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1967 studio album by Elvis Presley

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Studio album by

Elvis Presley
Released Feb 27, 1967 (1967-02-27)
Recorded October 31, 1960 (1960-10-31); 25–27 May 1966 (1966-05-25 – 1966-05-27)
Studio RCA Studio B
Genre Gospel
Length 31:33
Label RCA Victor
Producer Felton Jarvis
Elvis Presley chronology
Spinout
(1966) 		How Neat 1000 Art
(1967) 		Easy Come, Easy Become
(1967)

How Groovy Thou Art is the ninth studio album by American vocalizer and musician Elvis Presley, released past RCA Victor in February 1967. A gospel album, the release contained slow numbers on one side, while it presented the fast-paced numbers on the flipside. Information technology earned Presley a Grammy Award for All-time Sacred Performance, while it became a Billboard pinnacle xx popular striking and information technology appeared on the Top State Albums chart on the top ten.

Subsequently the initial success of his films and their respective soundtracks, Presley's movie career started to decline by the mid 1960s. Due to the continued success of his previous gospel recording, His Hand in Mine (1960), RCA accepted Presley's proposal of a follow-upward release. The tracks were recorded in May 1966, and produced past Felton Jarvis with the accompaniment of the Imperials and the Jordanaires.

Following its February 1967 release, How Great Thou Art was certified gilt past the RIAA. The recording was promoted with a radio special on Palm Sunday that featured its tracks. Presley'south album was praised by later reviews, while its certification was updated to multiple platinum by 2010.

Groundwork [edit]

At the end of his career in the United states Army in March 1960, Elvis Presley returned to tape music.[1] That year, his release Elvis is Back! reached number two on the Billboard Top Albums chart,[2] while it topped the Uk Albums Chart.[3] Meanwhile, the release of the soundtrack of his picture Thou.I. Blues (1961) topped both Billboard's Top Albums and the U.k. Albums Chart.[four]

Presley's managing director, Colonel Tom Parker, then shifted the focus of the vocaliser'southward career to interim.[five] Presley preferred to portray dramatic roles, merely subsequently the flop of Flaming Star (1960) and Wild in the Country (1961) the employ of musical numbers on his films increased.[6] Presley'south next film, Blue Hawaii (1961), became a box-office success,[seven] while its soundtrack topped Billboard's Top Albums Chart for 20 weeks.[eight] Parker so decided to shift the business model to produce films that would sell soundtracks, while the soundtracks would in turn promote the films. Consequentially, Presley stopped recording non-album soundtracks.[9] Presley grew increasingly unhappy with the quality of the songs he recorded and the plot of the films he starred in.[x] By 1965, the earnings of his films in the box-office started to refuse.[11]

Production [edit]

Past that time, Presley had been insisting RCA to work on a new gospel anthology, but he received multiple times negative answers from the company. As Presley'southward records failed to friction match earlier profits, his 1960 gospel album His Hand in Mine however sold well.[12] Meanwhile, the Apr 1965 release of "Crying in the Chapel", recorded during the His Mitt in Mine sessions, reached number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.[13] [xiv] RCA and Parker reconsidered Presley'southward idea and they bundled the date for the next recording sessions.[12] The recordings would be Presley'due south outset non-soundtrack album in more than than two years, and the production was assigned to Felton Jarvis, marking his showtime collaboration with Presley.[eleven] Chet Atkins, producer and manager of Nashville's RCA Studio B, assigned Jarvis because of Presley'southward preference to record at night.[15]

