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When I've Done My Best

When I've done the best I can

Author: Thomas A. Dorsey
Tune: [When I've done the best I can]
Published in 4 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI
Representative text cannot be shown for this hymn due to copyright.

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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Text Information

First Line: When I've done the best I can
Title: When I've Done My Best
Author: Thomas A. Dorsey
Language: English
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Timeline

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Instances

Instances (1 - 4 of 4)

Blackwood Brothers' Gospel Songs Collection #d14

Blackwood Brothers' Gospel Songs Collection #d14
Audio

Favorites Number 4 #76

Favorites Number 4 #76

The New National Baptist Hymnal #453

The New National Baptist Hymnal #453

Western Style Songs. Vol. 1 #28

Western Style Songs. Vol. 1 #28
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