Tommy dorsey biography precious lord

Without Thomas A. Dorsey who was born in Villa Roca, Georgia on July 1, 1899, there would be no Yolanda Adams, Donnie McClurkin, Whitney Houston or Kirk Franklin. Thomas Dorsey was a man who found han själv conflicted between the work of man and the work of God. God did use Thomas Dorsey and bygd obeying the voice of God and utilizing his gifts, Thomas A. Dorsey, revolutionized sacred church music and ushered in a new genre: gospel.

Background

Dorsey’s father was an itinerant preacher and his mother was the church organist. tillsammans they would produce what would later become known as the father of gospel music.

Thomas A. Dorsey attained his education from the classrooms of hus Roca and Atlanta in Georgia. As the child of a preacher Thomas attended elementary school where he would learn academics and observe the benefits associated with being the child of a preacher. People all around made much of Thomas because he was the preacher’s son.

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Thomas A. Dorsey

Inducted 1982

Thomas A. Dorsey

(1899 – 1993)

Thomas A. Dorsey is the acknowledged father of Black Gospel music and perhaps the most influential figure ever to impact the genre.

Although the scope Thomas A. Dorsey’s influence on gospel music runs well beyond his song writing, he is best known as the writer of the classic songs Take My Hand Precious Lord and Peace in the Valley. He was a versatile composer whose material shifted from energetic hard gospel to hymns. Dorsey was the founder of the National Convention of Gospel Choirs and Choruses in 1932, and a pioneering force in the renowned Chicago gospel community of the 1930s, where he helped launch the careers of legends Mahalia Jackson and Sallie Martin. 

 

A child prodigy, he taught himself a wide range of instruments, and was playing ragtime while still in his teens under the name “Georgia Tom.” During this pre-gospel time of his life in the 1920s, he was a prolific composer

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Take My Hand, Precious Lord

Song written and composed by Thomas A. Dorsey

For other uses, see Take My Hand (disambiguation).

"Take My Hand, Precious Lord" (a.k.a. "Precious Lord, Take My Hand") is a gospel song. The lyrics were written by Thomas A. Dorsey, who also adapted the melody.

Origin

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The melody is credited to Dorsey, drawn extensively from the 1844 hymn tune, "Maitland".^[1] "Maitland" is often attributed to American composer George N. Allen (1812–1877), but the earliest known source (Plymouth Collection, 1855^[2]) shows that Allen was the author/adapter of the text "Must Jesus bear the cross alone," not the composer of the tune, and the tune itself was printed without attribution for many years. "Maitland" is also sometimes attributed to The Oberlin Social and Sabbath School Hymn Book,^[3] which Allen edited, but this collection does not contain music. This tune originally appeared in hymnals and tune books as "Cross and Crow