February 3, 2011 Jaevonn Harris #BLACKHISTORYMONTH:MUSIC MANY MAY KNOW MAHALIA JACKSON AS A GOSPEL SINGER BUT SHE WAS ONCE AN SECULAR SINGER IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY. In 1948, after her secular recordings had flopped, a Mahalia Jackson was enlisted by her producer to record a song called ‘Move On Up a Little Higher.’ Her bluesy vocals pushed the record over the 2 million sales mark and made her gospel’s first superstar. LEARN (BLACK) HISTORY AND SPREAD WORD…