Thomas Andrew Dorsey, the "Father of Gospel Music," began using the phrase "gospel songs" in the mid-1920s, for a new kind of religious music. Gospels are songs of worship with the bounce and rhythm of early blues and jazz.

This music already had a number of champions, but Dorsey's commitment would give rise to a gospel movement in Chicago that would spread worldwide. His association with gospel music was so strong that for decades, songs in this style were simply called "Dorseys."
(More Dorsey & Pilgrim Church Facts Below Songs)

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Amazing Grace Johnny Cash		A Wonderful Time Up There Pat Boone
Because He Lives John Starnes	Beyond The Sunset Gaither Vocal Group	Blessed Assurance John Berry
Church In The Wildwood Loretta Lynn	Don't You Just Love That Gospel Music Song Fellows	Family Bible George Jones
Gentle Shepherd Amy Grant	God Will Nat Stuckey Connie Smith	He Glenn Campbell
He keeps Me Singing The Gaithers	He Touched Me Bill & Gloria Gaither	His Eye Is On The Sparrow Dottie West
How Big Is God John Hall	If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again Loretta Lynn	I'd Rather Have Jesus Loretta Lynn
If Jesus Came To Your House Porter Wagner	I'll Fly Away Tommy Hunter	I'll See You In The Rapture Gateway Quartet
I Must Tell Jesus The McKameys	I Saw The Light Hank Williams Sr	It Is No Secret Margo Smith
Just A Closer Walk With Thee Gatlin Brothers	Leave It There The Statesmen	Life's Railway To Heaven Patsy Cline Willie Nelson
Lord I Lift Your Name On High The Maranthas	Lord What Can I Do Nat Stuckey Connie Smith	Love Lifted Me Ray Price
No Way I'll Turn Back Now Del-Way	Old Country Church Oak Ridge Boys	Special Dedication to Ryan On Eagles Wings Josh Grobin
One Day At A Time Sweet Jesus Christy Lane	Power In The Blood Don Marsh	Reunion In Heaven Gold City
Rock Of Ages The Statlers	Scars In The Hands Of Jesus The McGlothlins	Somebody Touched Me Bill Monroe
Standing Room Only Loretta Lynn	Take My Hand Precious Lord Jim Nabors	Thank You Lord For Your Blessings On Me Dixie Echos
This Little Light Of Mine Louvin Brothers	Victory In Jesus The Cathedrals	Way Up On The Mountain Nat Stuckey & Connie Smith

Elvis Presley Gospel Songs

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Completed in 1891, Pilgrim Baptist Church in Bronzeville, Illinois, served as a Jewish synagogue before it became home to Pilgrim in 1922. The building was historic for many reasons, one of them being that it is often credited as the birthplace of gospel music. In the 1930s, as the congregation grew, Thomas A. Dorsey was brought aboard as Pilgrim’s music director. Dorsey had the idea to apply jazz and blues to church music: That fusion was eventually coined gospel. Dorsey’s music, along with high energy sermons, made Pilgrim a popular destination come Sunday. Among those said to have sang at Pilgrim during Dorsey’s (who died in 1993) 55-year tenure were Mahalia Jackson and Sam Cooke

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