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Peace in The Valley: The Complete Gospel Recordings is a triple-CD compilation album by Elvis Presley, released in 2000. [2]In January 2001 the album debuted at number 13 on Billboard ' s Top Contemporary Christian album chart. [3]
The set, catalogued as number 66421-2, comprises recordings of gospel music made by Presley during his career. The contents of all three gospel albums Presley released in his lifetime are included, while other songs had appeared on singles, an extended play single, and other albums. The set also contains five previously unreleased selections ...
"There'll Be Peace in the Valley for Me", also known informally as "Peace in the Valley" is a 1939 song written by Thomas A. Dorsey, originally for Mahalia Jackson. [1] In 1951, a version of the song by Red Foley and the Sunshine Boys was a hit, and among the first gospel recordings to sell one million copies.
Presley's version was recorded on October 30, 1960 [11] and was the title track of his 1960 gospel album. [12] The song was released nine years later as an Easter single on March 25, 1969. [ 13 ] The B-side was a more recent recording of "How Great Thou Art."
Presley would go on to make many more recordings of spiritual music, including the issue of the gospel albums His Hand In Mine, How Great Thou Art, and He Touched Me, the latter two earning him Grammy Awards. A live recording of "How Great Thou Art" from the 1974 live album Elvis Recorded Live on Stage in Memphis would win Elvis a third Grammy.
He Walks Beside Me: Favorite Songs of Faith and Inspiration is an Elvis Presley gospel album released by RCA Records (AFL1-2772) on February 13, 1978. [2] The album was made up of music recorded from 1966 to 1972. The 'live' performance of "The Impossible Dream" and the outtake of "If I Can Dream" had been previously unreleased. [3]
The single "You'll Never Walk Alone", an adaptation of the Oscar Hammerstein II and Richard Rodgers standard, was a minor hit for him in the late 1960s.Although technically a secular show tune, Elvis and RCA treated it as a religious song, as reflected in the original 1967 single and the fact it was often included on compilations of Presley's religious music, such as this album.
Where No One Stands Alone is a compilation album by American singer Elvis Presley (1935–1977). It was released worldwide on August 10, 2018, by RCA Records and Legacy Recordings, entering at number one on Billboard's Christian Album chart and remaining there for two weeks and in the top ten for an additional two weeks.