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    • Thomas A. Dorsey

    Gospel musician and composer (1899–1993)

    This article is about the pianist, and composer of jazz, blues, and gospel. For other people with this name, see Thomas Dorsey (disambiguation).

    Thomas A.

    Dorsey

    Thomas Dorsey during his "Georgia Tom" blues period, late 1920s

    Birth nameThomas Andrew Dorsey
    Also known as
    Born(1899-07-01)July 1, 1899
    Villa Rica, Georgia, U.S.
    DiedJanuary 23, 1993(1993-01-23) (aged 93)
    Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
    Genres
    Occupations
    • Musician
    • Composer
    • Evangelist
    InstrumentPiano
    Years active1924–1984
    Formerly of

    Musical artist

    Thomas Andrew Dorsey (July 1, 1899 – January 23, 1993) was an American musician, composer, and Christian evangelist influential in the development of early blues and 20th-century gospel music.

    He penned 3,000 songs, a third of them gospel, including "Take My Hand, Precious Lord" and "Peace in the Valley". Recordings of these sold millions of copies in both g