Mahalia Jackson’s majestic, magnificent version of “City Called Heaven” is one of the great powerhouse vocals in gospel music history.

Shout! Black Gospel Music Moments - 'A City Called Heaven' by Mahalia Jackson

Author and Baylor University professor Robert Darden tells stories - and plays recordings - from the Baylor University Libraries' Black Gospel Music Restoration Project in an on-going weekly series of two-minute segments. Shout! Black Gospel Music Moments explores the distinctly African-American sound of the "Golden Age of Gospel" (1945-1975). The series celebrates this fertile musical period in American history, presenting cultural snapshots that reveal the depth of a people, their community, and the influence they have had on the rest of American music.

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Shout! Black Gospel Music Moments - 'A City Called Heaven' by Mahalia Jackson

Shout! Black Gospel Music Moments - 'A City Called Heaven' by Mahalia Jackson

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