Advertising on Cashbox promoting the release of How Great Thou Art

To prepare his voice, Presley worked with his entourage members Charlie Hodge and Sonny West at Graceland.[16] Together they reviewed the material that Presley'due south publisher Hill & Range sent, but they settled on recording songs that the singer liked that were not owned by the company.[17] Presley requested the label to hire vocalizer Jimmy Jones to appear on the album, but he could non exist located by Parker's banana nor Hill & Range's representative Freddy Bienstock.[18] Presley's management then hired the singer's favorite gospel quarter: The Imperials, lead by Jake Hess.[19] Additionally, the Jordanaires and a backing group that consisted of Millie Kirkham and ii other female session backup singers completed the vocal section.[eighteen] According to the Jordanaires, member Ray Walker suggested Presley to record the vocal "How Not bad Thou Art" based on the success of George Beverly Shea's recording that was used on Billy Graham'south events. Meanwhile, Presley's assistant Charlie Hodge claimed that singer decided to tape the melody after he played for him a version by Sons of the Pioneers.[xi] The selected songs that were in the public domain were rearranged to meet requirements to register the copyright by Presley's management.[xx]

The recording of How Great Thou Fine art took place in May 1966.[21] The first day, May 25, 1966, Presley proficient the songs with the fill-in singers on the piano. After two hours, he started the commencement take of "Run On". Presley sang following the vocal techniques used by the Golden Gate Quartet on their performances of the vocal.[xviii] The first number took seven takes, and and then Presley moved to the title-track.[eighteen] "How Great Thou Art" was recorded in 4 takes.[22] Jerry Schilling, a friend of Presley who was present at the session, remarked that afterwards the last have the vocaliser was "drained" and that he "virtually fainted". He continued with the traditional song "Stand By Me", which Presley had difficulty singing.[23] Jarvis worked with him repeating the takes several times for Presley to utilise the vibrato and to exist able to attain the needed falsetto range.[xix] After the eleventh have, Presley moved to a number frequently sung past Hess, "Where No One Stands Alone".[24] The next day, they recorded "So High", "Further Along" and "In the Garden".[24] The third night of recording, May 27, was set to be the last one for the anthology since the Imperials were scheduled to leave for the start of their Canadian bout. Presley recorded "If the Lord Wasn't Walking by My Side" as a duet with Hess.[25] Additionally, the session produced "Somebody Bigger Than You lot and I", "Without Him", and "Where Could I Get But to the Lord".[26] The production of the record used the A side for the slower numbers while the B side was dedicated to faster-paced songs.[27] The album cover featured the church and steeple of the Start Church of Christ of Sandwich, Massachusetts.[28]

Release and reception [edit]

How Groovy K Art was released in February 1967.[22] Billboard qualified the release as "great", while the review remarked that the songs pointed where Presley "got his style of singing".[29] Meanwhile, Cashbox felt that Presley sang the tunes in a "feelingful, sincere manner".[30] The Tampa Bay Times called it a "considerable success",[31] while The News Journal considered information technology Presley "at his versatile best".[32] The Courier-Postal service felt that the songs of the A-side were "good", merely that Presley "fails" on the flipside. The reviewer concluded that How Great Thou Art was "good listening", and that "Crying in the Chapel" presented Presley in "near his best".[33] Periodical & Courier wrote that the album was "well sung",[34] while El Paso Times mentioned Presley'south transition from "teenage to later pop", and information technology considered the style of the anthology "smooth and adequate".[35] The album reached number 18 on the Billboard 200 and number 7 on the Pinnacle Country Albums chart.[nineteen] On March 19, 1967, on Palm Sunday, Parker made a deal for the album to be played on 276 stations across the United States, while in cases six stations on the same surface area joined the plan. Parker gave 3 minutes for the sponsoring of local charities to the announcers of each station and a national spot for the Reddish Cross during the broadcast.[36] The same yr, on December 3, Parker included songs of the anthology in a similar Christmas broadcast that comprehended ii,000 stations.[37] By Feb 1968, the album was certified aureate past the RIAA.[38]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic
MusicHound
The Rolling Stone Album Guide
Rough Guides

