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"This Little Light of Mine" is an African-American song from the 1920s. It was often reported to be written for children in the 1920s by Harry Dixon Loes , but he never claimed credit for the original version of the song, and researchers at the Moody Bible Institute, where Loes worked, said they have found no evidence that he wrote it.
Harry Dixon Loes (October 20, 1892 – February 9, 1965) was an American composer and teacher, best known for his arrangement of the gospel song "This Little Light of Mine". [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Loes was a prolific composer and hymn writer, hymnal editor, and music professor, [ 1 ] as well as musical director in several churches and an evangelist for ...
Zilphia Horton (April 14, 1910 – April 11, 1956) was an American musician, community organizer, educator, Civil Rights activist, and folklorist.She is best known for her work with her husband Myles Horton at the Highlander Folk School where she is generally credited with turning such songs as "We Shall Overcome", "We Shall Not Be Moved," and "This Little Light of Mine" from hymns into ...
Little Bird Records: Elizabeth Mitchell chronology; You Are My Flower ... "This Little Light of Mine" — 2:07 "You Are My Flower" — 2:46 "John the Rabbit" — 0:57
In the world of ’80s music lore, the melody was a rejected leftover from St. Elmo’s Fire, then turned into a charity single which somehow finished the year at No. 1 on the Canadian singles chart.
This Little Light O' Mine with solo unaccompanied Jesus, Lay Your Head in the Window for high voice with piano accompaniment Done Made My Vow to the Lord for chorus of mixed voices, with tenor
Henry "Harry" Thacker Burleigh was born in Erie, Pennsylvania, in 1866 to Elizabeth Burleigh and Henry Thacker Burleigh Sr. Harry's grandfather, Hamilton Waters, was granted manumission from slavery in Somerset County, Maryland, after paying $55 ($50 for him and $5 for his mother) in 1832 and receiving a certificate of freedom in 1835.
Her new lyrics for "This Little Light of Mine" and other songs became particularly known. [citation needed] She performed at both the 1964 Democratic National Convention and the 2004 Democratic National Convention. [citation needed] In 2020, she sang at the funeral services for John Lewis, which she indicated might be her final public ...