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This Far by Faith . Thomas Dorsey PBS Dorsey was the son of a Baptist preacher; his mother was the church organist. Dorsey co-founded the National Convention of Gospel Choirs and Choruses in 1933. Dorsey's mother took work as a domestic servant; his father curtailed his pastoring and worked as a laborer. www.pbs.org /thisfarbyfaith/people/thomas_dorsey.html   (978 words)

VH1.com : Thomas A. Dorsey : Biography Dorsey's luck appeared to be on the upswing by 1932, the year he organized one of the first gospel choirs at Chicago's Pilgrim Baptist Church; his pianist, Roberta Martin, would in a few years emerge among the top talents on the church circuit. Dorsey was born in Villa Rica, Georgia on July 1, 1899 and raised in the Atlanta area; there, in addition to the traditional Dr. By the 1950s, with the rise of hard gospel, Dorsey's influence began to slip a bit, although the popularity of his greatest material held on; during the middle of the decade, with the rise of R&B, his melodies began to resurface in many of the era's secular hits. www.vh1.com /artists/az/dorsey_thomas_a_/bio.jhtml   (734 words)

Variety.com - Thomas A. Dorsey Thomas A. Dorsey, known as the father of gospel music for his merging of religious music with the blues, died Saturday. Dorsey was born in 1899 in Villa Rica, Ga., near Atlanta. The song was prompted by a tragedy early in Dorsey's life. www.variety.com /article/VR103403?categoryid=25&cs=1   (338 words)

Thomas Worthington (1691 - 1753) Thomas Worthington who for many years past and to the time of his death was one of the representatives of his county and with a steady and disinterested fidelity; was strictly honest in principle and practice, and therefore had the esteem of all that knew him. Thomas Worthington, son of John and Sarah (Howard) Worthington, was born January 8, 1691, in Westminster Parish, Anne Arundel County. Thomas Worthington purchased "Wardridge", which adjoined "Hockley" and at the former he established his dwelling and there may be found the old Worthington-Ridgely graveyards. home.att.net /~rworthington/AA_Gentry/AA_Gentry_2-Thomas.htm   (490 words)

MPR: The Father of Gospel Music Remembered Thomas Andrew Dorsey was born July, 1899 in Villa Rica, near Atlanta, Georgia, the son of a Baptist minister. Thomas Dorsey, not to be confused with the big-band leader, is the father of black gospel music. Dorsey was on a national tour in l930 when he got a call from Chicago that his wife had died in childbirth. news.minnesota.publicradio.org /features/199907/22_olsond_dorsey   (749 words)

Jet: Thomas A. Dorsey, 93, gospel music creator, dies - Obituary Dorsey was born in Villa Rica, Ga., in 1899, one of five children of a Baptist preacher and his wife. Dorsey began experimenting with gospel to reconcile an inner conflict over his religious upbringing and his early love of the blues, according to biographer Michael Harris, a professor of religion and African-American studies at Temple University in Philadelphia. Dorsey wrote more than 2,000 blues songs but his main love was gospel and he contributed about 1,000 songs to the genre he created. www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1355/is_n15_v83/ai_13404151   (496 words)

Thomas Dorsey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Thomas A. Dorsey is the gospel composer and performer, known as Georgia Tom in his earlier jazz career. Tommy Dorsey is the bandleader and jazz trombone player. This is a disambiguation page; if you followed a link here, you may want to adjust that link. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Thomas_Dorsey   (71 words)

Honky Tonks, Hymns, & the Blues Thomas A. Dorsey was blues singer Ma Rainey’s piano accompanist and traveled the rural south with her Rabbit Foot Minstrel show in 1924, performing outdoors in tents. Thomas A. Dorsey learned his religion from his Baptist minister father and piano from his music teacher mother in Villa Rica, Georgia, where he was born July 1, 1899. It was natural that Dorsey would interpret his sacred songs with the same jazz rhythm and blues feeling he had used successfully in his secular music. www.honkytonks.org /showpages/tadorsey.htm   (1355 words)

Thomas A. Dorsey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Thomas Andrew Dorsey (July 1, 1899 - January 23, 1993) is known as the Father of Gospel Music, and is best ]] praise with the rhythms of jazz and the blues. Michael W. Harris, The Rise of Gospel Blues: The Music of Thomas Andrew Dorsey in the Urban Church Oxford University Press, 1992, ISBN 0193090378. For the big band trombonist and bandleader, see Tommy Dorsey. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Thomas_A._Dorsey   (171 words)

African American Registry: Thomas Dorsey, a premire gospel composer *Thomas Dorsey was born on this date in 1899. Born in villa Rica, Georgia, Dorsey was regularly exposed to spirituals and Baptist hymns as a child. Dorsey composed over 1000 songs in his lifetime, half of which were published. www.aaregistry.com /african_american_history/232/Thomas_Dorsey_a_premire_gospel_composer   (252 words)

