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Bill & Gloria Gaither
Biography:
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Discography & Videography:
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Featured Hymns:
Official Site:
Gaither Music: https://gaither.com/
Collections of Songs and Hymns:
New Songs of the Old Gospel (1968)
He Touched Me and Other Songs (1969) for solo voice, arr. W. Elmo Mercer
Songs As Sung by the Bill Gaither Trio (1970)
The King is Coming and Other Favorites (1973)
Let’s Just Praise the Lord (1974), arr. W. Elmo Mercer
Hymns for the Family of God (1976)
with Hymnal Companion (1979)
Praise: A Treasury of Gospel Songs As Sung by the Bill Gaither Trio (1977)
The Bill Gaither Trio Songbook (1978)
A Treasury of Praise: Fifty Gospel Classics (ca. 1978)
More of Treasury of Praise: Fifty More Gospel Classics (ca. 1978)
The Very Best of the Very Best (1979) [BG Trio]
Make My Life a Living Sacrifice (1981) [GVB]
Bless the Lord Who Reigns in Beauty (1982) [BG Trio]
The New Gaither Vocal Band (1982)
Fully Alive (1983) [BG Trio]
Passin’ the Faith Along (1983) [GVB]
Welcome Back Home (1987) [BG Trio]
One X 1 (1987) [GVB]
Wings (1988) [GVB]
Hymn Classics (1990) [BG Trio]
Homecoming (1991) [GVB]
Southern Classics (1993) [GVB]
Homecoming Souvenir Songbook
Vol. 1 (1993)
Vol. 2 (1994)
Vol. 3 (1995)
Vol. 4 (1997)
Vol. 5 (1998)
Christmas (1998)
Vol. 6 (2000)
Vol. 7 (2001)
Vol. 8 (2003)
Vol. 9 (2006)
Southern Gospel Convention Songbook
Vols. 1–2 (1995)
Lovin’ God & Lovin’ Each Other (1997) [GVB]
Southern Classics Vol. 2 (1997) [GVB]
God is Good (1999) [GVB]
Still the Greatest Story Ever Told (1999)
I Do Believe (2001) [GVB]
Everything Good (2002) [GVB]
A Cappella (2003) [GVB]
Best of the GVB (2005)
Give it Away (2006) [GVB]
Lovin’ Life (2008) [GVB]
Together (2009) [GVB]
Christmas Gaither Vocal Band Style (2009) [GVB]
Country Roots and Gospel Favorites (2018) [GVB]
For musicals and children’s works, see the Gaither discography
Autobiographical & Devotional Works:
Gloria Gaither, Make Warm Noises (Nashville: Impact Books, 1971): WorldCat
Gloria Gaither, Rainbows Live at Easter (Nashville: Impact Books, 1974): WorldCat
Gloria Gaither, Fully Alive! (NY: Thomas Nelson, 1984): WorldCat
Gloria Gaither, Hands Across the Seasons (Nashville: Abingdon, 1988): WorldCat
Gloria Gaither, We Have This Moment (Waco, TX: Word Books, 1988): WorldCat
Gloria Gaither, Decision Vision: Learning to Make Choices with Forever in Mind (Anderson, IN: Warner, 1991): WorldCat
Gloria Gaither, To a God Unknown: A Dramatic Adaptation (with Musical Lyrics) of the Novel by John Steinbeck, thesis (Muncie, IN: Ball State University, 1991): WorldCat
Gloria Gaither, ed., What My Parents Did Right (Wheaton, IL: Living Books, 1991): WorldCat
Gloria Gaither, Gigi Graham Tchividjian, Susan Alexander Yates, Marriage: Questions Women Ask (Portland, OR: Multnomah, 1992): WorldCat
Bill Gaither & Jerry Jenkins, I Almost Missed the Sunset: My Perspective on Life and Music (Nashville: Nelson, 1992): WorldCat
Gloria Gaither & Shirley Dobson, Let’s Make a Memory: Great Ideas for Building Family Traditions and Togetherness (Dallas: Word, 1994): WorldCat
Gloria Gaither, Let’s Hide the Word (Thomas Nelson, 1994): WorldCat
Gloria Gaither, et al., 365 Meditations for Grandmothers (Nashville: Dimensions for Living, 1994): WorldCat
Gloria Gaither & Shirley Dobson, Let’s Make a Summer Memory (Thomas Nelson, 1995): WorldCat
Gloria Gaither, Because He Lives: The Stories and Inspiration Behind the Songs of Bill and Gloria Gaither (1997): Amazon
