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          6. About Mahalia Jackson

          With a powerful and distinct voice, Mahalia Jackson has become one of the most influential gospel singers in the world and is the first Queen of Gospel Music.

          She recorded about 35 albums (mostly for Columbia Records) during her career, and her 45 rpm records included a dozen "golds"—million-sellers.


          Nicknamed "Halie" Mahalia  grew up in the Black Pearl section of the Carrollton neighborhood of Uptown New Orleans, Louisiana.  Growing up, Halie loved to sing and church is where she loved to sing the most.

          Halie’s Aunt Bell told her that one day she would sing in front of royalty, a prediction that would eventually come true.

          At the age of sixteen, Jackson moved from the south to Chicago , Illinois , in the midst of the Great Migration.

          After her first Sunday church service, where she had given an impromptu performance of her favorite song, "Hand Me Down My Favorite Trumpet, Gabriel", she wa