- Aliases
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Georgia Tom
Georgia Tom Dorsey
- Real name
- Thomas Andrew Dorsey
- Born
- July 1, 1899
- Died
- January 23, 1993
- Country
- United States
- IPI
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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
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The Hokum Boys [US1]
Harum Scarums (1931)
- Not to be confused with
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Tommy Dorsey
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