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Mahalia

American  
[muh-heyl-yuh] / məˈheɪl yə /

noun

  1. a female given name, form of Mahala.


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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

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 • Dec. 26, 2024

“The End We Start From,” adapted by Alice Birch and directed by Mahalia Belo, is not an adventure or action film, though it has both.

From New York Times • Jan. 18, 2024

Anyway, I know that somewhere I once read that Mahalia said that every time she can, she will slip unannounced into some little ghetto storefront church and sing with her people.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

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