Ku dhammee weedhan soo socota: Dorsey wuxuu qoray heesta ugu caansan aduunka ee loo yaqaano gospel-blues ka dib markii xaaskiisa iyo wiilkiisa dhashay ay si lama filaan ah u dhinteen 26 iyo 27 August, 1932. Heestaas, "Gacantayda Qaado, Sayidow Qaaliga ahow" waxaa loo tarjumay 32 luqadood. Aretha Franklin ayaa duubtay heesta "Take My Hand, Precious Lord" sanadkii 1956, isla sanadkaas oo uu ku dhawaaqay gudoomiyihii gobolka Tennessee Frank Clement khudbadiisii muhiimka aheyd ee ka jeediyay
Shirweynaha Qaranka ee Xisbiga Dimuqraadiga. Waxay noqotay heesta heesaha Fannie Lou Hamer ee Mississippi Summer. Saaxiibkii Dorsey, Mahalia Jackson, ayaa ka heesatay aaska Martin Luther King, Jr. Elvis Presley ayaa duubay heesta labaad ee ugu caansan ee Dorsey, "Peace in the Valley", oo malaayiin nuqul la iibiyay.