I have nothing against Kirt, Ty , and other young singers, but you can't compare them to real singers like Mahalia, Clara and Rosetta. Those women young or not had what it takes, the Holy Ghost on the inside, working on the outside. I was young once,and was in the world a long time before I got saved, there is a difference. I have been a old skool since I was 14. Believe you me you can tell and hear the difference. Now I'm going to listen to this again. Thanks Sister D
Just think..this was recorded in the back of a Chicago furniture store in May of 1937...no fancy studio tricks to hide that a singer can't sing...just young Halie, a piano, an organ, and the HOLY SPIRIT!!
Too bad DECCA didn't know what to do with this then very new Gospel Music that was getting Mahalia, Thomas Dorsey, Rosetta Tharpe and others put out of black churches for being too bluesy and jazzy!--They were the Kirk Franklin, Tonex and Tye Tribetts of their day!
They are considered controversial figures in modern gospel because they present their own unique styles and vision in their interpetations, much as Mahalia, Clara and Sister Rosetta did in their day!--That was the point I was making.
It's an old quartet song that she used to sing with the Johnson Singers in her late teens and early twenties. She sings, sing on my singer, my tenor, my baritone and my basser.
@1joker88 This song is one of those "praise and encouragement" songs. She is encouraging those to sing about their experiences on this earth as Christians and Blacks in particular..... To be an artist (BlacK and Christian) is indeed an art !!!!!!
Yes, it was a higher voice at the age of 25. She reminds me of Bessie Smith and that early 20th century jazz/blues sound. Of course, all that gave birth to her awesome voice of later years with her maturity. Thanks!
please I need the lyrics....please please please...I need it now!
MsSEFORA 1 week ago
Reminds me of Rosetta Tharpe also.
Minolo27 5 months ago
THE QUALITY OF THE RECORDING IS NOT VERY GOOD. WAS IT THE 1930s?
THE BLACKS, WELSH AND ITALIANS WERE BORN TO SING. HAVE ANY WELSH OR ITALIAN SINGERS RECORDED THIS NUMBER? IF SO, PUT IT ON YOU TUBE STRAIGHT AWAY!
squirell1952 6 months ago
buy her music people
themrduragss 1 year ago
Oh, she's saying "moan on" in the second verse.. makes sense now. Gawd, I love this. Please post more of young Mahalia if you can.
ThatsABiggon 1 year ago
Where can I get more of this?
bullycatmom 2 years ago
Well she did 3 more songs from this recording period, and would not record again until the mid' 1940's...
1joker88 2 years ago
@bullycatmom
Go out and buy her music!
themrduragss 1 year ago
@themrduragss I have a lot of her music thank you! I meant more from when she did this recording!
bullycatmom 1 year ago
I love her classic turn-of-the-century New Orleans accent. This is how black people in segregated N.O. sounded back in the 1920s and '30s.
PennTrafford 2 years ago
Oh my Lawdy Lawd! I love this! She was my mother's favorite gospel singer.
FirstLadyDee 3 years ago
I have nothing against Kirt, Ty , and other young singers, but you can't compare them to real singers like Mahalia, Clara and Rosetta. Those women young or not had what it takes, the Holy Ghost on the inside, working on the outside. I was young once,and was in the world a long time before I got saved, there is a difference. I have been a old skool since I was 14. Believe you me you can tell and hear the difference. Now I'm going to listen to this again. Thanks Sister D
aymilyon 3 years ago
I love when she says "Oh My Lawdy Lawd-DEEEEE!!" (LOL!!) That's pure down home, country, way back in the field sangin' there!
MUZIKNFILMZ 3 years ago 2
Young Brilliance In Bloom!
Just think..this was recorded in the back of a Chicago furniture store in May of 1937...no fancy studio tricks to hide that a singer can't sing...just young Halie, a piano, an organ, and the HOLY SPIRIT!!
Too bad DECCA didn't know what to do with this then very new Gospel Music that was getting Mahalia, Thomas Dorsey, Rosetta Tharpe and others put out of black churches for being too bluesy and jazzy!--They were the Kirk Franklin, Tonex and Tye Tribetts of their day!
MUZIKNFILMZ 3 years ago
Tonex and Tye Tribetts? Who in the heck are they!?
1joker88 3 years ago
They are considered controversial figures in modern gospel because they present their own unique styles and vision in their interpetations, much as Mahalia, Clara and Sister Rosetta did in their day!--That was the point I was making.
MUZIKNFILMZ 3 years ago
thanks for this posting of young m.j.- never heard of her at this age
109RainyBaby 3 years ago
I know she was a strong mezzo back then..real strong!
DaSourcespr06 3 years ago
MAHALIA JACKSON WAS VERY SOULFUL BACK THEN IN THE EARLEY 30S I love her still
imhappywithmyself 3 years ago
recorded in 1937
1joker88 3 years ago
Who is she telling to sing on?
1joker88 3 years ago
I hear preachers, leaders, and singers atleast..hope that helps!
DaSourcespr06 3 years ago
It's an old quartet song that she used to sing with the Johnson Singers in her late teens and early twenties. She sings, sing on my singer, my tenor, my baritone and my basser.
BashaaniN 3 years ago
@1joker88 This song is one of those "praise and encouragement" songs. She is encouraging those to sing about their experiences on this earth as Christians and Blacks in particular..... To be an artist (BlacK and Christian) is indeed an art !!!!!!
khalil4ulove 1 year ago
Yes, it was a higher voice at the age of 25. She reminds me of Bessie Smith and that early 20th century jazz/blues sound. Of course, all that gave birth to her awesome voice of later years with her maturity. Thanks!
Billinindiana 3 years ago