Mahalia Jackson

Mahalia Jackson
noun
United States singer who did much to popularize gospel music (1911-1972)
Syn: ↑Jackson
Instance Hypernyms: ↑singer, ↑vocalist, ↑vocalizer, ↑vocaliser

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Mahalia Jackson [Mahalia Jackson]
(1911–72) a US ↑gospel singer with a strong voice. Her successful songs included Move On Up a Little Higher and Prayer Changes Things. She was a supporter of the ↑civil rights movement in the 1960s and sang at the ↑Inauguration Day ceremony for President John F ↑Kennedy in 1961.

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