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Born: 26 October 1911 Died: 27 January 1972
Country of origin: 
United States
Relationship Status: Married
Partner: Isaac Lanes Grey Hockenhull
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The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
(420 items)list by Onion Jack
Published 2 years, 4 months ago
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Best Female Singers
(100 items)list by jeffpsych
Published 12 years, 11 months ago 
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Music...Gospel Artist
(31 items)list by Dj Levels
Published 6 years, 7 months ago
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1 comment
5 votes
VH1's 100 Greatest Women in Rock & Roll
(110 items)list by JxSxPx
Published 6 years, 4 months ago
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Born in New Orleans in 1911, Mahalia Jackson grew up in a shotgun home shared by 13 people. Raised by her Aunt Duke after her mother died in 1917, economic circumstances forced Jackson to quit school and work at home when she was in fourth grade. Her earliest influences were the sights and sounds of Uptown New Orleans: banana steamships on the Mississippi River, acorns roasting in Audubon Park, hot jazz bands, the beat-driven music of the Sanctified Church, and Bessie Smith’s bluesy voice wafting from her cousin Fred’s record player. But Jackson found her greatest inspiration at Mt. Moriah Baptist Church, where she sang on W
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1. Sesame Street (1969)
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2. The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)
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2. 4 Little Girls (1997) (1997)
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Greatest Female Singers (100 person items)"► ► ► 60 ◄ ◄ ◄POINTSMAHALIA JACKSONQUEEN OF GOSPEL Move On Up a Little Higher (1947) I'm Glad Salvation is Free (1950) In the Upper Room (1950) His Eye is on the Sparrow (1951) Take My Hand, Precious Lord (1956)"
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The Rock and Roll Hall of FameOnion Jack voted for an image 2 years, 5 months ago
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Classic Voices (17 person items)
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VH1's 100 Greatest Women in Rock & Roll (110 person items)
Dj Levels added this to a list 6 years, 7 months ago
Music...Gospel Artist (31 music items)