DORSEY FAMILY HISTORY Maria Louisa Dorsey was born in the Townland of Rathneegeragh, Myshall Parish, Barony of Idrone East, County Carlow, Ireland. The old Dorsey house was described to the author by an unnamed long-time resident of Greenwich as a white frame farm house. Dorsey then stepped inside and bolted the door, when a pistol shot was heard and a ball struck the building. home1.gte.net /vze6oji5/id4.html   (10213 words)

American Visions: Nineteenth-Century Philadelphia Caterer Thomas J. Dorsey Dorsey and other 19th-century blacks in the North aspired to take advantage of their economic situation by opening small businesses that specialized in service. Dorsey first appears in the 1844 directory and is listed as a waiter employed at 3 0sbourne's Court. Undoubtedly it was Dorsey's political awareness and his unyielding demand for respect that caused contemporaries to consider him the most prominent of Philadelphia's "high-status caterers," but he also knew his craft. www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1546/is_4_15/ai_65069612   (1358 words)

Thomas Andrew Dorsey Biography / Biography of Thomas Andrew Dorsey Biography Biography Thomas Andrew Dorsey (1900-1993), often called the Father of Gospel Music, migrated from Atlanta to Chicago as a young man, thus exemplifying the experience of many southern blacks of his day. There was a great deal of early resistance to Dorsey's work, partly because it was rooted in the rural southern African American culture from which the old-line urban churches sought to distance themselves in favor of assimilation. It is perhaps Dorsey's greatest achievement that he was able to overcome th..... www.bookrags.com /biography-thomas-andrew-dorsey   (239 words)

THOMAS A. DORSEY, BLUES, GOSPEL MUSIC Thomas A. Dorsey, also known as "Georgia Tom," had considerable success in the 1920s as a pianist, composer, and arranger for prominent blues singers including Ma Rainey. Tracing the rise of gospel blues as seen through the career of its founding figure, Thomas Andrew Dorsey, Harris not only tells the story of the most prominent person in the advent of gospel blues, but also contextualizes this powerful new musical form within African-American religious history and significant social developments. The Music of Thomas Andrew Dorsey in the Urban Church www.southernmusic.net /thomasdorsey.htm   (593 words)

Tommy Dorsey During the 1930's after the break-up of the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra Tommy formed his own group from the remnants of the old Joe Haymes' Orchestra. He was generally blamed for the feuding between the two that eventually brought about the demise of the Dorsey Brothers band. As a youngster, Tommy shared the same musical gift as his older brother and was equally adept at both trumpet and his main instrument the trombone. www.redhotjazz.com /tommy.html   (199 words)

Thomas A. Dorsey @ Soundbug Thomas A. Dorsey is called the Father of Gospel Music. Dorsey wrote "Peace in the Valley" for Mahalia Jackson in 1937, which also became a gospel standard. As formulated by Dorsey, gospel music combines Christian praise with the rhythms of jazz and the blues. www.soundbug.com /artist/1449   (427 words)

African American Music Collection: the interviews Thomas Dorsey, the father of the gospel, one of the illustrious citizens of Chicago, of the United States, and indeed of the world. The spirituals, the jubilee the Anglo-Saxon hymns that we inherited when we encompassed Christianity to all of this he brought that great blues flavor that he had and gospel music is all of this plus the blues flavor that Thomas A. Dorsey brought to it. My wife at that time, Lilly Harper Dorsey wanted to become a mother and I was out on the road with a show and I was going to be the happiest man in the world when I came back. www.umich.edu /~afroammu/standifer/dorsey.html   (7920 words)

Tommy Dorsey Trombonist Thomas "Tommy" Dorsey was born in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania on November 19, 1905. Dorsey's biggest selling record was his orchestrated version of the Pinetop Smith classic, "Boogie-Woogie," reputed to have sold four million copies. In the fall of 1957 an orchestra designed as the Tommy Dorsey band, under the direction of trombonist Warren Covington, was organized and toured dance halls throughout the US. www.shellac.org /wams/wtommy01.html   (412 words)

Thomas Dorsey Thomas Andrew Dorsey dies from complications arising from Alzheimer's Disease, Chicago, IL. In 1916 Dorsey moved from Atlanta to Chicago where he became noted for his double-meaning songs that were popular in bars and stag parties at which he was frequently called to play. The man who would become closely associated with the rise of gospel music was the self-described "son of a preacher man" whose musical talents were so widely recognized that gospel tunes were called "Dorseys," began his career on the seedy side of the street (literally, in the prostitute-laden dives on Decatur Street near Auburn Avenue). www.ourgeorgiahistory.com /chronpop/1231   (342 words)

DORSEY, Thomas A. : MusicWeb Encyclopaedia of Popular Music DORSEY, Thomas A. (b 1 July 1899, Carrol Co. GA; d 23 Jan. '93, Chicago) Singer, pianist, guitarist, songwriter. DORSEY, Thomas A. : MusicWeb Encyclopaedia of Popular Music There were other Hokum Boys and Harum Scarums dates with Jane Lucas, Big Bill Broonzy; then his religious background took over and he became the most important composer and publisher of gospel music (which see). www.musicweb-international.com /encyclopaedia/d/D131.HTM   (131 words)

