Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Dorsey dere abụ gospel-blues a kasị mara amara n'ụwa mgbe nwunye ya na nwa ya nwoke a mụrụ ọhụrụ nwụsịrị na mberede n'August 26 na 27, 1932. A sụgharịwo abụ ahụ, "Jide Aka M, Onyenwe Anyị Dị Oké Ọnụ Ahịa", gaa n'asụsụ 32. Aretha Franklin dere "Take My Hand, Precious Lord" n'afọ 1956, n'otu afọ ahụ Gọvanọ Tennessee Frank Clement kwupụtara ya n'okwu ya n'ọgbakọ Democratic National Convention
Ọ dị mma. Ọ ghọrọ abụ nke Fannie Lou Hamer's Mississippi Summer. Enyi Dorsey, Mahalia Jackson, bụrụ ya n'olili Martin Luther King, Jr. E rere ọtụtụ nde nke Elvis Presley nke abụ ozi ọma nke Dorsey nke abụọ a kasị mara amara, "Peace in the Valley".