Songwriters and their God-Given Talents

Gospel music has touched the lives of millions of people with the message of love, praise and appreciation towards God. Gospel lyrics imbibe an emotionally loaded message that people who have a very strong faith could relate to. Famous Gospel songwriters has embedded these messages within their gospel songs and in this article, their gospel lyric distinction will be specified as you read through. One of the notable gospel song writers in history is Richard Smallwood. Smallwood was a member of his gospel group at Howard University where he attended.

This gospel group was the first to appear at Montreux Jazz festival in Switzerland and because of the success that the gospel group attained, Richard Smallwood’s recording career began. Since 1982, his recording album as well as his gospel songs gathered a lot of awards from Grammy and Dove. The music of Smallwood has been sung by famous rhythm and blues artists such as Yolanada Adams, Destiny’s Child and even Chaka Khan who has presented Smallwood’s masterpiece at the Manhattan Center in New York. In his songs, his love for music, the love of a mother towards her Children and the love of God lies in his song.

Another popular gospel songwriter who was known for her Protestant Christian Hymns is Fanny Jane Crosby. She has created numerous secular songs, religious songs, and cantates that were collaborated with different artists and songwriters in history. Crosby’s way of writing her gospel songs include gospel lyrics that is seemed to be a little vintage in form and they always began with a prayer.

Crosby said that writing songs will never be inspirational without a prayer. Fanny Crosby has become well known that she was inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame in the year 1975. She is also honored with the feast day in the Episcopalian Church in United States of America which is celebrated on February 11.

Looking at the contemporary style of writing gospel songs, Hilltop records, a company renowned for producing beautiful Gospel lyrics and songs, has their own choices of the best gospel songwriters. Thomas Dorsey had religion in synergy of music in his blood. He studied music in his childhood and attended formal music school after going to high school.

The style of Thomas Dorsey was coined by Hilltop records as “dorseys” that means combining Christian praise and rhythms of jazz and blues. For a lifetime of success, humility remained in him. Throughout his life, sending his deepest thoughts to God and delivering the message to people who believed were the main themes of his Gospel lyrics.

A Beautiful Life

Amazing Grace

An Empty Mansion

An Evening Prayer

Angel Band

Angry Words

Asleep In Jesus

At Calvary

Away With Our Fears

Because I Love Jesus

Believe And Obey

Beulah

Beulah Land

Beulah Land

Breathe Upon Us

Build On The Rock

By Grace I Will

Calling For You

Carry The Light

Child Of The King

Clear As Crystal

Decision

Deeper And Deeper

Do All The Good You Can

Does Jesus Care

Dwelling In Beulah Land

Enthroned Is Jesus Now

Eternal Light

Eternal Rest

Faith Is The Victory

Father Of Heaven

Father Of Love

Gates Of The Beautiful

Give Him The Glory

Give Me The Wings Of Faith

Give Thanks

Glory Be To Jesus

Hand In Hand

Happy Sunbeams

Have Thine Own Way, Lord

He Abides

He Has Promised

Here Is Love