Mahalia Jackson - Everybody Talking' 'Bout Heaven, Didn't It Rain, Lord's Prayer Live @ Newport 1958
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- Mahalia Jackson (October 26, 1911 -- January 27, 1972) was an American gospel singer. Possessing a powerful contralto voice, she was referred to as "The Queen of Gospel". Jackson became one of the most influential gospel singers in the world and was heralded internationally as a singer and civil rights activist. She was described by entertainer Harry Belafonte as "the single most powerful black woman in the United States". She recorded about 30 albums (mostly for Columbia Records) during her career, and her 45 rpm records included a dozen "golds"-million-sellers.
"I sing God's music because it makes me feel free," Jackson once said about her choice of gospel, adding, "It gives me hope. With the blues, when you finish, you still have the blues.
In 1950, Jackson became the first gospel singer to perform at New York's Carnegie Hall when Joe Bostic produced the Negro Gospel and Religious Music Festival.[citation needed] She started touring Europe in 1952 and was hailed by critics as the "world's greatest gospel singer". In Paris she was called the Angel of Peace, and throughout the continent she sang to capacity audiences.
With her mainstream success, Jackson was criticized by some gospel purists who complained about her hand-clapping and foot-stomping and about her bringing "jazz into the church". Jackson had many notable accomplishments during this period, including her performance of many songs in the 1958 film St. Louis Blues and singing "Trouble of the World" in 1959's Imitation of Life, recording with Percy Faith. When Mahalia Jackson recorded The Power and the Glory with Faith, the orchestra arched their bows to honor her in solemn recognition of her great voice.
Jackson was known to have played an important role during the civil rights movement. In August 1956, she met Ralph Abernathy and Martin Luther King, Jr. at the National Baptist Convention. A few months later, both King and Abernathy contacted her about coming to Montgomery, Alabama, to sing at a rally to raise money for the bus boycott. They also hoped she would inspire the people who were getting discouraged with the boycott.
Despite death threats, Mahalia Jackson agreed to sing in Montgomery. Her concert was on December 6, 1956. By then, the U.S. Supreme Court had ruled in Browder v. Gayle that bus segregation was unconstitutional.
Jackson died in Chicago on January 27, 1972, of heart failure and diabetes complications. Two cities paid tribute: Chicago and New Orleans. Beginning in Chicago, outside the Greater Salem Baptist Church, 50,000 people filed silently past her mahogany, glass-topped coffin in final tribute to the queen of gospel song. The next day, as many people who could-6,000 or more-filled every seat and stood along the walls of the city's public concert hall, the Arie Crown Theater of McCormick Place, for a two-hour funeral service. Mahalia's pastor, the Rev. Leon Jenkins, Mayor Richard J. Daley, and Mrs. Coretta Scott King eulogized Mahalia during the Chicago funeral as "a friend -- proud, black and beautiful".[26] Sammy Davis, Jr., and Ella Fitzgerald paid their respects. Dr. Joseph H. Jackson, president of the National Baptist Convention, U.S.A., Inc., delivered the eulogy at the Chicago funeral. Aretha Franklin closed the Chicago rites with a moving rendition of "Precious Lord, Take My Hand".
Mahalia Jackson's music was played widely on gospel and Christian radio stations, such as Family Radio. Her good friend Martin Luther King, Jr., said, "A voice like this one comes not once in a century, but once in a millennium."
Jazz on a Summer's Day (1960) is a documentary film set at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival in Rhode Island, co-filmed and co-directed by commercial and fashion photographer Bert Stern and director Aram Avakian, who also edited the movie. It was written by Albert D'Annibale and Arnold Perl. The Columbia Records jazz producer, George Avakian, was the musical director of the film.
The film mixes images of water and the city with the performers and audience at the festival. It also features scenes of the 1958 America's Cup yacht races. The film is largely without dialog or narration (except for periodic announcements by emcee Willis Conover).
