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Thread #141420 Message #3254809
Posted By: Joe Offer
11-Nov-11 - 03:51 AM
Thread Name: History: Evangelists and Gospel Music Writers
Subject: RE: Evangelists and Gospel Music Writers
Thomas A. Dorsey (1899-1993) was known as the father of Black gospel music. I suppose Dorsey is best known for Precious Lord, Take My Hand, but he wrote many other well-known hymns - Peace in the Valley is a good one, and this link will lead to others that have been posted here at Mudcat.
I don't think Dorsey was ever tied to any particular evangelist. He was the music director at Pilgrim Baptist Church in Chicago from 1932 until the late 1970s.