Thomas A. Dorsey

Aliases: Georgia Tom
Georgia Tom Dorsey
Personal name: Thomas Andrew Dorsey
Born: July 1, 1899
Died: January 23, 1993
Country: United States
IPI: 00008545196 1 work
00008545588 1 work
00008545686 15 works
00040661604 1 work
Affiliation: BMI
Comments: Not to be confused with Tommy Dorsey, big band leader, this Dorsey started out in music playing blues piano under the name "Georgia Tom", and writing blues songs - some number of which were considered very racy at the time they were written. Dorsey later became known as "the father of black gospel music" and wrote several well known gospel standards. He served as music director from 1932 into the late-1970s for Chicago's Pilgrim Baptist Church.
Member of: The Hokum Boys [US1]
Harum Scarums (1931)
Not to be confused with: Tommy Dorsey

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Originals

Title	Performer	Release date	Covered by
Maybe It's the Blues	Georgia Tom Dorsey	1973	(3 artists)
No Matter How She Done It	Tampa Red and Georgia Tom	May 1932	(8 artists)
Pig Meat Blues	Georgia Tom		Unverified
What Is It That Tastes Like Gravy ?	Tampa Red and Georgia Tom	1929	(4 artists)

Covers by Thomas A. Dorsey

Title	Performer	Release date	Originally by
Corrine Corrina	Tampa Red and Georgia Tom	February 1, 1930	Charlie McCoy and Bo Chatman
It's Tight Like That	Tampa Red and Georgia Tom	1928	Papa Charlie Jackson Covered by (60 artists)
Mama Don't Allow No Easy Riders Here	Tampa Red and Georgia Tom	December 1929	Cow Cow Davenport
New Strangers Blues	Tampa Red and Georgia Tom	1931	Sippie Wallace Covered by (52 artists)
Old Ship of Zion	Thomas A. Dorsey with Bessie Griffin	May 1973	The Roberta Martin Singers of Chicago
You Can't Get That Stuff No More	Tampa Red and Georgia Tom	1932	Sam Theard

Songs written by Thomas A. Dorsey

Original songs

Title	Written by	Originally by	Original date	Covered by
Beedle Um Bum	Thomas A. Dorsey	The Hokum Boys [US1]	December 1928	Covered by (16 artists)
Black Eye Blues	Thomas A. Dorsey	Ma Rainey	September 1928	Covered by (7 artists)
Blame It on the Blues	Thomas A. Dorsey	Ma Rainey	September 1928	Covered by (2 artists)
Caught Him Doing It	Thomas A. Dorsey	The Hokum Boys [US1]	1929	Covered by (3 artists)
Freight Train Blues	Thomas A. Dorsey, Everett Murphy	Trixie Smith and Her Down Home Syncopators	May 1, 1924	Covered by (6 artists)
Hide Me in Thy Bosom	Thomas A. Dorsey	Charles Beck	June 16, 1937	Covered by (19 artists)
If We Never Needed the Lord Before, We Sure Do Now	Thomas A. Dorsey			Covered by (2 artists)
If You See My Saviour	Thomas A. Dorsey	Famous Blue Jay Singers of Birmingham	January 1932	Covered by (23 artists)
I Just Want a Daddy	Thomas A. Dorsey	Monette Moore	January 1923	Covered by (5 artists)
I'm Going to Live the Life I Sing About in My Song	Thomas A. Dorsey	Mahalia Jackson and The Falls-Jones Ensemble	November 22, 1954	Covered by (19 artists)
Little Wooden Church on the Hill	Thomas A. Dorsey	Dixie Hummingbirds	September 19, 1939	Covered by (8 artists)
Maybe It's the Blues	Thomas A. Dorsey	Georgia Tom Dorsey	February 5, 1930	Covered by (3 artists)
Peace in the Valley	Thomas A. Dorsey	Flying Clouds of Detroit	May 1946	Covered by (164 artists)
Riverside Blues	Richard M. Jones, Thomas A. Dorsey	King Oliver's Jazz Band	October 26, 1923	Covered by (93 artists)
Selling That Stuff	Thomas A. Dorsey	The Hokum Boys [US1]	December 1928	Covered by (4 artists)
Shake My Mother's Hand for Me	Thomas A. Dorsey	Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys	October 2, 1941	Covered by (11 artists)
Some Cold Rainy Day	Thomas A. Dorsey	Chippie Hill – Guitar by Tampa red	October 13, 1928	Covered by (7 artists)
The Old Ship of Zion	Thomas A. Dorsey	The Roberta Martin Singers of Chicago	April 1950	Covered by (11 artists)

Adapted songs

Title	Written by	Originals	Originally by	Covered by
It's Tight Like That	Tampa Red, Thomas A. Dorsey	Shake That Thing	Tampa Red and Georgia Tom	Covered by (60 artists)
New Strangers Blues	Tampa Red, Thomas A. Dorsey	Stranger's Blues	Tampa Red and Georgia Tom	Covered by (52 artists)
Precious Lord, Take My Hand	Thomas A. Dorsey	Must Jesus Bear the Cross Alone	Heavenly Gospel Singers	Covered by (259 artists)

Releases

Singles

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
Corrine Corrina	Tampa Red and Georgia Tom	February 1, 1930	Vocalion [US]
It's Tight Like That	Tampa Red and Georgia Tom	1928	Vocalion [US]
Mama Don't Allow No Easy Riders Here	Tampa Red and Georgia Tom	December 1929	Vocalion [US]
New Strangers Blues	Tampa Red and Georgia Tom	1931	Vocalion [US]
Reckless Man Blues	Tampa Red and Georgia Tom	1932	Vocalion [US]
What Is It That Tastes Like Gravy?	Tampa Red and Georgia Tom	1929	Vocalion [US]

Performances also appear on

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
Early Male Blues Singers	various artists	1973	Monkey Records [FR]
No Matter How She Done It	Tampa Red	May 1932	Vocalion [US]
Precious Lord - New Recordings of the Great Gospel Songs of Thomas A. Dorsey	various artists	May 1973	Columbia [US]

Tributes

	Title	Performer	Release date	Label
	Precious Lord - New Recordings of the Great Gospel Songs of Thomas A. Dorsey	various artists	May 1973	Columbia [US]

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