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 ...

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 ...

If you have ever heard and appreciated the song “Precious Lord” reported to have been written and sung by Tommy Dorsey, the big band leader, you will enjoy a story I read about it some time ago. There ...

"Precious Lord," the gospel song that's getting a lot of buzz these days, has a Michigan connection. The son of the song's author Thomas A. Dorsey lives in Oak Park. The Free Press talked to the son - ...

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 ...

It was Martin Luther King Jr.’s favorite song: a hymn called "Take My Hand, Precious Lord." It was Mahalia Jackson's performance of this song that captured the heart of Dr. King, with her soulful ...

Joe Nichols remembers when his record label rejected one of his songs because he sang about Jesus. They scrapped the song ...