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Some versions of the song recorded by other artists have slightly different titles: for example, a comma after "Lord"; or, "Cryin'" instead of "Crying"; or, an appended "Sometime" or "Sometimes". Recordings
It reached number seven during the fall of 1955 and is the most successful version of the song. The B-side of Cornell's record, "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing," also reached the U.S. Top 40, peaking at number 26. [1] It was the theme song of the movie of the same name. His version was the second of five charting versions of the song during 1955.
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Biblical Songs was written between 5 and 26 March 1894, while Dvořák was living in New York City. It has been suggested that he was prompted to write them by news of a death (of his father Frantisek, or of the composers Tchaikovsky or Gounod, or of the conductor Hans von Bülow); but there is no good evidence for that, and the most likely explanation is that he felt out of place in the ...
The song garnered him recognition as a songwriter. [10] He recorded the song himself for the first time in his 1971 album Yesterday's Wine. [11] In 1980 he used "Family Bible" as the title track of his gospel album, and released it as a single the same year. [12] The song became one of Nelson's recurring numbers during live performances. [5]
City on a Hill: Songs of Worship and Praise (released in 2000) is the first in the City on a Hill series of compilation albums by popular Contemporary Christian Music musicians. It received the Gospel Music Association 's Special Event Album of the Year award for 2001.
"John the Revelator" is a gospel blues call and response song. [2] Music critic Thomas Ward describes it as "one of the most powerful songs in all of pre-war acoustic music ... [which] has been hugely influential to blues performers". [3] American gospel-blues musician Blind Willie Johnson recorded "John the Revelator" in 1930.
"Samson and Delilah" is a traditional song based on the Biblical tale of Samson and his betrayal by Delilah. Its best known performer is perhaps the Grateful Dead, who first performed the song live in 1976, with guitarist Bob Weir singing lead vocals. The 1977 album Terrapin Station featured a studio recording of the song.