She left New Orleans as a
teenager, moved to Chicago, worked as a laundress, and was discovered by a
local gospel group singing at the Greater Salem Baptist Church. Recorded in
1947, “Move on Up” became a gospel best-seller (Encyclopedia of American Gospel Music). Listed on the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress. Her rendition of “How I Got Over” at the Washington Freedom March was one of the electric moments, second only to King's “I have a dream”speech (History of Gospel Music, YouTube).
Mahalia Jackson "Move on Up a Little Higher"
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