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"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.
Of his works, "O store Gud" ('O Great God'), upon which "How Great Thou Art" is based, the best known. The song is a natural romantic description of God's creation, which in each chorus ends with the songwriter wanting to cry out that God is great. It was written after Boberg experienced a thunderstorm at the Kalmar Strait. [4]
The RIAA certification for How Great Thou Art was updated to platinum on March 27, 1992. [39] In 2008, Sony Music released a remastered version of How Great Thou Art that included three bonus tracks. [43] In 2010, the Presley collector label Follow That Dream released a version that also contained all the outtakes from the recording sessions. [44]
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 may also refer to: Albums. How Great Thou Art (Elvis Presley album), 1967; How Great Thou Art (Willie Nelson album), 1996;
Elvis Presley recorded the song on his gospel album How Great Thou Art (1967). Willie Nelson recorded the song on his 1976 gospel album The Troublemaker. [5] The Statler Brothers' 1981 version reached #35 on the US Country chart. [6] Glen Campbell recorded the song on his 1989 gospel album Favorite Hymns. The gospel song is sung throughout Wild ...
"How Great Thou Art" (Carl Boberg) "King of Love" (Harold Reid) "Are You Washed in the Blood" (Traditional; arranged by The Statler Bros.) "Pass Me Not" (Traditional; arranged by The Statler Bros.) Daddy Sang Bass (Carl Perkins) "Less of Me" (Glen Campbell) "The Things God Gave Me" (Don Reid) "Led Out of Bondage" (Robert L. Prather)
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, Loretta Lynn and Brad Paisley among others. Track listing