The film features performances by Jimmy Giuffre, Thelonious Monk, Sonny Stitt, Anita O'Day, Dinah Washington, Gerry Mulligan, Chuck Berry, Louis Armstrong, and Jack Teagarden. Also appearing are Buck Clayton, Jo Jones, Armando Peraza, and Eli's Chosen Six, the Yale College student ensemble that included trombonist Roswell Rudd, shown driving around Newport in a convertible jalopy, playing Dixieland.
Many performances ran so long that the last act, Mahalia Jackson, did not appear on stage until after midnight, performing The Lord's Prayer.
In 1999, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
![What's My Line? - Mahalia Jackson; Governor Quinn & Betsy Palmer [panel] (Jan 22, 1961)](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/21zfqrUEpug/mqdefault.jpg)
I was 14 years old and I was there. I'm 75 and I can still hear her voice.
What a beautiful blessing you had the opportunity to see the world's GREATEST Gospel Singer.
Wow! What was it like seeing and hearing her live and direct?
Jealous, for real.
Its amazing
@@JudahCub1981 i think its all about the depth in the fact we have the privilege of seeing her all though
My father was a pastor who started many churches and rebuilt others. He said Mahalia Jackson was the greatest musical evangelists ever. We grew up hearing her records. My aunts and uncles loved her too. Truly a great singing evangelist carrying the Gospel of Jesus Christ around the world.
When the Lifetime movie aired Saturday night, I was as low as one can get & after watching the movie, downloading all her music, I feel renewed and alive. Grateful to Robin Roberts for bringing this legend to life. I remember listening to her via my parents in the 50's but I had forgotten how incomparable is this woman and her God given talent
Thank you for sharing! I am watching now and I grew up only knowing very little about her. What a power house! I'm going to get her songs downloaded too. Hope whatever you are going through does not break your spirit. Here is a song that may also help remind you of how great you are and how great the future can be: czcams.com/video/75LGSzYnpEY/video.html
I wish someone would put the money in to make an amazing biopic of her life. SHE deserves it.
When she sang the Lords prayer, they stopped all that dancing! And start respecting her. RIP, MAHALIA JACKSON, THE WORLD'S GREATEST GOSPEL SINGER OF ALL TIMES.
I noticed that and appreciated that. I hope many thought about where their souls stood before a loving, just and holy GOD.
@@hamburgerdan1963, yes amen!
God bless this talented individual.
Yes, Brenda, when she sang the Lord’s Prayer, she cast a spell over the crowd and Mahalia brought them into her world of Gospel! Respect ! 💔❤️
dancing before the Lord is a joyous and respectful thing.... stopping when she sang the Lords Prayer was in respect for the Prayer....
Aint nobody like Mahalia, never will there ever be again.
My Idol in Gospel Music
Everybody Talking' 'Bout Heaven anit going ...my my my
I love MAHALIA JACKSON. She was such an authentic singer/artist! I could listen to her for hours.
Authentic is SO key. She was for real in way that can't be mimicked.
I Love Ms Mahalia. The Lord had his hands on her. I still listen to her like im that little kid listening to her. 🙌🏽❤🙏🏻To God Be The Glory.
Anita O’Day, Dinah Washington and Mahalia Jackson. Those girls stole the show!
'you make me feel like a star'..... humble and grateful.... you were a star... a shining example of humility and love
..... THE ROOTS OF RHYTHM AND BLUES, ROCK N ROLL, JAZZ, RAP ETC. WHICH IS SOLELY AFRICAN AMERICAN .CULTURE / MUSIC .. BEST WISHES FROM NORTHERN IRELAND .... GOD BLESS
She´s just wonderfull.
That pianist! Just wow!
I love Sis Mahalia Jackson! She is my sister IN Christ forever, and I firmly believe I will meet her in Heaven in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ! Her voice was powerful and true as she sang to the GLORY OF GOD!!! She was for REAL, and it's obvious to me how much she loved our Savior Jesus!!!❤
I believe anyone has faith in the Lord and an ear for song wants to meet sister Jackson lol. Her's is a true talent and gift for us all. I'm glad they made her feel like a star ✨
I carry her in my Spirit Daily..... Makes life so much Bearable , God Rest Her Beautiful Soul, For There Will NeverBe Another 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾❤️❤️❤️
Grew up in New Orleans. You can miss this if you are! I may own more of her albums than most gospel fans, and definitely more than most white people.
