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The song is frequently, though erroneously, cited as a traditional Quaker or Shaker hymn. The original composition has now entered into the public domain, and appears in several hymnals and song collections, both in its original form and with a revised text that omits most of the explicitly Christian content and adds a verse about solidarity in ...
Johnny Cash covered the song on his 1973 album The Gospel Road, which was the soundtrack to the film of the same title, and on the posthumous 2006 album American V: A Hundred Highways. The latter version had a music video shot for it. On The Gospel Road, the song's title is abbreviated to "Help" and is performed in several parts on the album ...
"Stand by Me" is a 1905 gospel song by Charles Albert Tindley. [1] Despite the song's documented origins, it has sometimes been published without attribution or erroneously listed as "traditional". [2] [3] The song is sometimes referred to as "Stand by Me Father", leading to confusion with an unrelated song with that name by Sam Cooke and J. W ...
Bradbury's song was originally titled "The Land of Beulah." "Angel Band" became widely known in the 19th century, both in folk traditions and in published form, e.g. William Walker 's Christian Harmony of 1866, and has been recorded by many artists, probably most famously by the Stanley Brothers , Emmylou Harris , and by the Monkees .
The song is featured on pop, soul, gospel and jazz recordings by others, among them: [4] [5] Toshiko Akiyoshi; The Ames Brothers; The Golden Gate Quartet; The Fairfield Four; Benny Goodman; Grant Green; Phil Harris; Bill Holman; The Larks; Louis Prima; Sonny Rollins; Bobby Scott; Kay Starr; Sister Rosetta Tharpe [6]
Cash said he left Sun Records because Sam Phillips would not let him record a gospel album. [5] Columbia promised him to release an occasional gospel album; this was a success for him to record. The album was Cash’s first and most popular gospel album, and is an example of traditional hymns set to country gospel music.
"In Christ Alone" is a popular modern Christian song written by Keith Getty and Stuart Townend, both songwriters of Christian hymns and contemporary worship music in the United Kingdom. The song, with a strong Irish melody, is the first hymn they penned together. [1] [2] The music was by Getty and the original lyrics by Townend. It was composed ...
The Sheltons – The first band to professionally record the song. [4] Their arrangement of the song was recorded on Halo records "Heart Felt Gospel" [5] in the late 60s, has been covered by numerous groups since. 1968 – The Inspirations [6] [7] [8] 1969–79 – The Oak Ridge Boys [9] 1991 The Lesters [10]