How Great Thou Art

by Elvis Presley

Overview

How Great Thou Art, Elvis' second gospel album, had very different conceptions of gospel music on its two sides. The first side, including the title track and "In the Garden," was very high church, with hymnal readings and quietly burbling organ accompaniment. The second side was a far more exciting proposition, with an alternately rocking or swinging piano, some breakneck tempos, and the type of performances more apt to be heard at the gospel singing meetings held in Memphis during Elvis' early years than at church (or, at least, most churches). Fans who prefer either Elvis the crooner or Elvis the rocker will, likewise, have different feelings about each side. On the first, Elvis is full-throated and sincere; on the second, it's easy to picture him cracking a smile as he leads the quartet on "So High" and "By and By." [A CD version with bonus tracks was released in 2008.] ~ John Bush

Product Details

Release Date:	03/11/2008
Label:	Legacy / Bmg/Elvis
UPC:	0886972267227
Rank:	3802

Tracks

1. How Great Thou Art
2. In the Garden
3. Somebody Bigger Than You and I
4. Farther Along
5. Stand by Me
6. Without Him
7. So High
8. Where Could I Go But to the Lord
9. By and By
10. If the Lord Wasn't Walking by My Side
11. Run On
12. Where No One Stands Alone
13. Crying in the Chapel
14. You'll Never Walk Alone
15. We Call on Him
16. Who Am I?

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Elvis Presley   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals
The Jordanaires   Primary Artist,Vocals (Background)
Buddy Harman   Drums
Hank Garland   Guitar
The Imperials Quartet   Vocals (Background)
Chip Young   Guitar
Charlie McCoy   Harmonica
Millie Kirkham   Vocals (Background)
Rufus Long   Saxophone
Henry Slaughter   Piano
David Briggs   Organ,Piano
Charlie Hodges   Vocals (Background)
Pete Drake   Guitar (Steel)
Jerry Byrd   Guitar (Steel)
Norbert Putnam   Bass
Ray Edenton   Guitar
Harold Bradley   Guitar

Technical Credits

Elvis Presley   Producer,Arranger,Composer,Adaptation
Felton Jarvis   Producer
C. Austin Miles   Composer
Sonny Burke   Composer
Charles Albert Tindley   Composer
Oscar Hammerstein II   Composer
Traditional   Composer
Steve Sholes   Producer
Sid Wayne   Composer
Chet Atkins   Producer
James B. Coats   Composer
Fred Karger   Composer
Richard Rodgers   Composer
Rev. Thomas A. Dorsey   Composer
Harry Von Tilzer   Composer
Henry Slaughter   Composer
John Lange   Composer
Mick Lister   Composer
J.B. Coats   Composer
Don Wardell   Coordination
Johnny Lange   Composer
Hy Heath   Composer
Rick Rowe   Engineer,Digital Engineer
Merle Haggard   Composer
Mosie Lister   Composer
Artie Glenn   Composer
Stuart K. Hine   Composer
Mylon LeFevre   Composer