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"Lift Every Voice and Sing" is a hymn with lyrics by James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938) and set to music by his brother, J. Rosamond Johnson (1873–1954). Written from the context of African Americans in the late 19th century, the hymn is a prayer of thanksgiving to God as well as a prayer for faithfulness and freedom, with imagery that evokes the biblical Exodus from slavery to the freedom ...
The song was released as the lead single to their third studio album, Wholehearted (2021), on 11 June 2021. [1] The song was written by Darren Mulligan and Jeff Pardo. [2] Jeff Pardo produced the single. "Come What May" peaked at No. 2 on the US Hot Christian Songs chart. [3] The song also went on to peak at No. 19 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 ...
"10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord)" was released in 2012 as a single and spent 16 weeks at the top spot on Christian Radio and remained No. 1 on the Billboard Christian Songs Chart for 13 weeks [5] and was certified gold. The album containing the song as its title track peaked in its own right on the US Christian Album chart at No. 1.
"The Anthem" is a worship song by Australian contemporary worship band Planetshakers. It was released on December 15, 2012, as the single from their 2013 live album Limitless. [2] The song also appeared on Planetshakers Kids' 2013 album Nothing Is Impossible, [3] on the 2014 album Nada Es Imposible [4] and it also appears in the album All For ...
The song has been recorded by artists including: [6] 1928: Pace Jubilee Singers (10" 78rpm single Victor 21551) [7] 1937: Norfolk Jubilee Singers (Decca Records) 1941: Sister Rosetta Tharpe (Decca). However, the lyrics do not match the hymn so it is a totally different song. 1949: Ernest Tubb (10" 78rpm single Decca 14506) [8] 1961: The Staple ...
While he doesn't mind the song's use as a gay anthem, the "false assumptions were damaging to the song" and further said, "since I wrote the lyrics and ought to know what the lyrics I wrote is really about, come January 2025, my wife will start suing each and every news organization that falsely refers to Y.M.C.A., either in their headlines or ...
Five-time Grammy-winning country singer Faith Hill appeared Tuesday on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, where she shared the horrifying moment she forgot the lyrics to "The Star-Spangled Banner
Sing for Freedom: The Story of the Civil Rights Movement Through Its Songs: Compiled and edited by Guy and Candie Carawan; foreword by Julian Bond (New South Books, 2007), comprising two classic collections of freedom songs: We Shall Overcome (1963) and Freedom Is A Constant Struggle (1968), reprinted in a single edition. The book includes a ...