Mahalia Jackson and the black gospel field / by Burford, Mark, 1967-

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Got to tell it : Mahalia Jackson, Queen of Gospel / by Schwerin, Jules Victor

Just Mahalia, baby : the Mahalia Jackson story / by Goreau, Laurraine

Why Willie Mae Thornton matters / by Denise, Lynnée (DJ)

Table of Contents: “…Saved by the Amazing grace of Mahalia Jackson --…”

Icons of Black music / by Greig, Charlotte, 1954-

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Angels of the night : popular female singers of our time / by Mellers, Wilfrid Howard, 1914-

Table of Contents: “…Gospel women, Eden and the promised land: Arizone Dranes, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Mahalia Jackson, Aretha Franklin -- 2. The Rockbottom reality of the blues: Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, Ida Cox, Victoria Spivey, Sippie Wallace, Alberta Hunter, Helen Humes, Big Mama Thorntono, Dinah Washington -- 3. …”

Big star fallin' mama : five women in Black music / by Jones, Hettie

Table of Contents: “…Ma Rainey -- Bessie Smith -- Mahalia Jackson -- Billie Holiday -- Aretha Franklin.…”

Gospel legends / by Hagan, Chet

Table of Contents: “…Sankey -- Homer Rodeheaver -- Gospel families -- Thomas A. Dorsey -- Mahalia Jackson -- George Beverly Shea -- Bill and Gloria Gaither -- Larnelle Harris -- Steven Curtis Chapman -- Twila Paris -- The country connection.…”

Jazz scrapbook : Bill Russell and some highly musical friends.

Table of Contents: “…Theresa LeFevre -- Mahalia Jackson / Nancy Ruck -- Baby Dodds / Dan B. Ross -- Natty Dominique / John Magill -- Fess Manetta / Richard Jackson -- The Russell Collection / Alfred E. …”

People get ready! : a new history of Black gospel music / by Darden, Bob, 1954-

Table of Contents: “…Dorsey -- Chicago and the rise of gospel music -- Three divas: Rosetta Tharpe, Clara Ward, and Mahalia Jackson -- The great gospel groups: six unforgettable voices -- Gospel on the freedom highway -- Gospel's evolution: from Alex Bradford to James Cleveland to Andrae Crouch -- The last great male quartets -- Contemporary gospel: six defining voices.…”

Isn't her grace amazing! : the women who changed gospel music / by Wills, Cheryl

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Queen mothers. Mahalia Jackson ; Sallie Martin ; Inez Andrews ; Albertina Walker ; Willie Mae Ford Smith -- Sisters in song. …”

Soul : 100 essential CDs : the rough guide / by Shapiro, Peter, 1969-

Table of Contents: “…Buzzard's Original Savannah Band -- The Drifters -- Dyke and the Blazers -- Earth Wind & Fire -- Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott [Missy Elliott] -- En Vogue -- The 5 Royales [The Five Royales] -- The Four Tops -- Aretha Franklin -- Funkadelic -- The Gap Band -- Marvin Gaye -- Al Green -- Guy -- Isaac Hayes -- Lauryn Hill -- The Impressions -- The Isley Brothers -- The Jackson 5 -- Janet Jackson -- Mahalia Jackson -- Michael Jackson -- Louis Jordan -- Kid Creole & the Coconuts -- Kool & the Gang -- Little Willie John -- Teena Marie -- Martha & the Vandellas -- Curtis Mayfield -- Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes -- The Meters -- Mulatu Astaqe -- The O'Jays -- Parliament -- Ann Peebles -- Wilson Pickett -- Prince -- Otis Redding -- Smokey Robinson & the Miracles -- Sam & Dave -- The Shirelles -- Percy Sledge -- Sister Sledge -- Sly & the Family Stone -- Soul II Soul -- The Soul Stirrers -- Dusty Springfield -- Donna Summer -- Diana Ross & the Supremes -- Swamp Dogg -- Swan Silvertones -- Sylvester Star -- Howard Tate -- The Temptations -- Joe Tex -- Irma Thomas -- War -- Billy Ward and His Dominoes -- Dionne Warwick -- Jacke Wilson -- Womack & Womack -- Stevie Wonder -- Badmutha's -- Birth of Soul -- Kurtis Blow Presents the History of Rap -- Classic Salsoul Mastercuts -- Keb Darge's Legendary Deep Funk -- Freestyle's Greatest Beats -- Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures -- The Great Gospel Women -- Jubilation! …”

A biographical guide to the great jazz and pop singers / by Friedwald, Will, 1961-

Something to sing about; the personal choices of America's folk singers.

