Very entertaining idea for a show! I enjoyed it a lot. My knowledge of music is limited to the classic country music era. So let me add a couple of songs from country music that were actually religious songs: 1. "Why Me Lord?" by Kris Kristofferson. This was a huge hit on several secular charts. 2. "One Day at a Time" by Christy Lane (and many others). Rumor has it that Christy Lane performed that song at a prison where her husband was an inmate and her mother was the warden. There's an interesting story about Ferlin Husky's recording of "Wings of a Dove." At that time, Ferlin Husky was a recording artist signed to Capitol Records in Nashville. The head of Capitol Records then was Ken Nelson. Husky somehow came into possession of the "Wings of a Dove" song and wanted to record it. Ken Nelson said absolutely not -- not because he had anything against the message of the song, but because he felt Husky's brand was strictly country music -- and recording a religious song wouldn't be consistent with how Capitol Records was trying to shape Husky's image. Husky repeatedly asked Nelson if he could record the song. Nelson always responded with an emphatic no. Then, in 1960, Husky was scheduled to do a recording session in Capitol's Nashville studios. Ken Nelson, who always produced the sessions, got stuck in Texas due to a huge thunderstorm that prevented his plane from leaving. Back in Nashville, the recording session went ahead as scheduled, and Husky decided to ignore Nelson's wishes and record "Wings of a Dove." All the musicians were very concerned that Nelson would be upset with them. But Husky said he would take full responsibility for the decision to go directly against Ken Nelson. To make a long story short -- To this day, "Wings of a Dove" is among the top-selling country recordings of all time. It was a #1 hit for ten weeks! It also crossed over and charted on the pop charts. I wonder if Nelson ever apologized to Husky.
Thanks for the kind words, Dave. And for the history lesson, too. That's a great story. I bet Capitol liked the profits from a song that wasn't supposed to be recorded.
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Very entertaining idea for a show! I enjoyed it a lot.
My knowledge of music is limited to the classic country music era. So let me add a couple of songs from country music that were actually religious songs: 1. "Why Me Lord?" by Kris Kristofferson. This was a huge hit on several secular charts. 2. "One Day at a Time" by Christy Lane (and many others). Rumor has it that Christy Lane performed that song at a prison where her husband was an inmate and her mother was the warden.
There's an interesting story about Ferlin Husky's recording of "Wings of a Dove." At that time, Ferlin Husky was a recording artist signed to Capitol Records in Nashville. The head of Capitol Records then was Ken Nelson. Husky somehow came into possession of the "Wings of a Dove" song and wanted to record it. Ken Nelson said absolutely not -- not because he had anything against the message of the song, but because he felt Husky's brand was strictly country music -- and recording a religious song wouldn't be consistent with how Capitol Records was trying to shape Husky's image. Husky repeatedly asked Nelson if he could record the song. Nelson always responded with an emphatic no.
Then, in 1960, Husky was scheduled to do a recording session in Capitol's Nashville studios. Ken Nelson, who always produced the sessions, got stuck in Texas due to a huge thunderstorm that prevented his plane from leaving. Back in Nashville, the recording session went ahead as scheduled, and Husky decided to ignore Nelson's wishes and record "Wings of a Dove." All the musicians were very concerned that Nelson would be upset with them. But Husky said he would take full responsibility for the decision to go directly against Ken Nelson.
To make a long story short -- To this day, "Wings of a Dove" is among the top-selling country recordings of all time. It was a #1 hit for ten weeks! It also crossed over and charted on the pop charts. I wonder if Nelson ever apologized to Husky.
Thanks for the kind words, Dave. And for the history lesson, too. That's a great story. I bet Capitol liked the profits from a song that wasn't supposed to be recorded.