Mahalia Jackson was an American gospel music singer known as the Queen of Gospel Song. Born in 1911, she first came to wide public attention in the 1930s. Her first big hit, “Move on Up a Little Higher,” was released in 1945. In the 1950s and ’60s Jac
What makes the production unusual is that all the numbers are original songs, wickedly tailored to the vocal and physical style of the subjects (which include Billie Holiday, Mahalia Jackson, Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, Eartha Kitt, Sarah Vaughan and even Nichols doing Nichols). Advertisement The s...