O STORE GUD
Created on 03/10/2002Latest update on 06/04/2024
Artist: Dr. Carl Boberg
Author: Carl Boberg
Year: 1886
Swedish hymn written by a local pastor, editor and MP.
Covers:
- 1890s:
Mamfred von Glehn [as Wie gross bist Du]
- 1907:
Mr. & Mrs. Stuart Hine [evangelists as How Great Thou Art; the man wrote the English lyrics, translated from von Glehn's German version]
- 1955:
George Beverly Shea [idem, at a Billy Graham rally]
- 1956:
Tennessee Ernie Ford [idem]
- 1956:
Sons Of The Pioneers [Elvis' inspiration]
- 1957:
Blackwood Brothers [admired by Elvis]
- 1957:
- 1957:
- 1959:
- 1961:
- 1962:
Jimmie Davis [idem; Decca B-side]
- 1965:
- 1966:
Elvis Presley [his first Grammy]
- 1966:
- 1968:
- 1969:
- 1969:
- 1971:
- 1974:
- 1978:
- 1982:
- 1994:
Thomas Jägerlund Amazing Orchestra [in Swedish]
- 1997:
Five Blind Boys Of Mississippi [as How Great Thou Art]
- 2002:
- 2006:
- 2009:
Susan Boyle [idem]
- 2021:
Carrie Underwood [all as How Great Thou Art]
Stuart K. Hine, the English translator, was credited for arranging gospel recordings with Etta Cameron and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.
