Artist
Mahalia Jackson
Mahalia Jackson is a musical artist from New Orleans, USA formed in 1927. 34 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
New Orleans, USA
- 34
- Releases
- 1955–2015
- Active years
- 1927
- Formed
Artist
Mahalia Jackson is a musical artist from New Orleans, USA formed in 1927. 34 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
New Orleans, USA
Most popular
I Believe
1955
The Power and the Glory
1998
Amazing Grace
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Gospel Queen
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In Concert Easter Sunday, 1967
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Sings the Best-Loved Hymns of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
2015
Mahalia Sings
2015
Gospels, Spirituals, & Hymns
2015
Sings the Gospel Right Out of the Church
2015
What the World Needs Now
2015
Garden of Prayer
2015
Great Gettin' Up Morning
2015
Let's Pray Together
2014
Bless This House
2008
Sweet Little Jesus Boy
2007
The Christmas Songs
2003
Mahalia Jackson In Concert Easter Sunday, 1967
2001
Recorded Live In Europe During Her Latest Concert Tour
2001
Walk Over God's Heaven / Go Tell It on the Mountain
2000
A Mighty Fortress
1998
The Best Of Mahalia Jackson
1995
Sings Songs of Christmas
1995
THE ESSENCE OF MAHALIA JACKSON
1995
Mahalia Jackson Live At Newport 1958
1994
Silent Night, Holy Night
1992
Christmas with Mahalia
1990
Silent Night - Gospel Christmas
1990
Silent Night: Songs For Christmas
1987
The Essential Mahalia Jackson
1980
Mahalia Jackson
1971
My Faith
1967
Songs for Christmas
1966
Make a Joyful Noise Unto the Lord
1963
Silent Night
1962
Mahalia Jackson October 26, 1911 - January 27, 1972) was an American gospel singer. Possessing a powerful contralto voice, she was referred to as "The Queen of Gospel". Jackson became one of the most influential gospel singers in the world and was heralded internationally as a singer and civil rights activist. She was described by entertainer Harry Belafonte as "the single most powerful black woman in the United States". She recorded about 30 albums (mostly for Columbia Records) during her career, and her 45 rpm records included a dozen "golds"-million-sellers. "I sing God's music because it makes me feel free," Jackson once said about her choice of gospel, adding, "It gives me hope. With the blues, when you finish, you still have the blues." Born as Mahala Jackson and nicknamed "Halie", Jackson grew up in the Black Pearl section of the Carrollton neighborhood of Uptown New Orleans, Louisiana. The three-room dwelling on Pitt Street housed thirteen people and a dog. This included Little Mahala (named after her aunt, Mahala Clark-Paul whom the family called Aunt Duke), her brother Roosevelt Hunter, whom they called Peter, and her mother Charity Clark, who worked as both a maid and a…