Mahalia Jackson was a singer of gospel music, which was developed by African Americans. She was born in New Orleans in 1911 and began singing with her church choir as a teenager. In 1946, her song "Move On Up a Little Higher" sold over a million copies. She was the first gospel singer to perform at Carnegie Hall. She also sang at President Kennedy's inauguration and at Martin Luther King Jr.'s funeral. Jackson toured internationally and died of heart failure in Chicago in 1972.

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She was a singer of gospel. Gospel music is a style of religious singing
developed by African Americans. She was born in New Orleans at Oct 26,
1911, and was attracted to the music of church early in her life, and she
began singing with the choir of the Greater Salem Baptist and with the
Johnson Gospel Singers, one of the first professional touring gospel groups
in her teens.
In 1946, she released “Move On Up a Littler Higher” and this was eventually
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sold a million copies. Then she sang at New York's Carnegie Hall as a first
gospel singer. In 1961, she also performed at President John F. Kennedy's
inauguration. She also sang at King’s funeral because she had been on
good terms with Dr. Martin Luther King. Later, she toured to sing in
European, Africa, Japan, and India.
In 1972, she died of heart failure in Chicago.
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