Great Is the Lord
"Great Is the Lord" is a popular worship song written in 1982 by Debbie and Michael W. Smith.
The couple were at the time active members of Belmont Church on Music Row in Nashville, Tennessee and were seeking to augment the music.
The inspiration for the lyrics were drawn from Psalm 145:3, "Great is the Lord and most worthy of Praise".
The song is sung in churches of many denominations and is included in many hymnal supplements.
Musically, the song is a mix between the pop and worship styles of the day.
The song is set in 6/8 time, with an upbeat tempo.
The verses are in the key of D major, while the chorus drops down to C major.
The song uses several synthesizers, as well as an acoustic piano, to carry along the verses.
Guitar, additional vocals and a string section show up in the chorus.
Michael W. Smith
Michael Whitaker Smith (born October 7, 1957) is an American musician, who has charted in both contemporary Christian and mainstream charts.
His biggest success in mainstream music was in 1991 when "Place in this World" hit No. 6 on the "Billboard" Hot 100.
Over the course of his career, he has sold more than 18 million albums.
Smith is a three-time Grammy Award winner, an American Music Award recipient, and has earned 45 Dove Awards.
In 1999, ASCAP awarded him with the "Golden Note" Award for lifetime achievement in songwriting, and in 2014 they honored him as the "cornerstone of Christian music" for his significant influence on the genre.
He also has recorded 31 No. 1
Hit songs, fourteen gold albums, and five platinum albums.
He has also starred in two films and published 14 books including "
This Is Your Time", which he worked with Christian author Gary Thomas to write.
Dáithí Sproule
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His niece is the singer Claire Sproule.
Caspar Babypants
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Kristian Leontiou
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William M. Runyan
William M. Runyan( 1870 – 1957) was a Christian composer from the United States who wrote the music to the well- known hymn" Great Is Thy Faithfulness".
In 1870, William Marion Runyan was born in Marion, New York to a Methodist minister Rev. William White Runyan( born 1828) and his wife Hannah( Orcutt) Runyan( born 1839).
At age fourteen, Runyan and his family moved to Marion, Kansas.
As a youth, Runyan served as a church organist and graduated from Marion High School in Kansas.
Runyan was ordained as a Methodist minister at age twenty- one and then pastored various congregations in Kansas.
Runyan attended Northwestern University for three years from 1895 to 1898.
Starting in 1915 Runyan began writing gospel songs with the encouragement of D.B. Towner of the Moody Bible Institute.
In 1923 Runyan moved from Wichita to Chicago.
From 1924 to 1926 Runyan was affiliated with John Brown University in Siloam Springs, Arkansas pastoring the Federated Church, and editing the Christian Workers' Magazine.
Runyan then moved back to Chicago where he worked with the Moody Bible Institute, and he worked as editor for Hope Publishing Company, co-editing" The Service Hymnal" with Gordon Shorney.
In 1923 Runyan composed the music to the song" Great is Thy Faithfulness," originally a poem by Thomas O. Chisholm, a friend and fellow Methodist minister.
Runyan retired from Hope in 1948 and received the honorary Doctor of Letters from Wheaton College.
Runyan lived for a period of his retirement in Galveston, Texas and died on July 29, 1957 in Pittsburg, Kansas.
He is buried in Baldwin City, Kansas.
Runyan was a professor and preacher at Baker University in Baldwin City for a period and his children attended the University.
Runyan's survivors endowed" The Rev. William M. Runyan Endowed Memorial Scholarship" at Baker University with the royalties from his song" Great is Thy Faithfulness."
O Valencia!
" O Valencia!" is the fifth single by the indie rock band
The Decemberists, and the first released from their fourth studio album," The Crane Wife".
The music was written by The Decemberists and the lyrics by Colin Meloy.
It tells a story of two star- crossed lovers.
The singer falls in love with a person who belongs to an opposing gang.
At the end of the song, the singer's lover jumps in to defend the singer, who is confronting his lover's brother( the singer's" sworn enemy") and is killed by the bullet intended for the singer.
Billy Milano
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He is the singer and- occasionally- guitarist and bassist of crossover thrash band M.O.D., and he was also the singer of its predecessor, Stormtroopers of Death.
He was also the singer of United Forces, which also featured his Stormtroopers of Death bandmate Dan Lilker.
Bernie Bonvoisin
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He is best known for having been the singer of Trust.
He was one of the best friends of Bon Scott the singer of AC/ DC and together they recorded the song" Ride On" which was one of the last songs by Bon Scott.
Chris Robinson (singer)
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He is the singer of the rock and roll band
The Black Crowes, is the brother of its guitarist Rich Robinson, and is the vocalist and rhythm guitarist for the Chris Robinson Brotherhood

Question: What nationality is the performer of song Great Is The Lord?
Answer: American