“Georgia” Thomas A. Dorsey The next landmark in the life of Thomas Dorsey came in 1932 when he was appointed director of the choir at the Pilgrim Baptist Church in Chicago's Bronzeville District, an association he would continue until 1972. He formed a publishing company, the Thomas A. Dorsey Gospel Songs Music Publishing Company to profit from the sale of sheet music. Thomas married Nettie Harper in 1925, and she accompanied her husband on the road as Ma Rainey's wardrobe mistress. starrgennett.org /stories/profiles/georgia_tom_dorsey.htm   (1385 words)

dorsey_ta.htm Son of a Bap­tist min­is­ter, Dor­sey pro­vid­ed mu­sic for per­form­ers such as Tam­pa Red, Ma Rai­ney, and Bes­sie Smith, writ­ing some 200 songs in his life­time. www.cyberhymnal.org /bio/d/o/dorsey_ta.htm   (26 words)

PBS - American Roots Music : The Songs and the Artists - Thomas Dorsey PBS - American Roots Music : The Songs and the Artists - Thomas Dorsey THOMAS A. The Father of Gospel Music came to Chicago from Atlanta during World War I and quickly won a name for himself as a composer of blues and jazz. But after he lost all the royalties from his hit in a Depression bank crash and suffered a health crisis, Dorsey turned exclusively to gospel music, infusing it with elements of blues and pop. www.pbs.org /americanrootsmusic/pbs_arm_saa_thomasdorsey.html   (162 words)

Thomas Dorsey - Leading Authorities Speakers Bureau Thomas Dorsey is the author of Thriving as a Broker in the 21st Century and president of Dorsey, Wright & Associates, a firm that specializes in providing quality equity analyses and options strategies to member firms and institutions of the major stock exchanges in the United States. Dorsey has extensive experience in the retail brokerage industry, serving as an account executive for Merrill, Lynch for 3 years before moving to Wheat. Dorsey also conducts risk management seminars across the country for industry professionals as well as individual investors. www.leadingauthorities.com /12845/Thomas_Dorsey.htm   (260 words)

Thomas Dorsey and CCM Because Dorsey was one of the pioneers of CCM music — music that took the sensual, fleshly, secular style and combined it with the sacred. Dorsey (aka Georgia Tom) teaming with Tampa Red was especially known for his openly sexual and vulgar lyrics. He [Dorsey] teamed up with guitarist Hudson Whittaker (known as Tampa Red, for his Florida origins) and the new duo proceeded to scandalize the churches with their 1928 recording of the highly erotic It’s Tight Like That, released by Vocation. www.av1611.org /crock/dorsey.html   (1851 words)

DoveSong.com -- Thomas A. Dorsey Thomas Andrew Dorsey is an important figure in black gospel music. Recorded by Thomas A. Dorsey in New York City on March 17, 1932. The Rise of Gospel Blues: The Music of Thomas Andrew Dorsey in the Urban Church www.dovesong.com /Positive_music/archives/gospel/Dorsey.asp   (280 words)

Biography of Tommy Dorsey with gold-music.com Tommy Dorsey gained a reputation as an ambitious, hard-driving musician and bandleader who was constantly striving to extend the limits of what he and his band could achieve musically. In 1927, the Dorsey brothers began to record under their own label, “The Dorsey Brothers and Their Concert Orchestra.” The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra did not make its formal debut, however, until 1934, when it began a long residency at the Glen Island Casino in New Rochelle, New York. When they were only teenagers, Dorsey and his older brother, Jimmy, formed their first band, Dorseys' Novelty Six, later known as Dorseys' Wild Canaries. www.gold-music.com /fiches/fiche_11609.html   (615 words)

Birth and Rebirth of the Omaha Dorsey, Fletcher and LaFlesche believed that Omaha culture was dying. J.Owen Dorsey was at first a missionary and then an ethnologist who spent many years with the Omaha people. They were based upon information provided by men and women who had participated on the last buffalo hunts of their tribe, many of whom had been born before their reservation was restricted to the lands around Macy. libr.unl.edu:2000 /omaha/etexts/rebirth   (6548 words)

As chancellor. (from Saint Thomas Becket) --  Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust! Dorsey, Thomas A. Known for his many up-tempo blues arrangements of gospel music hymns, U.S. songwriter, singer, and pianist Thomas A. Dorsey was often called the Father of Gospel Music. To Henry himself Thomas was a welcome companion and intimate friend, both at court and in the chase, aiding the King in his policy of gathering all power into the hands of the monarchy, even when that policy went against claims of the church. Hendricks, Thomas A. Longtime Democratic party politician Thomas A. Hendricks held a variety of positions both in his home state of Indiana and at the national level during his career, and he was selected as the running mate for Grover Cleveland in the 1884 presidential election. www.britannica.com /ebc/article-672?tocId=672   (1228 words)

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