You have to click “Watch on YouTube” to see this video, but it’s worth the extra effort.
Requested by Thewhiterabbit, two national treasures for the price of one: Mahalia Jackson on Nat King Cole’s TV show in 1957, singing Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho.
Would you believe we used to sing this in junior high school? Times change–and not for the better.
We sang this spiritual in school, back before they outlawed the word of God. But we didn’t sing it like Mahalia Jackson!
Requested by Phoebe, Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho–and on the Nat King Cole Show, no less, in 1957. You get two greats for the price of one.
This is the rousing gospel song that’s been on my mind these past two days–and who better to sing it than Mahalia Jackson? Here she is in 1957 on the Nat King Cole Show.
You may want to turn up the volume for this. Yeah, I know, I say that almost all the time. Well, I’m not going to post stuff for which I recommend we turn down the volume, am I? Anyway, here’s one of our national treasures singing a hymn to wake us wide-awake!