What a blessing this is ! The incomparable MAHALIA !
Maybe not only the greatest female singer ever, probably the greatest of all, no matter the genre, no matter the gender. The deep blood spirit, the deep blood feeling, the deep blood
up-and-down-turning swing, in f.ex. Didn't it rain. What more can be? And so shining sweet
and beautiful. I am no believer, but Mahalia can make me belive in - humanity. Thanks for more than everything, R I P.
He better not rest her soul until Every Knee Bends to His will!
One of the greatest vocal performances captured on film.
You could learn how to be a rock drummer by watching her hand claps: brilliant!
She had amazing timing.
Surely the greatest gospel singer of all time. She moves me to tears. God bless you, Mahalia! You sang the music of hope, not of despair. Requiescat in pace.
no greater female singer than this ....wonder voice.
Was not there them but I am there now .love the power in this woman
Beautiful!
Some of the greatest rhythm-and-blues and rock 'n' roll singers ever, including Dinah Washington, Big Maybelle and Chuck Berry, were at the festival and in this movie, but Mahalia out-rocked them all! ALL jazz, blues, rock and soul has its roots in the Black church.
This is AMAZING quality compared to the original footage. You can see all the people's reactions so clearly! Wow.
So glad to run across this gem. She caught my soul's attention at just 4 yrs old. Simply an amazing instrument. Truly missed and needed now.
JESUS loves His People SO MUCH! I went to see Kathryn Kuhlman at Chicago's amphitheater, and there was a lady smoking beside me. They wanted to hear from GOD and came as they were. DEAR LORD, PLEASE send us REVIVAL in the name of JESUS! 🙏
This live album is one of my favorites from Mahalia.
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Mildred Falls at the piano. Had left hand like Joe Frazier.
Mahalia always had great accompany when singing. Ms. Falls put it DOWN on that piano and should be appreciated as the other half. They worked so well together.
I will just say 'great voice of great soul' about her gospel song. God bless SOUTH KOREA 🇰🇷, North Korea and USA 🇺🇸.
7:19 - the most polite way of saying "shut the fuck up" that i have ever seen.
The momma finger
Those pre-hippies didn't know what hit 'em.
"It is Sunday, and it is time for the world's greatest gospel singer"... truer words were never spoken. This is from Bert Stern's only film, Jazz on a Summer's Day, a film that changed my life!
WOW!
one of the all time great voices, you can hear god talking to you when she sings
Saudações do Brasil!🙋🏽♂️🇧🇷Obrigado por esta postagem maravilhosa e de alta resolução. Sinto a presença de Deus sempre que a ouço.
A maior cantora gospel de todos o tempos!
Abraços à todos quem amam Jesus e aguardam sua vinda!
Um brasileiro fã de Mahalia benção de Deus 😢 estou feliz por você amigo ,sem sombra de dúvida ela foi a maior Cantora Gospel
"Didn't It Rain" was a song I loved to sang in my youth choir in the 1950s.
A 🌟 that shines for ever more
Thank you for posting this! One of my favorite gospel artists. My favorite version of Didn’t it Rain too. Thanks!
THIS IS ME today!!!!!
absolutely rippin, amazing performer, only checked her out after amy winehouse mentioned her, great stuff
nO SINNERS SINGING HER MUSIC THEY SHOULDN'T!!
We are all sinners that's why Jesus did his work on the cross
@@barbaravire3272 I know what you are saying. A current famous singer, when she sings gospel, just sounds screechy, horrid, to me but obviously the majority adore her. I have to shut her off because she hurts my ears. "LET THOSE WITH EARS HEAR." (Jesus, Matt.13: vs.13,15) Those actively engaging in evil should not be faking praise through song. Mahalia, His vessel, continues to heal from Heaven. God, please, don't rest her soul until every knee bends to Your will!
