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How Great Thou Art: Gospel Favorites from the Grand Ole Opry is a live album of the Grand Ole Opry special of the same name, and features Alan Jackson, ...
How Great Thou Art is the eighth studio album by American singer and musician Elvis Presley, released by RCA Victor in February 1967. How Great Thou Art is a gospel album with slow numbers on one side, and fast-paced numbers on the flipside.
How Great Thou Art: 2:23: 14. "How Great Thou Art" Stuart K. Hine (original by Carl Boberg) How Great Thou Art: 3:00: 15. "In the Garden" C. Austin Miles: How Great Thou Art: 3:09: 16. "Somebody Bigger than You or I" Sonny Burke, Hy Heath, Johnny Lange: How Great Thou Art: 2:25: 17. "Farther Along" Traditional: arr. by Elvis Presley: How Great ...
For the 75th anniversary of the hymn "How Great Thou Art," copyright owners of the song asked worship leader Matt Redman to record a new verse.
"How Great Thou Art" is a Christian hymn based on an original Swedish hymn entitled "O Store Gud" written in 1885 by Carl Boberg (1859–1940). The English version of the hymn and its title are a loose translation by the English missionary Stuart K. Hine from 1949.
Although the live album was not a major commercial success, it did produce the singer's third and final Grammy Award winner, "How Great Thou Art", which won for best inspirational performance. Two other gospel songs, "Why Me Lord" and "Help Me", are given an inspired performance.
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." [14] Neither side charted and the record sold poorly. [15]
Carmichael also provided the backing for a number of RCA albums by Gospel singer George Beverly Shea, including The Love of God in 1958, and How Great Thou Art in 1969. In 1969, Carmichael and Kurt Kaiser collaborated on Tell It Like It Is, a folk musical about God. The record album of the musical, which included the song "Pass It On", sold ...