Dorothy Norwood
“Get Aboard the Soul Train” (GRC) 1973
Dorothy Norwood had been a regular on the gospel circuit for decades by the time she cut a handful of funky secular numbers for Georgia-based GRC Records in the early ’70s. By the time this single was released, the experience she had garnered backing up greats like Mahalia Jackson was beginning to pay off in the pop market, as Norwood found herself in an opening slot on the Rolling Stones ’72 American tour.