Bill Gaither & Jerry Jenkins, Homecoming: The Story of Southern Gospel Music Through the Eyes of Its Best-Loved Performers (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1997): WorldCat
Gloria Gaither, Bless This Child (Nashville: J. Countryman, 1998): WorldCat
Gloria Gaither, Bless This House (Nashville: J. Countryman, 1998): WorldCat
Gloria Gaither, Bless This House (Nashville: J. Countryman, 1998): WorldCat
Gloria Gaither, By This Fire (Nashville: J. Countryman, 1999): WorldCat
Gloria Gaither, Peggy Benson, Sue Buchanan & Joy MacKenzie, Friends Through Thick and Thin (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1998): WorldCat
Gloria Gaither, God Gave the Song: Glimpses into the Inspiration Behind the Songs of Bill and Gloria Gaither (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2000): WorldCat
Gloria Gaither, Things I Must Tell the Children (Nashville: J. Countryman, 2001): WorldCat
Bill Gaither and Ken Abraham, It’s More Than the Music: Life Lessons on Friends, Faith, and What Matters Most (NY: Warner Faith, 2003): Amazon
Bill & Gloria Gaither, Heaven: Joyful Comfort and Awesome Peace (NY: HarperCollins, 2003): Amazon
Gloria Gaither & Shirley Dobson, Creating Family Traditions (Sisters, OR: Multnomah, 2004): WorldCat
Gloria Gaither, He Started the Whole World Singing: A Treasury of Gaither Christmas Songs, Reflections, and Holiday Traditions (NY: Warner, 2004): WorldCat
Gloria Gaither & Shirley Dobson, Celebrating Special Times with Special People (Sisters, OR: Multnomah, 2005): WorldCat
Gloria Gaither, Something Beautiful: The Stories Behind a Half-century of the Songs of Bill and Gloria Gaither (2007): Amazon
Gloria Gaither, A Book of Simple Prayers (2008): Amazon
Bill & Gloria Gaither, eds., The Gaither Homecoming Bible, New King James Version (Thomas Nelson, 2012): Amazon
Related Resources:
Rosalie Clamm, “Gaither Trio gave up teaching for singing,” The Ball State Alumnus, Ball State University, vol. 31, no. 6 (Muncie, IN: 29 March 1974), p. 4.
William J. Reynolds, “Gloria Gaither,” “William J. Gaither,” Companion to Baptist Hymnal (Nashville: Convention Press, 1976), pp. 313–314.
“Interview with Bill Gaither,” Creator, vol. 1 (Nov. 1978), pp. 11–17.
Chet Hagan, “Bill and Gloria Gaither,” Gospel Legends (NY: Avon, 1995), pp. 109–121.
Helen K. Hosier, “Gloria Gaither,” 100 Christian Women Who Changed the Twentieth Century (Grand Rapids: F.H. Revell, 2000), pp. 121–124.
Mark Allan Powell, “The Gaither Vocal Band,” Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2002), pp. 351–353.
Stacy Hamby, “Bill Gaither: Still carving out new audiences for gospel music,” Baptist Press (2 January 2004): BP
David Liverett, This is My Story: 146 of the World’s Greatest Gospel Singers (2005), pp. 2–3, 78–83.
Ryan P. Harper, The Gaithers and Southern Gospel: Homecoming in the Twenty-First Century (Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi, 2017): Amazon
“Mary Ann Gaither Addison [obituary],” Owens Memorial Services (2018):
https://www.owensmemorialservices.com/obituaries/obituary-listings?obId=3071459
Carlton Young, “Bill Gaither,” Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology: http://www.hymnology.co.uk/b/bill-gaither
Carlton Young, “Gloria Gaither,” Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology: http://www.hymnology.co.uk/g/gloria-gaither
Bill Gaither, Hymnary.org: https://hymnary.org/person/Gaither_Bill
Gloria Gaither: https://hymnary.org/person/Gaither_G