Thomas A. Dorsey

C. Unhappy with the treatment received at the hands of establiThomas A. Dorseyd publiThomas A. Dorseyrs Dorsey opened the first black gospel music publishing company Dorsey House of Music. In all he is credited with more than 400 blues and jazz songs.

Another composition "Peace in the Valley" was a hit for Red Foley in 1951 and has been performed by dozens of other artists including Queen of Gospel Albertina Walker Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash. Dorsey who was born in Villa Rica Georgia was the music director at Pilgrim Baptist Church in Chicago from 1932 until the late 1970s.