Columbia publish Mahalia Jackson’s debut album : ‘The World’s Greatest Gospel Singer’ (1955)
Mahalia Jackson‘s ‘The World’s Greatest Gospel Singer’ is her debut album recorded on November 23, 1954 and released on March 14, 1955 By Columbia.
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Mahalia Jackson‘s ‘The World’s Greatest Gospel Singer’ is her debut album recorded on November 23, 1954 and released on March 14, 1955 By Columbia.
This day (January 27, 1972), in Evergreen Park, Illinois, died Mahalia Jackson,an African-American gospel contre-alto singer referred to as ‘The Queen of Gospel’. (more…)