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Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Even as a young girl, Mahalia Jackson loved gospel music. Life was difficult for Mahalia growing up, but singing gospel always lifted her spirits and made her feel special. She soon realized that her powerful voice stirred everyone around her, and she wanted to share that with the world. Although she was met with hardships along the way, Mahalia never gave up on her dreams. Mahalia's extraordinary journey eventually took her to the historic March...
Author
Publisher
Tyndale Momentum, an Imprint of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
When you imagine what it would take for your life to be truly great--for you to become your best, most fulfilled self--do you dream of something more than what you have now? More money . . . more attention . . . more significance? What you may be missing is the one thing that actually gives your life ultimate value, meaning, and purpose.Find it in "The Best Me I Can Be" through a highly insightful personal assessment tool that will tell you which...
Publisher
Rykodisc
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
A documentary that follows gospel singer Willie Mae Ford Smith from her home to jumping church services to emotionally galvanic singing convention. Also features Thomas A. Dorsey, her mentor and the man credited with inventing gospel music.
Author
Publisher
Brown Books
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
"J.D. Davis's enthralling new biography of famous cousins Jerry Lee Lewis, Jimmy Swaggart, and Mickey Gilley, born within a twelve-month span in small-town Louisiana during the Great Depression, draws from exhaustive research and personal connections with friends and family."--P. [4] of jacket.
Author
Series
Publisher
Rourke Educational Media
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Rosetta could sing and play guitar like no one had ever before. From her church's stage to Carnegie Hall, she brought her incredible gift of music to the world. With it, she also helped invent rock and roll!
Author
Publisher
Doubleday Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Decades before Elvis Presley was dubbed the King of Rock and Roll, before Billy Haley played 'Rock Around the Clock,' and before the Beatles revolutionized popular music, there was Sister Rosetta Tharpe, a Black guitar player from Cotton Plant, Arksansas."--
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