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"Skidamarink" or "Skinnamarink" [1] is a popular child's sing-along song from North America. [2] Originally titled "Skid-dy-mer-rink-adink-aboomp" [3] or "Skiddy-Mer-Rink-A-Doo", [4] the initial version of the song was written by Felix F. Feist (lyrics) and Al Piantadosi (music) for the 1910 Charles Dillingham Broadway production: The Echo. [4]
Gary McSpadden (January 26, 1943 – April 15, 2020) was an American pastor, singer, songwriter, record producer, television host and motivational speaker. He had musical roots in quartet music and Southern gospel with The Statesmen, the Oak Ridge Boys, the Imperials, the Bill Gaither Trio, and The Gaither Vocal Band. [1]
Bill Gaither was born in Alexandria, Indiana, in 1936 to George and Lela Gaither.He formed his first group the Bill Gaither Trio (consisting of Bill, his sister Mary Ann (1945–2018), [1] and brother Danny Gaither (1938–2001) in 1956 while a college student at Anderson College, to which he had transferred after one year at Taylor University.
The Gaither Vocal Band is named after gospel leader Bill Gaither. [2] It was the successor-group of the Bill Gaither Trio. By the 1980s, Bill Gaither, along with wife Gloria Gaither, were both very successful songwriters. [3] For example, their song, "He Touched Me" was covered by Elvis Presley, after which he named his album He Touched Me.
Gloria Gaither (born March 4, 1942) is a Christian singer-songwriter, author, speaker, editor, and academic.She is married to Bill Gaither and together they have written more than 700 songs.
Christmas Gaither Vocal Band Style: 13 Russell Mauldin 2009 Gaither Vocal Band Reunion (Vol. 1) 1 Current and former members Bill Gaither Gaither Vocal Band Reunion (Vol. 2) 2 Reunited: 3 Gaither, Hampton, English, Lowry, Phelps: David Phelps 2010 Better Day (Live) 5 Bill Gaither Greatly Blessed: 2 Gaither, English, Phelps 2011 I Am a Promise ...
On February 19, 1992, the Gaither Vocal Band had just wrapped up a recording session in a Nashville, Tennessee, working on an album called Homecoming, which featured many of the great voices of southern gospel music: The Speers, The Gatlins, Jake Hess, The Cathedrals, Howard & Vestal Goodman, Buck Rambo, Eva Mae Lefevre, James Blackwood, Hovie Lister, Jim Hill, and J.D. Sumner & The Stamps.
By 1957, The Gaither Trio—consisting of siblings Bill, Danny, and Mary Ann—was singing at churches and religious events. In 1962, Danny graduated from college and went to Ohio to teach. [ 1 ] His move brought about a change in the trio, as Gloria began "singing with the trio in the place of Dan."