Sunday morning gospel: Pat Boone--Hymns We Love (1957)

A fabulous 1957 gospel LP by Pat Boone--Grade-A tunes, Pat's voice at its youthful best (I've always wanted to type "youthful best"), and, for that matter, much better than average Dot label jacket art. I speak as someone not impressed, in general, by Dot's cover concoctions.

Fully expecting to find the usual macho pan, I check out Allmusic's review of Hymns We Love and was pleasantly surprised to discover nothing but nice words. Cool.

A shoutout to the awesome Cyberhymnal site, who I turned to for fill-in data for the composer credits in today's post. The best resource of its type, and it's been a while since I sang their praises.

To the hymns: Hymns We Love--Pat Boone w. Billy Vaughn Orch. and Chorus, 1957.

PLAYLIST

THE OLD RUGGED CROSS (Rev. George Bennard)IT IS NO SECRET (Stuart Hamblen)WHISPERING HOPE (Septimus Winner)SWEET HOUR OF PRAYER (Walford-Bradbury)MY GOD IS REAL (Kenneth Morris)BEYOND THE SUNSET (Virgil P. and Blanche Kerr Brock)IN THE GARDEN (C. Austin Miles)SOFTLY AND TENDERLY (Will L. Thompson)WILL THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN (Habershon-Gabriel)YIELD NOT TO TEMPTATION (Palmer)HAVE THINE OWN WAY (Stebbins-Pollard)NOW THE DAY IS OVER (Baring-Gould--Barnby)

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