Danny Ray Adams

    
     Below is the ©Copyright credits and a brief bio history of the songs found on the Danny Ray Adams "(Give Me That) Old Time Religion" CD.  When you have completed reading the song bios...

1. Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone)
A very well-known Christian song by Englishman John Newton and first appeared in print in Newton's Olney Hymns 1779. ©Publisher: Public Domain- Mechanical Copyright Protection Society LTD. Writers: John Newton/Chris Tomlin
   
2. (Give Me That) Old-Time Religion
A traditional gospel song dating from 1873, when it was included in a list of Jubilee songs—or earlier. It has become a standard in many hymnals and covered by many artists. ©Publisher: Public Domain- Mechanical Copyright Protection Society LTD.
   
3. Leaning On The Everlasting Arms
A gospel song written by Anthony Johnson Showalter and published in 1887. He wrote the music and chorus, and Elisha A. Hoffman wrote the verses. ©Publisher: Public Domain- Mechanical Copyright Protection Society LTD.

4. The Church In The Wildwood
A gospel song that was written by Dr. William S. Pitts in 1857 following a coach ride that stopped in Bradford, Iowa. It is a song about a church built in a valley near the town, though the church was not actually built until seven years later. In the years since, the church has become known simply as "The Little Brown Church". ©Publisher: Public Domain- Mechanical Copyright Protection Society LTD.
   
5. Nearer My God To Thee
A 19th century Christian song written by Sarah F. Adams and Lowell Mason, based loosely on Genesis 28:11-19, the story of Jacob's dream. Genesis 28:11-12 can be translated as follows: "So he came to a certain place and stayed there all night, because the sun had set. And he took one of the stones of that place and put it at his head, and he lay down in that place to sleep. Then he dreamed, and behold, a ladder was set up on the earth, and its top reached to heaven; and there the angels of God were ascending and descending on it..."  It is most famous as the last alleged song the band on RMS Titanic played before the ship sank in 1912. This song is sung at the end of the 1936 movie San Francisco, which was nominated for several Academy Awards. ©Publisher: Public Domain- Mechanical Copyright Protection Society LTD.
   
6. Rock Of Ages
A popular Christian song by Reverend Augustus Montague Toplady. The words of the song were written in 1763 and first published in The Gospel Magazine in 1775, with the music added in around 1830. ©Publisher: Public Domain- Mechanical Copyright Protection Society LTD.

7. Bringing In The Sheaves
A popular Christian song written in 1874 by Knowles Shaw, who was inspired by Psalm 126:6, "He who goes out weeping, carrying seed to sow, will return with songs of joy, carrying sheaves with him." ©Publisher: Public Domain- Mechanical Copyright Protection Society LTD.

8. Old Rugged Cross (Easter Tribute)
A popular Christian song written in 1912 by evangelist and song-leader George Bennard. It remains enormously popular and has been performed by some of the twentieth century's most important recording artists, including: Al Green, Anne Murray, Brad Paisley, Chet Atkins, Elvis Presley, Floyd Cramer, George Jones, Jim Reeves, Johnny Cash, and June Carter, Kevin Max, Mahalia Jackson, Merle Haggard, Patsy Cline, Loretta Lynn, Ray Price, Ricky Van Shelton, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Roy Rogers and the Sons of The Pioneers, The Oak Ridge Boys, The Statler Brothers, Vince gill, Willie Nelson, and George Beverly Shea. ©Publisher: Public Domain- Mechanical Copyright Protection Society LTD.
   
9. Shall We Gather At The River
A traditional Christian song, written by composer Robert Lowry in 1864. The song has often been employed in Western film soundtracks, particularly those of director John Ford. ©Publisher: Public Domain- Mechanical Copyright Protection Society LTD.
   
10. How Great Thou Art
A Christian song based on a Swedish poem written by Sweden's Carl Gustav Boberg, in Sweden in 1885. It was translated into English by Stuart K. Hine, who also added two original verses of his own composition. It was popularized by George Beverly Shea and Cliff Barrows during Billy Graham crusades. It was voted the United Kingdom's favorite Christian song by BBC's Songs of Praise. It  is ranked second (after "Amazing Grace") on a list of the favorite Christian songs of all time in a survey by America's Today's Christian magazine in 2001. There have been over seventeen hundred documented recordings of this beloved song. It has been used on major television programs, in major motion pictures, and has been named as the favorite Gospel song of at least three United States’ presidents. ©Publisher: Public Domain- Mechanical Copyright Protection Society LTD .
   
11. In The Sweet By And By
A Christian song with lyrics by S. Fillmore Bennett and music by Joseph P. Webster. The song came together in less than 30 minutes in 1868. It is recognizable by its chorus: "In the sweet by and by, we shall meet on that beautiful shore. In the sweet by and by, we shall meet on that beautiful shore".©Publisher: Public Domain- Mechanical Copyright Protection Society LTD.
   
12. When The Roll Is Called Up Yonder
A Christian song written by a Sunday School teacher, James Black of Canada in 1893. He later said that he had composed the song in 15 minutes and went to the piano and played the song just as you will find it in the gospel books today—note for note. It has never been changed. ©Publisher: Public Domain- Mechanical Copyright Protection Society LTD.
   
13. Vacant Chair
A gospel song written during the American Civil War. Lyrics by Henry S. Washburne and music by George Frederick Root in 1861. ©Publisher: Public Domain- Mechanical Copyright Protection Society LTD.
   
14. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
A gospel song (referred to as an African-American Negro spiritual) was composed by Wallis Willis, a Choctaw freedman in the old Indidian Territory, I sometime before 1862. He was inspired by the Red River which reminded him of the Jordan River and of the Prophet Elijah from the Holy Bible, being taken up to heaven by a chariot. ©Publisher: Public Domain- Mechanical Copyright Protection Society LTD.
   
15. God Be With You Till We Meet Again       
A Christian song with the lyrics written by Jeremiah E. Rankin and the music by J.W. Bishchoff in 1880. It was deliberately composed as  a Christian hymn on the basis of the etymology of "good-bye", which is "God be with you". ©Publisher: Public Domain- Mechanical Copyright Protection Society LTD.

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