Thomas Andrew Dorsey, known as “the father of black gospel music,' was born on July 1, 1899 in Villa Rica, Georgia. Born to a minister and a piano teacher, Dorsey master playing the blues on the piano as a teen. He studied formally in Chicago where he became an agent for Paramount Records. Dorsey started his […]
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