Eight Classic Albums

~ Release by Tennessee Ernie Ford (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1Just a Closer Walk With Thee
cover recording of:
Just a Closer Walk With Thee
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
All of Me (1984 film)
2:18
2I Want to Be Ready
cover recording of:
I Want to Be Ready
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
2:30
3Take My Hand, Precious Lord
cover recording of:
Take My Hand, Precious Lord
lyricist and arranger:
Thomas A. Dorsey (blues and gospel musician aka “Georgia Tom”)
additional composer:
Thomas A. Dorsey (blues and gospel musician aka “Georgia Tom”)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
previously attributed to:
George Nelson Allen (American composer from the 1800s)
3:14
4Stand by Me
cover recording of:
Stand by Me
writer:
Charles Albert Tindley
3:11
5When God Dips His Live in My Heart
cover recording of:
When God Dips His Love in My Heart
lyricist and composer:
Cleavant Derricks (pastor, choir director, and songwriter) and W.S. Stevenson
writer:
Cleavant Derricks (pastor, choir director, and songwriter)
2:14
6Get on Board, Little Children
cover recording of:
Get on Board, Little Children
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
2:45
7Noah Found Grace in the Eyes of the Lord
cover recording of:
Noah Found Grace in the Eyes of the Lord
lyricist and composer:
Robert Watson Schmertz (songwriter)
2:17
8Were You There
cover recording of:
Were You There
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 11409)
3:38
9Peace in the Valley
cover recording of:
There’ll Be Peace in the Valley for Me
publisher:
Thomas A. Dorsey (blues and gospel musician aka “Georgia Tom”) (on 1939-01-25)
lyricist and composer:
Thomas A. Dorsey (blues and gospel musician aka “Georgia Tom”)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corp., Rightsong Music, Unichappell Music, Unichappell Music, Inc., Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996) and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
3:13
10I Know the Lord Laid His Hands on Me
recording of:
I Know the Lord Laid His Hands on Me
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
1:44
11Wayfaring Pilgrim
cover recording of:
Wayfaring Pilgrim
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
2:34
12He’ll Understand and “Say Well Done”
cover recording of:
He’ll Understand and Say “Well Done”
lyricist and composer:
Lucie E. Campbell (Music director of the US National Baptist Convention)
2:36
13Joy to the World
cover recording of:
Joy to the World (Christmas carol)
lyricist:
Isaac Watts (hymn writer) (in 1719)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer)
arranger:
Lowell Mason (in 1839)
1:46
14O Little Town of Bethlehem
cover recording of:
O Little Town of Bethlehem (traditional carol with the tune “St. Louis”, as commonly sung in the U.S.)
lyricist:
Phillips Brooks (in 1868)
composer:
Lewis Henry Redner (in 1868)
is based on:
St. Louis (hymn tune)
1:51
15O Holy Night
cover recording of:
O Holy Night
lyricist:
John Sullivan Dwight (in 1855)
composer:
Adolphe Adam (French composer) (in 1847)
translated version of:
Cantique de Noël “Minuit chrétiens” (French original of “O Holy Night”)
1:51
16The Star Carol
recording of:
The Star Carol
lyricist:
Wihla Hutson
composer:
Alfred S. Burt (composer of Christmas carols)
2:26
17Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
cover recording of:
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Christmas carol)
additional lyricist:
George Whitefield (in 1753)
lyricist:
Charles Wesley (hymn writer) (in 1739)
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1840)
arranger:
William H. Cummings (in 1855)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 26)
1:27
18Some Children See Him
recording of:
Some Children See Him
lyricist:
Wihla Hutson
composer:
Alfred S. Burt (composer of Christmas carols)
publisher:
Hollis Music, Inc.
3:53
19God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
cover recording of:
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (traditional, no arrangement credits here)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 394)
2:10
20O Harken Ye
2:24
21Adeste Fideles
2:31
22The First Noel
cover recording of:
The First Nowell
lyricist, writer and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 682)
3:00
23Sleep, My Little Lord Jesus
3:07
24We Three Kings
cover recording of:
We Three Kings
lyricist and composer:
John Henry Hopkins, Jr. (composer, “We Three Kings”)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 24751)
2:14
25It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
cover recording of:
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (carol version)
lyricist:
Edmund Sears (American church author)
composer:
Richard Storrs Willis
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 29)
is based on:
CAROL (hymn tune)
is based on:
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (poem)
3:06
26Silent Night
cover recording of:
Silent Night (Christmas carol, English translation)
lyricist:
Josef Mohr (in 1816)
composer:
Franz Xaver Gruber (in 1818)
translator:
John Freeman Young (in 1859)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 27088)
translated version of:
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht
2:38
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