Bill Gaither (the full name is William J. Gaither) was born on March 28, 1936. He is known as a talented songwriter and singer of southern gospel and Christian music. Together with his wife, they wrote many popular Christian songs. Besides his solo performances, he sang with his wife Gloria and was a member of the Bill Gaither Trio, the Gaither Vocal Band, and his "Homecoming" groups.
In 1956, being a student at Anderson College, Bill organized his first band The Bill Gaither Trio. Among the band’s members were Bill Gaither himself, his sister Mary Ann (in about 1964 Bill's wife, Gloria, replaced her), and his brother Danny. Three years later, after graduating from college, he had a job as a teacher of English. In 1962, he married Gloria. It was difficult for Bill to manage both his professional music career and his teaching job. Nevertheless, he had to choose, and thus he quit his job and started working full time in the Christian music industry.
Gaither’s music was influenced by southern gospel groups and Christian singers like Jake Hess, Hovie Lister, the Speers, the Statesmen, the Happy Goodmans, and some others.
Bill and Gloria Gaither wrote a stunning number of songs, more than six hundred, which became standards across the whole English-speaking world. The most famous among them include "The Longer I Serve Him", "Because He Lives", "It Is Finished", "The King Is Coming", "He Touched Me", " Something Beautiful", "There's Something About That Name", "Let's Just Praise The Lord", and more. His songs were performed by different Christian artists, country singers, and pop artists, such as Carman, Sandi Patty, The Statler Brothers, and legendary Elvis Presley. Typically, Gloria wrote the lyrics and Bill composed the music, but it was usually a collaborative work between the two.
Bill Gaither founded a recording company, the Gaither Music Company. It was also involved in concert booking, copyright management, television production, recording studio, retail store, and telemarketing.
Gaither became a tutor to many performers in the Contemporary Christian music industry. Many singers and groups, like Mark Lowry, Cynthia Clawson, Sandi Patty, Carman, Steve Green, Karla Worley, Don Francisco, Jonathan Pierce, Amy Grant, Michael English started their musical careers or became famous while touring together with Bill Gaither. Currently, Gaither Vocal Band consists of Guy Penrod, Marhsall Hall, Wes Hampton, and Bill Gaither.
In 2004, Rolling Stone Magazine named Bill Gaither one of the top fifty world richest musicians, together with Ozzy Osbourne and the Grateful Dead. Bill Gaither became the oldest on the list. He has also received four Grammy Awards and was nominated eight times.
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