- Collection:
- Laurraine Goreau Interviews and Recordings
- Title:
- LG063 Interviews: Richard Yancey; Mary Ann Hooper, John Meston, Johnny Jackson, and Richard Yancey
- Contributor to Resource:
- Goreau, Laurraine
Hooper, Mary Ann
Jackson, Johnny
Meston, John
Yancey, Richard - Publisher:
- New Orleans, La. : Tulane University Digital Library
- Date of Original:
- 1972-09-23
- Subject:
- Women in the music trade
Gospel music - Location:
- United States, California, Los Angeles County, Sherman Oaks, 34.15112, -118.44925
- Medium:
- sound recordings
- Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- Side 1: Interview with Richard Yancey. Interview with Mary Ann Hooper, John Meston, Johnny Jackson, and Richard Yancey at Meston-Hooper home in Sherman Oaks, 1972-09-23. Side 2: Interview with Mary Ann Hooper. Abstract for all interviewees: [06:13–30:45] On LG063Goreau_Side1, in this 1972 interview, Mary Ann Hooper, Richard Yancey, John Meston and Johnny Jackson are all interviewed together at Meston-Hooper home in Sherman Oaks. They speak conversationally, often laughing and talking over each other. Mary Ann Hooper discusses her time helping Mahalia organize her "Salute to Black Women" concert. Hooper recalls borrowing an office from a friend, where she ran up a bill of $2,000 in long-distance telephone calls while helping plan the event – 6:13. Hooper describes Jackson eagerly agreeing to perform at a benefit for the Committee of Responsibility, which provided free medical care in the United States for Vietnamese children. Jackson brought a great deal of excitement to the show, the audience of which had not been familiar with gospel music. Jackson spontaneously started a collection by retrieving a $100 bill from her bosom and passing a garbage can lid around to the crowd. Hooper then notes that at the end of the evening, Jackson got her $100 back – 25:40. [00:00-02:21] On LG063Goreau_Side2, Hooper recalls that later in Jackson's career, the singer had very little exposure and publicity. Hooper remembers urging Jackson to take some time off and rest. Jackson refused, saying that "you can't stop singing or else they'll think you can't."
This recording was digitized in 2020 as part of a Recordings at Risk grant funded project administered by CLIR, "Tell the real story of me": Mahalia Jackson and Black Gospel Quartets in the South.
specialcollections@tulane.edu
LG063 Interviews: Richard Yancey; Mary Ann Hooper, John Meston, Johnny Jackson, and Richard Yancey, Laurriane Goreau collection, HJA-059, Tulane University Special Collections, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA. - Metadata URL:
- https://digitallibrary.tulane.edu/islandora/object/tulane:122738
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- Copyright to portions of this collection has been transferred to Tulane University Special Collections. Tulane University can grant permission to publish for materials to which it holds the copyright. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or owner’s heir for permission to publish where Tulane University Special Collections does not hold the copyright. For permission to publish collections material to which TUSC holds intellectual property rights, please contact Research Services at specialcollections@tulane.edu.
- Extent:
- 1 cassette (33 min., 6 sec.)
- Contributing Institution:
- Amistad Research Center
- Rights:
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