The Father Of Gospel: Thomas A. Dorsey
Steve Turner, Melody Maker, 14 May 1977
He likes his stories does Thomas A. Dorsey, and with a 77-year-old mind in charge of the telling, they do tend to crop up more than once, even in the briefest conversations.
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