Gates, host of "Finding Your Roots," favored lyrics from the 1873 hymn "Blessed Assurance," while Holman championed "How I Got Over," a 1951 hymn performed by Mahalia Jackson and Aretha Franklin.

“Blessed Assurance” was written by a woman who was once a household name in the United States. Fanny Crosby published thousands of hymns, song lyrics, and poems, ...

Fanny Crosby, America's most prolific hymn writer, wrote 8,000 Gospel songs and hymns during a lifetime, which spanned nearly a century. She passed away in her 95th year. All of her days, except ...

Hymn: Blessed Assurance. Songs of Praise, Pioneering Women. Blessed Assurance from LSO St Lukes, London. Conducted and arranged by Ken Burton. Songs of Praise ...