@@barbaravire3272 Judge not, ye stone caster.
La amo a Mahalia, amo su música, y como adoraba al Señor en cualquier escenario. Dejó un legado imborrable. Dios levanté a muchos más cantantes así en este tiempo!
God bless all who hearkens unto the Lords voice
Mahelia Jackson, Aretha Franklin, And Patti Labelle are the most iconic singers of all time but that room must have been full of smoke smoke coming all out her mouth
There is a few more but you have some good ones.
She’s singing outdoors just after midnight, so it was probably the chill of the night air and the amount of breath she pushed to sing so powerfully.
@@isorokudonoBessie, Ella, and Whitney can forgive I'm sure
if i had one wish it would be to travel back in time and be part of that audience. i would describe it as spiritual. mahalia was singing both to the audience and "god" whoever god is. you can feel her soul. she sang with such raw heart-felt emotion. the lords prayer almost had me in tears. there will never be another mahalia, just as there will never be another aretha franklin or whitney houston ps the guy at 8:50 is drop dead gorgeous!
Live Life She is singing to God and so you can listen to the testimony. She's proof that Some one is moving her to sing and keep on singing. Just like when your in love it inspires you to write, draw, paint, sing because of the creative expression you have inside that's not by chance. Now you can see, hear how good God is imagine if you knew the person she's singing about. Glory to his name!!!!!
That guy is for sure a grandpa now!😁
@@locaporti7441 :)
I first heard this as a teen in the '70s. My mother had the live LP. Didn't know they filmed it! I remember 6:50 "You make me feel like I'm a star". And the songs Didn't it Rain and Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho (not on this film).
Beautiful song. my grand mother used to play this song all the time
Thank you so much for this!
I had heard it as an MP3, and loved it. I told my Dad, back in 2008, and he said, "I was there".
He then shipped me the CD. I treasure it, and find myself looking for him in the audience. I can't find him, but I keep hoping.
Type in Newport 1958. I have other videos from that concert uploaded and so do others, good luck !
2:46 Didn't it Rain
This wicked world will be done away with and forgotten forever at anytime Now! (Matt 24:14,42,44;1 John 2:15-17;Isaiah 65:17;Rev 21:1,3-5)
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Is Mildred Falls at the piano
Yes, Mildred Falls was playing the piano.
The one and only!
Ela cantava, orando...
Smh these people thats 💃 so so disrespectful
Billy Craion it was the Newport jazz festival in 1958; try to think outside of your modern day narrow views
Bert Stern, the director of this pioneering concert film, was a celebrated fashion photographer and that background is undeniably evident in this work. He set up multiple cinematographers in the audience and fixated/zeroed-in on people who looked photogenic and ultra hip--some of it even staged. I cannot say for certain that audience members were really dancing during Mahalia Jackson's performance or not. Some were paid actors and models, and not all the crowd footage shown during the performance was shot during Ms. Jackson's iconic performance. The same dancers appear during other performances in the documentary, as well.
Those people were sooo drunk 😆
Ummmm.... no ma'am we dont snap fingers to gospel/spiritual music. Who does people and who raised them??? 😳😳😁
The point was to move the secular audience to God. Technically a woman shouldn't be singing popular rhythm like she did but it worked. Decades later, I am moved.
America had a race problem WHEN!?!?!?!??! What era or year?!?!?!
Mahalia and Fats Domino did more for race relations than anyone in the world. Elvis, the King, once said to Fats, "You're the real King!" The footage is out here. Mahalia was on his turn table when Elvis died.
@@rhondagodwin1265, people don't know that Elvis and Mahalia were friends.
Have you read your history because you don't look like you're 12
He's referring to the audience of mixed race. Look how peaceful they are and enjoying themselves. It proves we can live as one.
The audience racial integration could've been assigned for televised purposes..I read they did that for janet jacksons control video
From the time I was 10 she was playing on our record player. My favorite of all time!