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"Blessings" is a song by American contemporary Christian music singer-songwriter Laura Story from her 2011 album Blessings. [2] It was released on February 21, 2011, as the lead single. [3] The song became Story's first Hot Christian Songs No. 1, staying there for four weeks. [4] It lasted 34 weeks on the overall chart. [5]
John Dalton was educated at Cheshunt Secondary Modern School at the same time as Harry Webb (who later found fame as Cliff Richard).Dalton's desire was to be a full-time musician, and in 1959 he joined Danny King and the Bluejacks as bass guitarist (although he claimed in a 2009 interview, [2] that he could not play a note when he joined).
The song was written by Chris Brown, Cody Carnes, Kari Jobe and Steven Furtick. [4] Chris Brown handled the production of the single. "The Blessing" was a commercial success upon its release, having debuted at No. 3 on the US Hot Christian Songs chart. [5] It peaked at No. 2 on Hot Christian Songs chart, and No. 15 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100.
Karen J. Dalton (born Jean Karen Cariker; July 19, 1937 – March 19, 1993) was an American country blues singer, guitarist, and banjo player. She was associated with the early 1960s Greenwich Village folk music scene, particularly with Fred Neil, the Holy Modal Rounders, and Bob Dylan. [1]
[3] Jen Rose of Jesus Freak Hideout wrote that the album was "a collection of praise anthems and stories of God's faithfulness, and a worship album with a songwriter's soul", and that Story's "work focuses on lyrics from the heart, songs that reflect on hope, injustice, redemption, and love."
The Owl Service recorded a version of the song on their album A Garland of Song. Agnes Obel did a version in 2011. The song also features on Raise Ravens, a 2011 release by Glasgow-based John Knox Sex Club who have brought together elements of both versions of the song. The song also features on Lady Maisery's second album, Mayday (released in ...
The poet John Dalton adapted Milton's masque of 1634 so as to fit 18th century theatrical conventions and published it in 1738 as Comus, a Mask (Now adapted to the Stage). In particular he considerably extended its musical content by the addition of lyrics from elsewhere in Milton's work, and also some of Dalton's own composition, as well as ...
It is not generally easy to locate the folk song ancestor of a Sacred Harp song, but the existence of the practice is fairly certain. One Sacred Harp composer, John Gordon McCurry, sometimes actually acknowledged the folk singers from whom he learned a song, as when he wrote "This Tune is arranged as sung by William Bowers, Eagle Grove, Georgia."