Mahalia
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Both Mahalia Jackson and Harry Belafonte burst upon the national music scene during the 1950s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Louis Armstrong, Woody Guthrie, Mahalia Jackson and Leonard Bernstein are just a few of the artists who played and mingled at Music Inn in the ’50s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025
The decorated songstress' humble origins began in North Carolina where she was influenced by her musical family and the gospel music of artists like Mahalia Jackson and Sam Cooke.
From Salon ● Feb. 24, 2025
At next month's Brit Awards, there will be a new prize for best R&B act, with Cleo Sol, Jorja Smith, Mahalia, Raye and Sault among the nominees.
From BBC ● Feb. 23, 2024
She was selling hundreds of thousands of records among Negroes before white people ever knew who Mahalia Jackson was.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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