Thomas Andrew Dorsey "Bronzeville Walk of Fame"

2. Thomas A. Dorsey (Songwriters Hall of Fame).

Excerpt: “…A high point for Dorsey’s music came when the legendary Red Foley and the Foggy Mountain Boys, stars of the Grand Ole’ Opry, recorded “Peace in the Valley,” which topped The Lucky Strike Hit Parade in 1948. His songs have been recorded by Elvis Presley, Pat Boone, Aretha Franklin, Little Richard, Jimmy Durante, Ray Price, Jim Reeves, Boots Randolph, Lawrence Welk, Wayne Newton, Josh White and B.B. King, among many others. During the 1980s, he was honored so often with honorary doctorates that he came to be known as Dr. Thomas A. Dorsey. He died in 1993 at the ripe old age of 94, but the memory of his wonderful songs, both gospel and blues, will live on and on.”

(Thomas a. Dorsey Historical Marker. 27 Sept. 2025, www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=188247)