Thomas Andrew Dorsey (July 1, 1899 – January 23, 1993) was known as "the father of black gospel music" and was at one time so closely associated with the field that songs written in the new style were sometimes known as "dorseys." Earlier in his life he was a leading blues pianist known as Georgia Tom. As formulated by Dorsey, gospel music combines Christian praise with the rhythms of jazz and the blues. His conception also deviates from what had been
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If You See My Saviour
If You See My Savior
I'll Tell It Wherever I Go
How About You
Precious Lord, Take My Hand
Take My Hand, Precious Lord
(There'll Be) Peace In The Valley (with R.H. Harris)
Hide Me In Thy Bosom (with the Dixie Hummingbirds)
Take My Hand, Precious Lord (with Marion Williams)
(There'll Be) Peace In the Valley (For Me) - with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Take My Hand, Precious Lord - with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
(There'll Be) Peace in the Valley (For Me)
It's A Highway to Heaven (with Alex Bradford)
Hide Me in Thy Bosom
If You See My Savior (with Alex Bradford)
(There'll Be) Peace In the Valley
What Could I Do If It Wasn't For The Lord (with Marion Williams)
Search Me Lord (with Bessie Griffin)
I'm Going To Live The Life I Sing About In My Song (with Marion Williams)
Take My Hand Precious Lord
I'm Waiting For Jesus (with The Dixie Hummingbirds)
It's a Highway to Heaven
I Don't Know Why (with Bessie Griffin)
I'll Tell It Wherever I Go (with Sallie Martin)
Old Ship Of Zion (with Bessie Griffin)
I'm Going to Live the Life I Sing About in My Song
The Lord Will Make A Way Somehow (with Marion Williams)
When The Gates Swing Open (with The Dixie Hummingbirds)
If We Never Needed The Lord Before (with Marion Williams)
Thy Servant's Prayer Amen (with R.H. Harris)
What Could I Do If It Wasn't for the Lord
Search Me Lord
My Desire (with Delois Barrett Campbell)
I'm Waiting for Jesus
I Don't Know Why
Peace in the Valley
Never Turn Back (with R.H. Harris)
How Many Times (with Alex Bradford)
The Lord Will Make a Way Somehow
Crow Jane Alley
Walk Over God's Heaven
If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again
When I've Done My Best
Old Ship of Zion
If You See My Saviour (Album Version)
If We Never Needed the Lord Before
Never Turn Back
How Many Times
When the Gates Swing Open
Thy Servant's Prayer Amen
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