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 hope to bring people to God with my songs.
Anybody that sings the blues is in a deep pit, yelling for help.
Time is important to me because I want to sing long enough to leave a message.
Gospel music in those days of the early 1930s was really taking wing. It was the kind of music colored people had left behind them down South and they liked it because it was just like a letter from home.
I'll come to any benefit if I see SCLC get all the money.
They thought I was a success as soon as I started paying the bills.
Blues are the songs of despair, but gospel songs are the songs of hope.
Put your mind on the gospel. And remember - there's one God for all.
This is the place to see the stars - Hollywood Bowl.
When you are through with the blues, you've got nothing to rest on.
The trouble with records is that they're too short.
Everybody needs somebody.
The Lord doesn't like us to be dead. Be alive. Sometimes I dance to the glory of the Lord, because He said so.
If you don't like Louis Armstrong, you don't know how to love.