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Turn Your Radio on: The Stories Behind Gospel Music's All-Time Greatest Songs
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Turn Your Radio on: The Stories Behind Gospel Music's All-Time Greatest Songs Paperback - 1999

by Ace Collins

Fascinating stories provide an inspirational inside look at how the best-loved gospel songs came to be written.


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Turn Your Radio On tells the fascinating stories behind gospel music's most unforgettable songs, including "Amazing Grace," "The Battle Hymn of the Republic," "He Touched Me," "I'll Fly Away," "Were You There?" and many more. These are the songs that have shaped our faith and brought us joy. You'll find out: What famous song traces back to a sailor's desperate prayer, What Bill Gaither tune was recorded by Elvis Presley in 1969 -- and won a Grammy, What song was born during a carriage ride through Washington, D.C., at the onset of the Civil War. Turn Your radio On is an inspiring journey through the songs that are part of the roots of our faith today.

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Although there are a host of different opinions about the roots of modern gospel music, there is no debate about the fact that true gospel music must possess a message that universally appeals to the masses and that each composition must present a uniquely individual testimony.

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Turn Your Radio On tells the fascinating stories behind gospel music's most unforgettable songs, including 'Amazing Grace, ' 'The Battle Hymn of the Republic, ' 'He Touched Me, ' 'I'll Fly Away, ' 'Were You There?' and many more. These are the songs that have shaped our faith and brought us joy. You'll find out: What famous song traces back to a sailor's desperate prayer, What Bill Gaither tune was recorded by Elvis Presley in 1969 -- and won a Grammy, What song was born during a carriage ride through Washington, D.C., at the onset of the Civil War. Turn Your radio On is an inspiring journey through the songs that are part of the roots of our faith today.

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  • Title Turn Your Radio on: The Stories Behind Gospel Music's All-Time Greatest Songs
  • Author Ace Collins
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 272
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Zondervan, Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.A.
  • Date 1999-08-02
  • ISBN 9780310211532 / 0310211530
  • Weight 0.75 lbs (0.34 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.4 x 5.6 x 0.8 in (21.34 x 14.22 x 2.03 cm)
  • Themes
    • Religious Orientation: Christian
    • Theometrics: Evangelical
    • Topical: Christian Interest
  • Library of Congress subjects Hymns, English - United States - History and
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 99024350
  • Dewey Decimal Code 264.23

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Citations

  • Booklist, 08/01/1999, Page 2006
  • Ingram Advance, 08/01/1999, Page 71
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