| 词条 | Sallie Martin |
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| name = Sallie Martin | image = Photo of Sallie Martin singing.jpg | alt = | caption = The Mother of Gospel | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1895|11|20|mf=y}} | birth_place = Pittfield, Georgia | death_date = {{death date and age|1988|6|18|1895|11|20|mf=y}} | death_place = Chicago, Illinois | nationality = American | alma_mater = | other_names = | occupation = | years_active = | known_for = The Sallie Martin Singers | notable_works = | spouse = Edward Martin{{fact|date=February 2019}} }} Sallie Martin (November 20, 1895 - June 18, 1988) was a gospel singer referred to as the "Mother of Gospel"[1] for her efforts to popularize the songs of Thomas A. Dorsey and her influence on other artists. BiographyMartin was born in Pittfield, Georgia on November 20, 1895,[1] where she was raised as a Baptist. She joined the Pentecostal movement as a young woman. She began her career singing in Holiness churches after coming to Chicago in 1927. Martin's rough-hewn singing style, combined with the enthusiastic physicality of the Holiness church, nearly kept her from working with Dorsey, who looked down on the shouting style of many Holiness singers and was reluctant to hire a singer who could not read music. Martin nonetheless persuaded Dorsey, after three auditions, to hire her as part of a trio he had formed to introduce his songs to churches. She proved to be an able organizer with a shrewd financial sense who marketed Dorsey's songs, organized his finances, developed new avenues for business and helped launch the National Convention of Gospel Choirs and Choruses, Inc. (NCGCC). Martin was a successful artist in her own right, forming the Sallie Martin Singers, in which her daughter Cora Martin-Moore, Dinah Washington, then known as Ruth Jones, and Brother Joe May were featured, in 1940 after a dispute with Dorsey. She started her own publishing house, Martin and Morris Music, Inc., with Kenneth Morris (8/28/1917-1988), Gospel music publisher, arranger, composer, and innovator. They were responsible for publishing a number of gospel standards, including "Just a Closer Walk With Thee" (1940).[2] Martin retired from the Sallie Martin Singers in the mid-1950s as the strain of touring grew too great; the group continued on the road for several more decades. She remained an active force in the NCGCC even after she went out on her own and was a vocal supporter of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and of health programs in Nigeria. She remained a vigorous proponent of gospel music and defender of her role in bringing it to the churches, as her appearance in the 1980 movie "Say Amen Somebody" illustrates vividly. Martin was inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 1991.[3] She died on June 18, 1988 in Chicago, Illinois.[1] Further reading
References1. ^1 2 {{cite web |title=Sallie Martin was great for the business of gospel |url=https://aaregistry.org/story/sallie-martin-was-great-for-the-business-of-gospel/ |website=African American Registry |accessdate=3 February 2019 |language=en}} 2. ^{{cite book|last=Broughton|first=Viv|title=Black Gospel: As Illustrated History of the Gospel Sound|year=1985|publisher=Blandford Press|location=Dorset, England|isbn=0-7137-1540-5|pages=59}} 3. ^{{cite web|title=Inductees Archive|url=http://hof.doveawards.com/inductees-archive/|website=Gospel Music Hall of Fame|accessdate=13 March 2018}} External links
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