How About You

How well do I remember, How Jesus brought me through

Author: Thomas A. Dorsey
Tune: [How well do I remember]
Published in 3 hymnals

Author: Thomas A. Dorsey

Thomas Andrew Dorsey was born in Villa Rica, a small rural town near Atlanta, Georgia. In 1919 he moved to Chicago. Most of his musical training was in the church, but he also studied and played jazz and blues. He later combined jazz and blues with religious texts, giving birth to gospel music. In 1931, along with Magnolia Lewis-Butts and Theodore Roosevelt Frye, he established the first gospel choir at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Chicago. He went on to lead the gospel choir at Pilgrim Baptist Church, which he led for 60 years. Dorsey was also instrumental in founding the National Convention of Gospel Choirs and Choruses (NCGCC) in 1933. The convention taught choirs all over the country how to sing gospel music. Dianne Shapiro, from "Gosp… Go to person page >

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First Line: How well do I remember, How Jesus brought me through
Title: How About You
Author: Thomas A. Dorsey
Language: English
Refrain First Line: How about you?
Publication Date: 1930
Copyright: This text may still be under copyright because it was published in 1930.

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Blackwood Brothers' Gospel Songs Collection #d4

Gems of Devotion #48

Radio and Revival Special for Use in Radio Programs, Revivals, Camp Meetings, Conventions ... #d37

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