In March 1968, at the tenth Almanac Grammy Awards, the anthology won the category for Best Sacred Functioning.[39] It became Presley'south first win at the Grammy Awards,[xix] and by the following decade, the title-track became part of his usual repertoire in concerts.[xl] In Baronial 1977, James Blackwood sang the "How Keen Thou Fine art" at Presley's funeral with the Stamps.[11] In 1988, RCA reissued the tape on compact disc.[41] The RIAA certification for How Great Thou Fine art was updated to platinum on March 27, 1992.[38] In 2008, Sony Music released a remastered version of How Slap-up Thou Art that included 3 bonus tracks.[42] In 2010, the Presley collector label Follow That Dream released a version that besides contained all the outtakes from the recording sessions.[43] The same year, the album certification was upgraded to 3x Platinum on Oct thirteen.[38]

The Rolling Rock Album Guide rated the release with five stars out of five.[44] The publication remarked the "splendid" song support that Presley received, every bit the guide hailed as " effective on the dramatic".[45] MusicHound rated it with three-and-a-half bones out of five.[46] Allmusic gave the release four stars out of five. Critic John Bush-league remarked the "unlike conceptions" that each side of the record offered: The reviewer considered the opening "very high church" and traditional, while he praised the flipside equally "a far more heady proposition" with the use of "rocking" or "swinging pianos" with " breakneck tempos".[47]

Track list [edit]

Original release [edit]

Side ane
No. Championship Writer(s) Recording engagement Length
1. "How Groovy Thou Art" Stuart K. Hine May 25, 1966 three:00
2. "In the Garden" C. Austin Miles May 26, 1966 three:xi
3. "Somebody Bigger Than Y'all and I" Hy Heath, Sonny Burke, Johnny Lange May 27, 1966 two:25
four. "Further Along" Traditional; arranged by Elvis Presley May 26, 1966 4:04
5. "Stand By Me" Traditional; bundled by Elvis Presley May 25, 1966 two:26
6. "Without Him" Mylon LeFevre May 27, 1966 two:27
Side 2
No. Title Author(s) Recording date Length
1. "So High" Traditional; arranged by Elvis Presley May 26, 1966 1:56
2. "Where Could I Go Only to the Lord" James B. Coats May 27, 1966 3:36
3. "By and Past" Traditional; arranged by Elvis Presley May 26, 1966 i:49
4. "If the Lord Wasn't Walking by My Side" Henry Slaughter May 27, 1966 one:36
5. "Run On" Traditional; bundled by Elvis Presley May 25, 1966 2:21
6. "Where No One Stands Lonely" Mosie Lister May 25, 1966 two:42
7. "Crying in the Chapel" Artie Glenn October 31, 1960 2:26

2008 reissue bonus tracks [edit]

No. Title Author(s) Recording appointment Length
fourteen. "You'll Never Walk Alone" Oscar Hammerstein 2, Richard Rodgers September 11, 1967 2:43
xv. "We Phone call On Him" Fred Karger, Sid Wayne, Ben Weisman September xi, 1967 2:31
16. "Who Am I?" Charles Rusty Goodman February 22, 1969 2:07

