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His previous gospel album His Hand in Mine had been a solid catalog seller for RCA.[8] While Presley faced difficulty getting radio airplay in the mid-1960s, during that decade radio stations played Christmas music at Christmas-time and religious music at Easter, and Presley's manager, Colonel Tom Parker, was convinced Presley could break through in these niche markets.[8] So, recording sessions were arranged with the purpose of producing a Christmas single and a follow-up LP to His Hand in Mine.
How Great Thou Art would in fact be Presley's first non-soundtrack album recording of new material since Pot Luck with Elvis in 1962, and his first album release not to include any soundtrack recordings since the previous gospel album in 1960.[8] It also introduced producerFelton Jarvis to Presley on the singer's second non-soundtrack sessions since May 1963.[8] Jarvis would continue to work with Presley for the remainder of his career.
The church and its steeple featured on the cover is that of the First Church of Christ, located in Sandwich, Massachusetts.[9]
Content
As the sessions for the album progressed, Elvis rejected many of the planned songs for which Freddy Bienstock had obtained publishing deals, and began picking favorites of his own and those of the musicians.[8] The five songs in the public domain were credited as "arranged by Elvis Presley" and published by Elvis Presley Music allowing Bienstock to secure the royalties for those selections.[8] In fact, it is likely that an engaged and enthusiastic Presley indeed did the arrangements, as he certainly did with the title song, his months of practice at home on his beloved gospel songs paying off.[8]
"Crying in the Chapel" was released as a single (RCA 47-0643) on April 6, 1965 and reached number 3 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart. "You'll Never Walk Alone" was released as a single (RCA 47-9600) in March 1968 and reached position 90. Its B-side is "We Call On Him".
2010 Follow That Dream reissue
Disc One
Original album
No.
Title
Length
1.
"How Great Thou Art"
3:02
2.
"In the Garden"
3:11
3.
"Somebody Bigger Than You and I"
2:27
4.
"Farther Along"
4:06
5.
"Stand by Me"
2:29
6.
"Without Him"
2:32
7.
"So High"
1:59
8.
"By and By"
3:38
9.
"Where Could I Go but 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 Alone"
2:44
13.
"Crying in The Chapel"
2:28
Bonus songs
No.
Title
Length
14.
"You'll Never Walk Alone"
2:46
15.
"We Call on Him"
2:34
16.
"If Everyday Was Like Christmas"
2:57
First takes
No.
Title
Length
17.
"How Great Thou Art" (takes 1 & 2)
3:31
18.
"Somebody Bigger Than You and I" (takes 1,3,11)
4:31
19.
"Stand by Me" (takes 1 & 2)
2:55
20.
"Without Him" (take 1)
3:04
21.
"So High" (take 1)
2:16
22.
"By and By" (take 4)
1:53
23.
"If the Lord Wasn't Walking by My Side" (take 1)
1:53
24.
"Run On" (takes 1 & 2)
4:51
25.
"Where No One Stands Alone" (takes 1 & 4 spliced)
3:07
26.
"You'll Never Walk Alone" (take 1)
5:35
27.
"We Call on Him" (takes 1 & 2)
2:55
Disc two
May 1966 sessions
No.
Title
Length
1.
"Run On" (takes 3-6)
5:01
2.
"Stand by Me" (takes 5-7)
3:43
3.
"Stand by Me" (takes 9 & 10)
4:19
4.
"Where No One Stands Alone" (takes 2, 3 & wp 1)
4:42
5.
"Where No One Stands Alone" (wp takes 2, 3 & 5)
2:22
6.
"So High" (takes 2 & 3)
2:21
7.
"Farther Along" (takes 1& 2)
3:57
8.
"By and By" (takes1, 2, 3, 4 (fs), 5 & 7)
4:28
9.
"By and By" (takes 8 & 9)
2:33
10.
"In the Garden" (takes 1-3)
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)
4:39
13.
"Without Him" (takes 4 & 8)
2:49
14.
"Without Him" (takes 11, 13 & 14)
4:35
15.
"If the Lord Wasn't Walking by My Side" (takes 2-4)
3:04
16.
"If the Lord Wasn't Walking by My Side" (take 6)
1:49
June 1966 sessions
No.
Title
Length
17.
"If Every Day Was Like Christmas" (takes 1 & 2, undubbed master)
3:27
September 1966 sessions
No.
Title
Length
18.
"We Call on Him" (takes 4 & 5)
3:11
19.
"We Call on Him" (take 7)
2:48
20.
"We Call on Him" (take 8)
2:36
21.
"You'll Never Walk Alone" (take 2)
3:54
22.
"You'll Never Walk Alone" (takes 3, 4, 6 & 8)
4:47
Personnel
Elvis Presley – vocals; piano on 2008 reissue bonus track "You'll Never Walk Alone"
^"Searchable database". RIAA. 2015. Retrieved January 25, 2015. Note: Go to advanced search and enter "Presley, Elvis" (artist) and "How Great Thou Art" (album name)
^ abcdefghijklJorgensen, Ernst. Elvis Presley A Life in Music: The Complete Recording Sessions. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1998; pp. 203-420.