Mahalia Jackson
Mahalia Jackson
Mahalia Jacksonwas an American gospel singer. Possessing a powerful contralto voice, she was referred to as "The Queen of Gospel". She became one of the most influential gospel singers in the world and was heralded internationally as a singer and civil rights activist. She was described by entertainer Harry Belafonte as "the single most powerful black woman in the United States". She recorded about 30 albumsduring her career, and her 45 rpm records included a dozen "golds"—million-sellers...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionGospel Singer
Date of Birth26 October 1911
CityNew Orleans, LA
CountryUnited States of America
I don't worry too much about the script, I just ad lib, like Pearl Bailey.
If you want me to sing this Christmas song with the feeling and the meaning, you better see if you can locate that check.
Without a song, each day would be a century.
I close my eyes when I sing so I can feel the song better.
God can make you anything you want to be, but you have to put everything in his hands.
How can you sing of amazing grace and all God's wonders without using your hands?
My hands, my feet, I throw my whole body to say all that is within me.
Baby, black promoters oppressed me before white promoters ever got hold of me. Don't talk skin to me.
Gospel songs are the songs of hope. When you sing gospel you have the feeling there is a cure for what's wrong, but when you are through with the blues, you've got nothing to rest on.
Do you know most of the Jewish songs have the same trend of sadness as Negro spirituals?
When you sing gospel you have a feeling there is a cure for what's wrong.
It is easy to be independent when you've got money. But to be independent when you haven't got a thing, that's the Lord's test.
Faith and prayer are the vitamins of the soul; man cannot live in health without them.