Shine bright : a very personal history of Black women in pop / by Smith, Danyel

Gravesites of Southern musicians : a guide to over 300 jazz, blues, country and rock performers' burial places / by Amos, Edward

Table of Contents: “…By state: Louisiana: Mahalia Jackson, James Carroll Booker III, Raymond Myles, Johnny Adams, Bobby Marchan, Louis Nelson, Roosevelt Sykes, Roy Montrell, Wayne Bennett, Louis Prima, Gram Parsons, Al Hirt, Buddy Bolden, Jessie Hill, Henry Roeland Byrd [Professor Longhair], Oscar Papa Celestin, Percy Humphrey, Shirley and Lee, Red Tyler, Justin Adams, George Landry, Johnny Little Sonny Jones, Lee Dorsey, Danny Barker, George Lewis, Bobby Mitchell, Freddie Kohlman, Robert Pete Williams, Alton Rubon [Rockin' Dopsie], Aldus Roger, John Delafose, Andrus Espre [Beau Jocque], Wallace Cheese Read, Austin Pitre, Wade Fruge, Dennis McGee, Dewey Balfa, Nathan Abshire, Canray Fontenot, Iry Lejeune, Johnny Horton, Leadbelly -- Arkansas: Albert King, Robert Nighthawk, Frank Frost, James Peck Curtis -- Mississippi: J. …”

Music: The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culutre Volume 12 /

Table of Contents: “…Handy -- Emmylou Harris -- Isaac Hayes -- Will Hays -- Hee Haw -- Faith Hill -- Buddy Holly -- John Lee Hooker -- Lightnin' Hopkins -- Peg Leg Howell -- Mississippi John Hurt -- Mahalia Jackson -- Blind Lemon Jefferson -- Waylon Jennings -- Flaco Jiménez -- Bunk Johnson -- Robert Johnson -- Tommy Johnson -- George Jones -- Janis Joplin -- Scott Joplin -- Louis Jordan -- David "Junior" Kimbrough -- B. …”

Honkers and shouters : the golden years of rhythm and blues / by Shaw, Arnold

Table of Contents: “…Louis Jimmy -- Robert Johnson -- Champion Jack Dupree -- Memphis Slim -- Joe Turner -- Pete Johnson -- Jimmy Rushing -- Pine Top Smith -- Jimmy Yancey -- Meade Lux Lewis -- Albert Ammons -- Count Basie -- Billie Holiday -- Slim & Slam -- Lionel Hampton -- Lucky Millinder -- Erskine Hawkins -- Cab Calloway -- Louis Jordan -- Berle Adams -- Cecil Grant -- Charles Brown -- Lowell Fulson -- Ivory Joe Hunter -- Amos Milburn -- Roy Brown -- Roy Milton -- T-Bone Walker -- Lester Sill -- Eddie Durham -- Charlie Christian -- Les Hite -- Freddie Slack -- Leon and Otisi Rene -- Loe Liggins -- Eli Oberstein -- The Mississippi Sheiks -- Joe Davis -- Una Mae Carlisle -- The Five Red Caps -- Savannah Churchill -- The Four Tunes -- Pete Johnson -- Herb Abramson -- The Ravens -- Sonny Til & the Orioles -- The Five Royales -- Bobby Freeman -- The Larks -- Mahalia Jackson -- Wynonie Harris -- Bobby Shad -- Sally Martin -- Dinah Washington -- Clyde Otis -- Fred Norman -- Gatemouth Moore -- Leon Rene -- Johnny Otis -- Paul Williams -- Big Jay McNeely -- Illinois Jacquet -- Earl Bostic -- Bill Diggett -- Clifford Scott -- Maxwell Davis -- Rudi Pompanelli -- Sam "The Man" Taylor -- Sam Butera -- King Curtis --…”