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  1. Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho
  2. Soon I Will Be Done
  3. Summertime / Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
  4. Take My Hand, Precious Lord
  5. Amazing Grace
  6. An Evening Prayer
  7. Away In A Manger
  8. Bless This House
  9. City Called Heaven
  10. Come On Chidren, Let's Sing
  11. Crying In The Chapel
  12. Danny Boy
  13. Didn't Rain
  14. Do You Hear What I Hear?
  15. Down By The Riverside
  16. Elijah Rock
  17. God Be With You
  18. God Is So (Good To Me)
  19. Got Tell It On The Mountain
  20. Hark! The herald angels sing
  21. Have you anytime for Jesus
  22. He Wants It That Way
  23. He's my light
  24. He's sweet I know
  25. How Great Thou Art
  26. How I Got Over
  27. I Believe
  28. I thank God for everything
  29. I Thought of You & Said A Little Prayer
  30. I Took a Miracle
  31. I Will Move On Up a Little Higher
  32. I Wonder As I Wander
  33. I'm Going To Live The Life I Sing About In My Song
  34. I'm Grateful
  35. If I can help somebody
  36. In That Great Getting Up Morning
  37. In The Summer of His Years
  38. In The Upper Room
  39. It Is No Secret (what God Can Do)
  40. It Is Well With My Soul
  41. Joy To The World
  42. Just A Closer Walk With Thee
  43. Let the Power of the Holy Ghost Fall On Me
  44. Like The Breeze Blows
  45. Lord , Is It I ?
  46. Move On Up A Little Higher
  47. Nobody But Jesus
  48. Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen
  49. Not My Will
  50. O Come All Ye Faithful
  51. O little town of Bethlehem
  52. Oh Holy Night
  53. Put a Little Love in Your Heart
  54. Rusty Bells
  55. Satisfied Mind
  56. Silent Night
  57. Silver Bells
  58. Sweet Little Jesus Boy
  59. The First Noel
  60. The Green Leaves Of Summer
  61. The Holy City
  62. The House I Live In
  63. The Lord 's Prayer
  64. Thy Will Be Done
  65. Trouble Of The World
  66. Walk In Jerusalem
  67. Walk On By
  68. Walking Over God's Heaven
  69. We Shall Overcome
  70. What A Friend We Have In Jesus
  71. What Child Is This?
  72. When I Wake Up In Glory
  73. When The Saints Go Marching In
  74. White Christmas
  75. Without A Song
  76. You'll Never Walk Alone

Mahalia Jackson ( mə-HAY-lee-ə; born Mahala Jackson; October 26, 1911 – January 27, 1972) was an American gospel singer, widely considered one of the most influential vocalists of the 20th century. With a career spanning 40 years, Jackson was integral to the development and spread of gospel blues in black churches throughout the U.S. During a time when racial segregation was pervasive in American society, she met considerable and unexpected success in a recording career, selling an estimated 22 million records and performing in front of integrated and secular audiences in concert halls around the world. The granddaughter of enslaved people, Jackson was born and raised in poverty in New Orleans. She found a home in her church, leading to a lifelong dedication and singular purpose to deliver God's word through song. She moved to Chicago as an adolescent and joined the Johnson Singers, one of the earliest gospel groups. Jackson was heavily influenced by musician-composer Thomas Dorsey and blues singer Bessie Smith, adapting Smith's style to traditional Protestant hymns and contemporary songs. After making an impression in Chicago churches, she was hired to sing at funerals, political rallies, and revivals. For 15 years, she functioned as what she termed a "fish and bread singer", working odd jobs between performances to make a living. Nationwide recognition came for Jackson in 1947 with the release of "Move On Up a Little Higher", selling two million copies and hitting the number two spot on Billboard charts, both firsts for gospel music. Jackson's recordings captured the attention of jazz fans in the U.S. and France, and she became the first gospel recording artist to tour Europe. She regularly appeared on television and radio, and performed for many presidents and heads of state, including singing the national anthem at John F. Kennedy's Inaugural Ball in 1961. Motivated by her experiences living and touring in the South and integrating a Chicago neighborhood, she participated in the civil rights movement, singing for fundraisers and at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963. She was a vocal and loyal supporter of Martin Luther King Jr. and a personal friend of his family. Throughout her career, Jackson faced intense pressure to record secular music, but turned down high paying opportunities to concentrate on gospel. Completely self-taught, Jackson had a keen instinct for music, her delivery marked by extensive improvisation with melody and rhythm. She was renowned for her powerful contralto voice, range, an enormous stage presence, and her ability to relate to her audiences, conveying and evoking intense emotion during performances. Passionate and at times frenetic, she wept and demonstrated physical expressions of joy while singing. Her success brought about international interest in gospel music, initiating the "Golden Age of Gospel" making it possible for many soloists and vocal groups to tour and record. Popular music as a whole felt her influence and she is credited with inspiring rhythm and blues, soul, and rock and roll singing styles.

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