Mahalia

American  

[muh-heyl-yuh] / məˈheɪl yə /

noun

1. a female given name, form of Mahala.

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Example Sentences

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

In an alternate universe, one wonders whether Martin Luther King Jr. could have succeeded without the embrace of the likes of Jackie Robinson, Sidney Poitier and gospel singer Mahalia Jackson, or if Malcolm X could have achieved mainstream validation absent his association with boxing legend Muhammad Ali.

From Salon

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

Creamy and atmospheric, with a keen sense of color and light, it arranges performances from four days into a single, morning-to-night concert, beginning with Thelonious Monk and ending with Mahalia Jackson.

From Los Angeles Times

Others, like Mahalia and Ella Mai, have focused on breaking the US, where the genre has deeper roots.

From BBC