Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei pene - I tuhia e Dorsey te waiata rongopai-blues rongonui o te ao i muri i te matenga ohorere o tana wahine me tana tama hou i te Akuhata 26 me te 27, 1932. Ko taua waiata, "Tangohia toku ringa, e te Ariki Nui" kua whakamaoritia ki nga reo e 32. I tuhi a Aretha Franklin i te "Tangohia taku ringa, e te Ariki Nui" i te tau 1956, i taua tau ano i korerotia e te Kawana o Tennessee a Frank Clement i tana korero matua i te Democratic National Convention
He aha? I noho koia hei waiata o te waiata Mississippi Summer a Fannie Lou Hamer. Ko te hoa o Dorsey, ko Mahalia Jackson, i waiata i te tangihanga o Martin Luther King, Jr. Ko te rekoata a Elvis Presley o te waiata rongopai tuarua a Dorsey, "Peace in the Valley", i hokona e ia nga miriona kape.