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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.
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