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"Morning Has Broken" is a Christian hymn first published in 1931. It has words by English author Eleanor Farjeon and was inspired by the village of Alfriston in East Sussex, then set to a traditional Scottish Gaelic tune, "Bunessan". [1] English pop musician and folk singer Cat Stevens included a version on his album Teaser and the Firecat ...
Farjeon's most widely published work is the hymn "Morning has Broken", written in 1931 which in 1971 became an international hit when performed by Cat Stevens, reaching number nine in the UK charts, six on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, number one on the U.S. easy listening chart in 1972, [13] and number four on the Canadian RPM magazine charts ...
In turn, these editors of the hymn book Songs of Praise requested Eleanor Farjeon to write a further hymn text to the tune. This was Morning Has Broken, and since 1931 the tune has become most familiarly identified with this hymn. [6] In 1971, a version of "Morning Has Broken" was recorded by English singer Cat Stevens, helping popularise the tune.
Stevens has a half-brother, George Georgiou, born in Greece, presumably from his father's first marriage in Greece. [23] [24] Although his father was Greek Orthodox and his mother was a Baptist, Georgiou was sent to St Joseph Roman Catholic Primary School, Macklin Street, which was closer to his father's business on Drury Lane. [25]
Song Sung Blue is an album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was released on September 13, 1972, [1] by Columbia Records and featured his renditions of mostly recent chart hits. The album made its first appearance on Billboard magazine's Top LP's & Tapes chart in the issue dated October 21, 1972, and remained there for 18 weeks, peaking ...
In 1931 an enlarged edition of Songs of Praise was published, [17] notable for the first [18] publication of the hymn "Morning Has Broken", [17] commissioned by Dearmer from noted children's author Eleanor Farjeon. The song, later popularised by Cat Stevens, was written by Farjeon to be sung with the traditional Gaelic tune "Bunessan".
Alleluia! Alleluia! Sing a New Song to the Lord; Alleluia! Sing to Jesus; Alma Redemptoris Mater; Angels We Have Heard on High; Anima Christi (Soul of my Saviour) Asperges me; As a Deer; As I Kneel Before You (also known as Maria Parkinson's Ave Maria) At That First Eucharist; At the Lamb's High Feast We Sing; At the Name of Jesus; Attende ...
No. Title Length; 1. "Morning Has Broken" 2:46: 2. "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" 3:23: 3. "Nearer, My God, to Thee" 3:25: 4. "The Lord is My Shepherd (Psalm 23)" 3:04: 5. "Be Thou My Vision (ft. Moya Brennan)"