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"The Old Rugged Cross" has been a country gospel favorite ever since it became the title song of Ernest Tubb's 1952 gospel album; it has been performed by some of the twentieth century's most important recording artists, including Al Green, Andy Griffith, Anne Murray, Brad Paisley, Chet Atkins, Chris Barber, John Berry, Floyd Cramer, George Jones, Eddy Arnold, Jim Reeves, Johnny Cash and June ...
"Via Dolorosa" (from Songs From The Heart) "In The Name of the Lord" (from Morning Like This) "The Day He Wore My Crown" (from Sandi's Song) "Where the Nails Were" (from Find It On The Wings) "The Old Rugged Cross" (from Hymns Just For You) "O Calvary's Lamb" (from Another Time...Another Place) "They Could Not" (from Lift Up The Lord)
As a well-regarded author of Christian hymns, his most famous work is "The Old Rugged Cross". He wrote ‘The Old Rugged Cross’ at Albion College, in Albion, Michigan, at 1101 East Michigan Avenue, a building that later became the Delta Tau Delta fraternity house. It has since been torn down, but a historical marker is on the site.
Writing for Allmusic, critic Jason Ankeny wrote that the album is "simply too brief to stand as a definitive collection of the guitarist's spiritual recordings; his instrumental work is impeccable of course, but performances of favorites like "Amazing Grace," "Just a Closer Walk with Thee" and "The Old Rugged Cross" pass by too quickly to properly whet the listener's appetite."
Amy Grant recorded it as part of the medley "What a Friend We Have in Jesus/Old Rugged Cross/How Great Thou Art" on her 2002 studio album Legacy... Hymns and Faith, and later included on her 2015 compilation album Be Still and Know... Hymns & Faith. Alan Jackson (2006, Precious Memories) Brad Paisley (2008, Play)
Hymns is a 1956 studio album by Tennessee Ernie Ford, released in 1957. [3] [4] It was the second-best-selling record in the United States in 1957.The album is one of the best selling of all time, and spent 277 weeks on the Billboard 200. [5]
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Part II is a neotraditional country and honky-tonk album with elements of gospel ("The Old Rugged Cross"), the Bakersfield sound, folk ("You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive"), and jazz ("You Have That Effect on Me").