2010 Follow That Dream reissue [edit]

Disc One
Original album
No. Championship Length
ane. "How Swell M Art" 3:02
2. "In the Garden" three:11
iii. "Somebody Bigger Than You and I" two:27
4. "Farther Along" 4:06
5. "Stand by Me" 2:29
six. "Without Him" 2:32
7. "So Loftier" one:59
8. "By and Past" 3:38
nine. "Where Could I Go only To the Lord" 1:52
10. "If the Lord Wasn't Walking by My Side" 1:38
11. "Run On" 2:23
12. "Where No One Stands Lonely" 2:44
thirteen. "Crying in The Chapel" 2:28
Bonus songs
No. Title Length
14. "You'll Never Walk Alone" two:46
15. "We Call on Him" two:34
xvi. "If Everyday Was Like Christmas" 2:57
Offset takes
No. Title Length
17. "How Great Chiliad Art" (takes 1 & ii) 3:31
18. "Somebody Bigger Than You and I" (takes ane,three,11) four:31
19. "Stand up past Me" (takes 1 & 2) two:55
xx. "Without Him" (accept 1) 3:04
21. "So Loftier" (accept 1) 2:16
22. "By and By" (take 4) 1:53
23. "If the Lord Wasn't Walking by My Side" (take 1) ane:53
24. "Run On" (takes one & 2) four:51
25. "Where No One Stands Alone" (takes 1 & 4 spliced) 3:07
26. "You'll Never Walk Lonely" (take 1) five:35
27. "We Call on Him" (takes 1 & ii) 2:55
Disc ii
May 1966 sessions
No. Title Length
1. "Run On" (takes 3-6) v:01
2. "Stand by Me" (takes v-7) 3:43
iii. "Stand by Me" (takes 9 & 10) 4:19
4. "Where No 1 Stands Alone" (takes 2, three & wp 1) four:42
v. "Where No Ane Stands Alone" (wp takes 2, iii & 5) two:22
six. "And then High" (takes ii & 3) two:21
7. "Farther Along" (takes 1& two) 3:57
eight. "By and By" (takes1, two, iii, four (fs), v & 7) 4:28
9. "By and By" (takes 8 & 9) 2:33
10. "In the Garden" (takes 1-three) 5:03
11. "Somebody Bigger Than You and I" (take 12) 2:42
12. "Somebody Bigger Than You and I" (takes14 (fs), 15 & wp 5) iv:39
13. "Without Him" (takes 4 & 8) 2:49
14. "Without Him" (takes 11, thirteen & fourteen) iv:35
15. "If the Lord Wasn't Walking by My Side" (takes 2-4) 3:04
sixteen. "If the Lord Wasn't Walking by My Side" (take half-dozen) i:49
June 1966 sessions
No. Title Length
17. "If Every 24-hour interval Was Like Christmas" (takes 1 & two, undubbed chief) 3:27
September 1966 sessions
No. Championship Length
18. "Nosotros Call on Him" (takes 4 & five) three:eleven
xix. "We Call on Him" (accept 7) two:48
20. "We Call on Him" (accept 8) 2:36
21. "You'll Never Walk Solitary" (accept 2) 3:54
22. "You'll Never Walk Solitary" (takes 3, 4, 6 & viii) four:47

Personnel [edit]

  • Elvis Presley – vocals; piano on 2008 reissue bonus track "You'll Never Walk Lonely"
  • The Jordanaires – vocals
  • The Imperials – vocals
  • Millie Kirkham – vocals
  • Dolores Edgin – vocals
  • June Folio – vocals
  • Boots Randolph – saxophone
  • Rufus Long – saxophone
  • Scotty Moore – guitar
  • Flake Young – guitar
  • Charlie McCoy – guitar, bass, harmonica
  • Pete Drake – pedal steel guitar
  • Floyd Cramer – piano
  • David Briggs – piano, organ
  • Henry Slaughter – pianoforte, organ
  • Bob Moore – double bass
  • Henry Strzelecki – double bass
  • D. J. Fontana – drums, tambourine
  • Buddy Harman – drums, timpani

Charts [edit]

Accolades [edit]

Certifications [edit]

See also [edit]

  • Carl Boberg, writer of the Swedish poem "O Store Gud"

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  5. ^ Ponce de Leon, Charles 2007, p. 133.
  6. ^ Zoglin, Richard 2020, pp. 102–103.
  7. ^ Neibaur, James 2014, p. 84.
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  9. ^ Gaar, Gillian 2011, p. XVI.
  10. ^ Gaar, Gillian 2011, p. XVII.
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External links [edit]

  • How Great 1000 Art at Discogs (list of releases)
  • LSP-3758 How Great Thou Art Guide role of The Elvis Presley Tape Research Database
  • Elvis Presley Discography

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