• "Take My Hand, Precious Lord" (a.k.a. "Precious Lord, Take My Hand") is a gospel song. The lyrics were written by Thomas A. Dorsey, who also adapted the...
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    night at a planned event. King said, "Ben, make sure you play 'Take My Hand, Precious Lord' in the meeting tonight. Play it real pretty." According to Rev...
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  • "Abduction" – 2:58 "An Asurrendering" – 1:35 "Pavane for Loss" – 1:07 "Take My Hand, Precious Lord" / "Retribution" by The Jones Sisters – 6:50 "Torch and Hood"...
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  • music. He penned 3,000 songs, a third of them gospel, including "Take My Hand, Precious Lord" and "Peace in the Valley". Recordings of these sold millions...
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    final radio message before ship sank "Ben, make sure you play 'Take My Hand, Precious Lord' in the meeting tonight. Play it real pretty." — Martin Luther...
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    Atlanta where she gave one of her most memorable performances of "Take My Hand, Precious Lord". With this, Jackson retired from political work and personal...
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    going to take you down. Don't you make one move. Let's go. Let's do this. I'm not losing you to the world. I'm not losing you to Satan. I want my daughter...
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    Queen. His coffin was carried into the chapel to the sounds of "Take My Hand, Precious Lord"/"You've Got a Friend" by Aretha Franklin. In accordance with...
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  • credited with composing more than 1,000 gospel songs, including "Take My Hand, Precious Lord" and "Peace in the Valley." Dorsey also created the first gospel...
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  • Gordon Stoker – piano on "Peace in the Valley", "I Believe" and "Take My Hand, Precious Lord", background vocals Hoyt Hawkins – organ on "It Is No Secret"...
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    Tina Louise Thomas, "Take My Hand, Precious Lord" A 30-second sample of "Take My Hand, Precious Lord" by Tina Louise Thomas. Problems playing this file...
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  • recordings of 1971 (Link Wray and Mordicai Jones), but the track "Take My Hand (Precious Lord)" was replaced without credit by "Backwoods Preacher Man" (a...
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  • spirituals by innovator Thomas A. Dorsey, "Peace in the Valley" and "Take My Hand, Precious Lord". Coincidentally, A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra, released...
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    of Nashville: Season 4, Volume 1 (2015) Contributed 1 track: "Take My Hand, Precious Lord" "Nashville Casts Newcomer Chaley Rose as Scarlett's Childhood...
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    night at an event King was attending: "Ben, make sure you play 'Take My Hand, Precious Lord' in the meeting tonight. Play it real pretty." King was fatally...
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  • including "Walk on by Faith" performed by Lannie McBride, "Take My Hand, Precious Lord" performed by Mahalia Jackson and "Try Jesus" performed by Vesta...
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    Queen. His coffin was carried into the chapel to the sounds of "Take My Hand, Precious Lord"/"You've Got a Friend" by Aretha Franklin. In accordance with...
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    Tennessee Ernie Ford sang his trademark "Sixteen Tons" and the hymn "Take My Hand, Precious Lord". Drury College became Drury University on January 1, 2000. Currently...
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    Holliday sang “Only What You Do for Christ Will Last” as well as "Take My Hand, Precious Lord" at the funeral of civil rights icon and congressman John Lewis...
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    popularizing many gospel songs, including "We Thank Thee", "Take My Hand, Precious Lord", "Across the Bridge", and "Where We'll Never Grow Old". He was...
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    and Music, (with Michael Lydon), Payback Press (1999) (ISBN 0-86241-929-8) Hand That Changed Its Mind, International Music Publications (2007) (ISBN 1-84328-645-9)...
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  • Sound in Nashville by Vance Powell, assisted by Mike Fahey. "Take My Hand, Precious Lord" and additional drums were recorded at Checkerboard Lounge in...
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    "Ellsworth", "Please Forgive Me" 2011: Tent Revival Homecoming; "Take My Hand, Precious Lord" 2011: Old Rugged Cross; "Sometimes I Cry" Crabb has received...
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  • Dr. King had just asked Branch to play a Negro spiritual, "Precious Lord, Take My Hand," at a rally that was to have been held two hours later. King's...
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  • generation of post-war youth in England." His next single for Decca, "Diggin' My Potatoes", was recorded at a concert at the Royal Festival Hall on 30 October...
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  • of Bonnie Scotland (Phonodisc 1980) Heartaches (Philips 1981) Take My Hand, Precious Lord (Emerald) Favourite Memories of Mine (Country House) By Request...
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  • Church in the Wildwood: Cherished Hymns, Gaither Homecoming: "Take My Hand, Precious Lord/Just a Closer Walk With Thee" "Biography". Christianmusiclighthouse...
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  • filming, recalls how he came to write his most famous song, "Take My Hand, Precious Lord" (1932), and the difficulty he faced introducing gospel blues...
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    the film and on the official film soundtrack, Ledisi sings "Take My Hand, Precious Lord". Initially slated to perform at the 57th Grammy Awards as part...
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  • — — — — — — 45 9 — God Be With You "This World is Not My Home" b/w "Take My Hand Precious Lord" — — — — — — 22 — — We Thank Thee "This Is It" b/w "There's...
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