"Take My Hand, Precious Lord" (aka "Precious Lord, Take My Hand") is a gospel song.
The lyrics were written by Rev. Thomas A. Dorsey (1899–1993), and the melody by George Nelson Allen (1812–1877).
Origin
The melody is credited to Dorsey, drawn from an 1844 hymn entitled "Maitland" by American composer George N. Allen (1812–1877).[1]
Dorsey said that he used it as inspiration.[2] The "Maitland" music was for the text "Must Jesus Bear the Cross Alone," and first appeared in The Oberlin Social and Sabbath School Hymn Book.[3]
Dorsey said that he used it as inspiration.[2] The "Maitland" music was for the text "Must Jesus Bear the Cross Alone," and first appeared in The Oberlin Social and Sabbath School Hymn Book.[3]
Dorsey wrote "Precious Lord" in response to his inconsolable
bereavement at the death of his wife, Nettie Harper, in childbirth, and
his infant son in August 1932.[4]
(Mr. Dorsey can be seen telling this story in the 1981 gospel music documentary Say Amen, Somebody.)
The earliest known recording was made on February 16, 1937, by the Heavenly Gospel Singers (Bluebird B6846).[5] "Take My Hand, Precious Lord" is published in more than 40 languages.[6]
(Mr. Dorsey can be seen telling this story in the 1981 gospel music documentary Say Amen, Somebody.)
The earliest known recording was made on February 16, 1937, by the Heavenly Gospel Singers (Bluebird B6846).[5] "Take My Hand, Precious Lord" is published in more than 40 languages.[6]
| "Precious Lord, Take My Hand" | |
|---|---|
| Single by Mahalia Jackson | |
| from the album 'Bless This House' | |
| Released | 1956 |
| Recorded | Tuesday, March 27, 1956 |
| Genre | Gospel |
| Label | Columbia |
| Writer(s) | Thomas A. Dorsey |
Notable performances
It was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s favorite song, and he often invited gospel singer Mahalia Jackson
to sing it at civil rights rallies to inspire the crowds; at his
request she sang it at his funeral in April 1968.
King's last words were, just before being shot, to play it at a mass he was attending the night of his assassination.
King's last words were, just before being shot, to play it at a mass he was attending the night of his assassination.
Opera singer Leontyne Price sang it at the state funeral of President Lyndon Baines Johnson in January 1973,[7] and Aretha Franklin sang it at Mahalia Jackson's funeral in 1972.
Aretha Franklin also recorded a live version of the song for her album Amazing Grace (1972) as a medley with "You've Got a Friend".
It was sung by Nina Simone at the Westbury Music Fair on April 7, 1968, three days after the murder of Dr. Martin Luther King.
That evening was dedicated to him and recorded on the album 'Nuff Said!
Aretha Franklin also recorded a live version of the song for her album Amazing Grace (1972) as a medley with "You've Got a Friend".
It was sung by Nina Simone at the Westbury Music Fair on April 7, 1968, three days after the murder of Dr. Martin Luther King.
That evening was dedicated to him and recorded on the album 'Nuff Said!
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We Thank Thee (1962)
Gentleman Jim Reeves sings a classic country gospel song. Written by Thomas A. Dorsey.
Gentleman Jim Reeves sings a classic country gospel song. Written by Thomas A. Dorsey.
LYRICS:
When my way groweth drear precious Lord linger near
When my life is almost gone
Hear my cry hear my call hold my hand last I fall
Take my hand precious Lord lead me home
Precious Lord take my hand lead me on let me stand
I am tired I am weak I am worn
Through the storm through the night lead me on to the light
Take my hand precious Lord lead me home
[ organ ]
When my work is all done and my race here is run
Let me see by the light Thou has shone
That there city's so bright where the land is the light
Take my hand precious Lord lead me home
Precious Lord take my hand lead me on let me stand
I am tired I am weak I am worn
Through the storm through the night lead me on to the light
Take my hand precious Lord lead me home
James Travis "Jim" Reeves (August 20, 1923 – July 31, 1964) was an American country and popular music singer-songwriter.
With records charting from the 1950s to the 1980s, he became well known as a practitioner of the Nashville sound (a mixture of older country-style music with elements of popular music).
Known as "Gentleman Jim", his songs continued to chart for years after his death.
Reeves died at age 40 in the crash of a private airplane.
He is a member of both the Country Music and Texas Country Music Halls of Fame.
Biography
Early life and education
Reeves was born in Galloway, Texas, a small rural community near Carthage.Winning an athletic scholarship to the University of Texas, he enrolled to study speech and drama, but quit after only six weeks to work in the shipyards in Houston.
Soon he resumed baseball, playing in the semi-professional leagues before contracting with the St. Louis Cardinals "farm" team during 1944 as a right-handed pitcher.
He played for the minor leagues for three years before severing his sciatic nerve while pitching, which ended his athletic career
Early career
Reeves began to work as a radio announcer, and sang live between songs.During the late 1940s, he was contracted with a couple of small Texas-based recording companies, but without success.
Influenced by such Western swing-music artists as Jimmie Rodgers and Moon Mullican, as well as popular singers Bing Crosby, Eddy Arnold and Frank Sinatra, it was not long before he was a member of Moon Mullican's band, and made some early Mullican-style recordings like "Each Beat of my Heart" and "My Heart's Like a Welcome Mat" from the late 1940s to the early 1950s.
He eventually obtained a job as an announcer for KWKH-AM in Shreveport, Louisiana, home of the popular radio program Louisiana Hayride.
According to former Hayride master of ceremonies Frank Page, one day singer Sleepy LaBeef was late for a performance for the Hayride, and Reeves was asked to substitute.
(Other accounts—-including Reeves himself, in an interview on the RCA album Yours Sincerely—-name Hank Williams as the absentee.)
Early 1960s and international fame
Reeves scored his greatest success with the Joe Allison composition "He'll Have to Go", a great success on both the popular and country music charts, which earned him a platinum record.Released during late 1959, it scored number one on Billboard magazine's Hot Country Songs chart on February 8, 1960, which it scored for 14 weeks consecutive.
Country music historian Bill Malone noted that while it was in many ways a conventional country song, its arrangement and the vocal chorus "put this recording in the country pop vein".
In addition, Malone lauded Reeves' vocal styling—lowered to "its natural resonant level" to project the "caressing style that became famous"—as why "many people refer to him as the singer with the velvet touch."[2]
In 1963, he released his well proclaimed "Twelve Songs of Christmas" album, which had the well known songs "Chirstmas" and "An Old Christmas Card".
During 1975, RCA producer Chet Atkins told an interviewer, "Jim wanted to be a tenor but I wanted him to be a baritone...
After he changed his voice to that smooth deeper sound, he was immensely popular."[3]
Reeves' international popularity during the 1960s, however, at times surpassed his popularity in the United States, helping to give country music a worldwide market for the first time.
Source: Wikipedia.org
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