The favorite hymn of Martin Luther King, it’s been translated into over 50 languages and sung by everyone from Elvis to Leontyne Price, “Precious Lord, Take My Hand” remains Thomas A. Dorsey’s great ...

You know "Glory" by now—after all, it's been one of the talks of the town as of late, and certainly one of Common's most visible hits in some time. The song, written for the film Selma, which follows ...

Thomas A. Dorsey wrote the lyrics in 1932 Those who have sung the song include Aretha Franklin%2C Merle Haggard%2C Leontyne Price Dorsey%27s son says he struggled to gain acceptance for gospel music ...

Singer Melba Moore opens her music file and tells what songs bring her inspiration, including Mahalia Jackson's rendition of "Precious Lord," gospel singer Donnie McClurkin's "The Days of Elijah" and ...

Perhaps the most poignant moment in Selma—a film brimming with poignant moments—is less about the movement and more about the man: in a minor scene, Martin Luther King Jr. calls singer Mahalia Jackson ...

The original tunes were inspired by Jackson’s wife, Denise, who is the author of an inspirational book titled It’s All About Him. Jackson says he wrote the song "It's All About Him" to try to enhance ...

This April 3, 1968 file photo shows Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. walking across the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis the day before he died. The civil rights leader was standing on the balcony ...

Thomas A. Dorsey, widely acknowledged as the father of gospel music, died Saturday night in his Chicago home. He was 93. As a blues piano player in Chicago in the 1930s, Mr. Dorsey first wove together ...

They whacked Fannie Lou Hamer with a blackjack, and when she tried to cover her face with her hands, they hit those, too. The former Delta sharecropper buried her head in a mattress, hoping to kill ...

Beyonce, having already won three Grammy awards for her self-titled album, introduced John Legend and Common’s performance of the Golden Globe-winning song “Glory” from the film Selma with a booming, ...