mahalia peniston reminiscin hitmix stoopid givin willa thang spewing searchin cece 56639 movin incantations royster steppin feigned gertrude terrorized artistically walkin beige runnin feelin hymn shame clara aretha eps divas
who sang how i got over in uptown saturday night
How I Got Over - wikipedia How I Got Over This article is about the Gospel hymn . For the album by The Roots , see How I Got Over ( album ) . <Th_colspan="2"> `` How I Got Over '' <Th_colspan="2"> Song by Clara Ward Written 1951 Published 1951 Genre Hymn Songwriter ( s ) Clara Ward How I Got Over is a Gospel hymn composed and published in 1951 by Clara Ward ( 1924 -- 1973 ) . Notable recordings of this work have been made by Mahalia Jackson ( 1961 , winner of the Grammy Award for Best Soul Gospel Performance in 1976 ) , Aretha Franklin ( 1972 on her Amazing Grace live record album ) , and the Blind Boys of Alabama ( 2008 on their album Down in New Orleans ) . It was performed by Mahalia Jackson at the historic March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963 before 250,000 people . In 2018 , Ward 's original rendition was selected for preservation in the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress as being `` culturally , historically , or artistically significant . '' Inspirations ( edit ) According to her sister , Willa Ward , the inspiration for this song was an experience Clara Ward , Willa , their mother , Gertrude , and members of their singing group had traveling in the racially segregated Southern States in 1951 . En route to Atlanta , Georgia , they were besieged by a group of white men . The men were enraged that black women were riding in a luxury vehicle , a Cadillac , and surrounded their car and terrorized them with racist taunts . The women were rescued when , in a burst of inspiration , Gertrude Ward feigned demonic possession , spewing curses and incantations at the men , who fled . References ( edit ) Jump up ^ Video on YouTube Jump up ^ `` National Recording Registry Reaches 500 '' . Library of Congress . March 21 , 2018 . Retrieved March 21 , 2018 . Jump up ^ Ward - Royster , Willa , `` How I Got Over : Clara Ward and the World - Famous Ward Singers '' , Temple University Press , 1997 , paper ISBN 1 - 56639 - 490 - 2 , pp. 102 - 104 . <Th_colspan="2"> CeCe Peniston <Td_colspan="2"> Discography Awards Studio albums Finally Thought ' Ya Knew Good News in Hard Times I 'm Movin ' On Remix albums Finally / We Got a Love Thang : Remix Collection Remix Collection Compilations The Best Of Essential The Millennium Collection : The Best Of EPs CeCe Peniston Singles `` Finally '' `` We Got a Love Thang '' `` Keep On Walkin ' '' `` Crazy Love '' `` Inside That I Cried '' `` I 'm in the Mood '' `` I 'm Not Over You '' `` Keep Givin ' Me Your Love '' `` Hit by Love '' `` Movin ' On '' `` Before I Lay ( You Drive Me Crazy ) '' `` Somebody Else 's Guy '' `` I Like It '' `` Nobody Else '' `` He Loves Me 2 '' `` Lifetime to Love '' `` My Boo '' `` Reminiscin '' `` For My Baby '' `` Eternal Lover '' `` Deeper Love '' `` You Are the Universe '' `` I 'm Feelin ' U '' `` Above Horizons '' `` Nothing Can Stop Me '' Download `` Shame Shame Shame '' `` Still I '' `` In Love with a DJ '' `` Stoopid ! '' `` Celebrate '' `` You 've Never Seen '' `` All My Love '' `` Get to Steppin '' `` Let 's Go All Night '' `` Without You '' `` Love Do n't Take Over '' `` Sick '' Promotional singles `` Hitmix '' `` Searchin ' '' `` House Party '' `` I Know You Want Me '' `` I Ca n't Go for That '' Other songs `` How I Got Over '' `` He 's Got the Whole World in His Hands '' `` Precious Memories '' `` Oh Happy Day '' `` Christmas Song '' `` What a Wonderful World '' `` Runnin ' Away '' `` Last Dance '' Related Divas of Disco <Td_colspan="2"> Book <Th_colspan="2"> Mahalia Jackson Studio albums The World 's Greatest Gospel Singer ( 1955 ) EPs `` Peace in the Valley '' `` Take My Hand , Precious Lord '' `` Move On Up a Little Higher '' `` His Eye Is on the Sparrow '' `` How I Got Over '' Related Black , Brown and Beige Mahalia Jackson Theater of the Performing Arts Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=How_I_Got_Over&oldid=832014514 '' Categories : Gospel songs 1951 songs Mahalia Jackson songs United States National Recording Registry recordings Talk About Wikipedia Italiano Edit links This page was last edited on 23 March 2018 , at 09 : 24 ( UTC ) . About Wikipedia