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Morris wrote down the words and music and published the song “Just a Closer Walk with Thee” that year, 1940, adding a few lyrics of his own to provide more breadth. Within two years the song became a standard in gospel music, eventually becoming a standard in Jazz, and then moving into the realm of American folk music, known and sung by ...
Kenneth Morris (August 28, 1917 – February 1, 1989) [1] was an African American composer of gospel music and publisher who popularized several songs, including "Just a Closer Walk with Thee". Morris was born in New York in 1917 and performed in church as a youth before becoming a professional jazz musician.
"Move Closer" also benefited from extensive airplay on the hugely successful offshore pirate station, Laser 558. The song began to climb the charts, taking 12 weeks to reach the top spot. [ 3 ] " Move Closer" remained on the UK Singles Chart for just over five months during 1985, becoming Britain's seventh biggest-selling song of the year [ 4 ...
Extravagant Worship: The Songs of Miriam Webster (2) 6 Jesus, You Gave It All: Craig Gower: Simply Worship 2 (1) 7 The Platinum Collection Volume 1: Shout to the Lord (2) 9 (CD 1) Touching Heaven Changing Earth (2) 7 Jesus, You're All I Need: Darlene Zschech: Extravagant Worship: The Songs of Darlene Zschech (1) 9 (CD 2) Touching Heaven ...
Pages of Life - Chapters I & II is the fifth album from contemporary gospel singer Fred Hammond.The album was released on April 28, 1998 through Verity Records and Zomba Recording Corporation.
The song was little-known outside the indie-pop scene until Seattle grunge band Nirvana recorded the song in November 1993 for their live acoustic album MTV Unplugged in New York, re-titling it "Jesus Doesn't Want Me for a Sunbeam". [3] Two more versions were released by Nirvana on their 2004 box set With the Lights Out.
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A list of all songs with lyrics about Jesus Christ, where he is specifically the central subject.This category contains both songs referring to specific moments of Jesus's life (birth, preaching, crucifixion) and songs of blessing, rejoicing or mourning where he is portrayed as a religious deity or examined as a cultural figure.