The Originals © by Arnold Rypens

Artist: United States Marine Band
Author: Augustus Montague Toplady/Thomas Hastings
Label: Archeophone
Year: 1895

Words (by Toplady) from 1763, music (by Hastings) from 1830. Hymn first published in 1775. May have been written after being trapped by a storm in Burrington Combe (Mendip Hills, England) while Toplady was a preacher in nearby Blandon. Where he sheltered is known as the Rock Of Ages.

Covers:

1898:: Steve Porter [just as the Original reissued on Waxing The Gospel]
1899:: Albert Campbell
1904:: Henry Burr
1906:: Trinity Choir
1913:: Edison Mixed Quartet
1914:: Alma Gluck & Louise Homer
1928:: Blind Willie Davis
1956:: Tennessee Ernie Ford
1959:: Pat Boone
1960:: Ray Price
1960:: Mahalia Jackson
1961:: Jordanaires
1964:: Laurel Aitken
1967:: Stanley Brothers
1967:: Ella Fitzgerald
1971:: Delaney & Bonnie & Friends
1973:: Lawrence Welk
1974:: Oscar Brand
1975:: Johnny Cash
1990:: Bob Dylan
1996:: Narvel Felts
2005:: Amy Grant [with Vince Gill]
2006:: Alabama
2018:: Johnny Dowd

ROCK OF AGES

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