[Dixielandjazz] Precious Lord

[Bill Gunter]

Kash writes:

>I just received a tear jerker store about how Tommy Dorsey wrote
>Precious Lord.  Did he write it?  Is the story about his wife & child
>dying true?  This is all new to me....

I hope you all realize that the T. Dorsey in question is not the Tommy 
Dorsey of big band fame. It is Thomas A. Dorsey, a one time dance hall piano 
player who in later years earned his real fame as a wonderful write of 
Gospel Songs.

For more information click on this URL

http://www.chicagohs.org/AOTM/feb00/feb00fact1.html

Cheers,

Bill "halleluja" Gunter
jazzboard at hotmail.com

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