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Shout! Black Gospel Music Moments - "I'll Tell It Wherever I Go"

KWBU | By Robert Darden
Published January 20, 2019 at 8:41 AM CST
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The legendary Sallie Martin and Thomas Dorsey reunited in 1973 to record a version of Dorsey's classic "I'll Tell It Wherever I Go."

Sallie Martin and Thomas Dorsey had a prickly relationship but the occassionally performed together on special occasions, including the tribute album from 1973. It's one of the few recordings we have of Dorsey playing piano in that old barrelhouse style. 

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"I'll Tell It Wherever I Go" from Precious Lord: New Recordings of the Great Gospel Songs of Thomas Dorsey LP, Side 4, Track 3

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Robert Darden
Robert F. Darden is the author of two dozen books, most recently: Nothing But Love in God’s Water, Volume II: Black Sacred Music from Sit-In to Resurrection City (Penn State University Press, 2016); Nothing But Love in God’s Water, Volume I: Black Sacred Music from the Civil War to the Civil Rights Movement(Penn State University Press, 2014); Jesus Laughed: The Redemptive Power of Humor(Abingdon Press, 2008), Reluctant Prophets and Clueless Disciples: Understanding the Bible by Telling Its Stories(Abingdon Press, 2006); and People Get Ready! A New History of Black Gospel Music(Continuum/Bloomsbury, 2004).
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