. I'll Tell It Wherever I Go (with Sallie Martin)
  15. Old Ship Of Zion (with Bessie Griffin)
  16. The Lord Will Make A Way Somehow (with Marion Williams)
  17. I'm Going to Live the Life I Sing About in My Song
  18. If We Never Needed The Lord Before (with Marion Williams)
  19. When The Gates Swing Open (with The Dixie Hummingbirds)
  20. Thy Servant's Prayer Amen (with R.H. Harris)
  21. What Could I Do If It Wasn't for the Lord
  22. My Desire (with Delois Barrett Campbell)
  23. Search Me Lord
  24. I'm Waiting for Jesus
  25. Peace in the Valley
  26. I Don't Know Why
  27. Never Turn Back (with R.H. Harris)
  28. How Many Times (with Alex Bradford)
  29. The Lord Will Make a Way Somehow
  30. When I've Done My Best
  31. Crow Jane Alley
  32. Walk Over God's Heaven
  33. If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again
  34. Old Ship of Zion
  35. If You See My Saviour (Album Version)
  36. If We Never Needed the Lord Before
  37. Never Turn Back
  38. How Many Times
  39. When the Gates Swing Open
  40. Thy Servant's Prayer Amen
  41. My Desire
  42. How About You - 32
  43. Singing In My Soul
  44. Grievin’ Me Blues
  45. How About You (1932)
  46. If You See My Saviour - 32
  47. Take My Hand, Precious Lord (Arr. A. Sevier for Choir) [Live]
  48. Precious Lord Take My Hand
  49. We Don’t Sell It Here No More
  50. how about you?
  51. If You See My Saviour (1932)
  52. I'll Tell It Wherever I Go (with Sallie Martin) (Album Version)
  53. Hide Me In Thy Bosom (with The Dixie Hummingbirds) (Album Version)
  54. When I've Done My Best - Thomas A Dorsey
  55. Precious Lord, Take My Hand - Thomas A. Dorsey
  56. Hide Me In Thy Bosom (Album Version)
  57. (There'll Be) Peace In The Valley (with R.H. Harris) (Album Version)
  58. Herre kar tag min hand (Take My Hand, Precious Lord)
  59. Take My Hand, Precious Lord (Say Amen, Somebody Version)
  60. (There'll Be) Peace In the Valley (R.H. Harris)
  61. How Can You Have the Blues If You See My Savior
  62. Take My Hand Precious Lord - Thomas A Dorsey
  63. My Desire (Album Version)
  64. What Could I Do If It Wasn't For The Lord (Album Version)
  65. I Don't Know Why (Album Version)
  66. I'm Waiting For Jesus (Album Version)
  67. Rollin' Mill Stomp
  68. Precious Lord
  69. The Lord Will Make A Way Somehow (Album Version)
  70. Beedle Um Bum
  71. Little Wooden Church On The Hill
  72. (There'll Be) Peace In The Valley (Album Version)
  73. Grievin' Me Blues
  74. Broke Man's Blues
  75. Mississippi Bottom Blues
  76. Take My Hand, Precious Lord (Album Version)
  77. I'm Waiting for Jesus (the Dixie Hummingbirds)
  78. Never Turn Back (R.H. Harris)
  79. When The Gates Swing Open (with The Dixie Hummingbirds) (Album Version)
  80. Take My Hand, Precious Lord (Live at the National Convention of Gospel Choirs and Choruses)
  81. When The Gates Swing Open (Album Version)
  82. Lonesome Man Blues
  83. You Ain't Livin' Right
  84. We Don't Sell It Here No More
  85. The Dipsy Doodle
  86. Old Ship Of Zion (Album Version)
  87. Suicide Blues
  88. I'll Tell It Wherever I Go (Album Version)
  89. When the Gates Swing Open (The Dixie Hummingbirds)
  90. Old Ship of Zion (Bessie Griffin)

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