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Kenneth Morris (August 28, 1917 – February 1, 1989) [1] was an African American composer of gospel music and publisher who popularized several songs, including "Just a Closer Walk with Thee". Morris was born in New York in 1917 and performed in church as a youth before becoming a professional jazz musician.
Lister was inducted into the Gospel Music Hall Of Fame in 1976 and into the Southern Gospel Music Association Hall Of Fame in 1997. The Dove Brothers released a project titled A Tribute To Mosie Lister in 2004, which Lister also produced. [4] He died on February 12, 2015, aged 93. [6] [7]
Morris wrote down the words and music and published the song “Just a Closer Walk with Thee” that year, 1940, adding a few lyrics of his own to provide more breadth. Within two years the song became a standard in gospel music, eventually becoming a standard in Jazz, and then moving into the realm of American folk music, known and sung by ...
Doris Mae Akers (May 21, 1923 – July 26, 1995) [1] was an American gospel music composer, arranger and singer who is considered to be "one of the most underrated gospel composers of the 20th century [who] wrote more than 500 songs". [2]
This is a list of songs written by the American gospel songwriter Dottie Rambo. Rambo wrote over 2500 songs throughout her lifetime, and many have been recorded by hundreds of artists. [1] Songs are listed in alphabetical order and followed in parentheses by other notable artists who have recorded or performed the song.
Crosby was posthumously inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 1975. [345] Known as the "Queen of Gospel Song Writers", [3] During 2010 songwriter George Hamilton IV toured Methodist chapels celebrating Fanny's outstanding contribution to gospel music. His presentation included stories of her productive and charitable life, some of her ...
In addition to the songs Mosley wrote for New Tradition and The Farm Hands, he has had songs recorded by The Grascals, Bobby Osborne, Christian artists Sharron Kay King and Ken Holloway, Marty Raybon, country artist Lynn Anderson, and others. In 2005, southern gospel trio The Booth Brothers recorded "(Ask The Blind Man) He Saw It All". The song ...
Dottie Rambo (March 2, 1934 – May 11, 2008) was an American gospel singer and songwriter. She was a Grammy winning solo artist and multiple Dove award-winning artist.Along with ex-husband Buck and daughter Reba, she formed the award-winning southern Gospel group, The Rambos.