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Palmer Wheeler › Tunes

Palmer Wheeler
Short Name: Palmer Wheeler
Full Name: Wheeler, Palmer
Birth Year: 1905
Death Year: 1983

In his mid-twenties, Palmer Esker Wheeler joined the first Stamps Quartet, singing for Victor Records. In his mid-thirties, he joined the Vaughan Quartet and sang in concerts and on the radio. He was known as "the golden tenor voice of gospel music." His songs were published by Stamps-Baxter and Vaughan Music. In his mid-thirties, he left quartet singing to teach at Freed-Hardeman College (Henderson, Tennessee). He led singing for many Churches of Christ congregations. He published Youth Melodies and Action Songs in 1952. His most popular songs included I Want To Go To Heaven When I Die, Have I Done The Best I Can, Tomorrow May Be Too Late, and We Will Never Be Sorry.
Source: Gospel Gems: A Collection of Songs by Palmer and Tommy Wheeler. - M. Lynn


TextsTunesHymnalsRecommendations
Tunes by Palmer Wheeler (49)sort descendingAsInstancesIncipit
[As I journey on to the gloryland]Palmer Wheeler (Composer)2
[Back to the Bible, God's message to man]Palmer E. Wheeler (Composer)2
[Be good! Be good! We must be very good]Palmer Wheeler (Composer)353515 65432 42255
[Children, obey your parents in the Lord] (Wheeler)Palmer Wheeler (Arranger)2
[Christ is holy, meek and lowly]Palmer Wheeler (Composer)2
[Christ the Redeemer is reigning as King in heav'n above]Palmer Wheeler (Composer)2
[Christ was born in Bethlehem, Bethlehem, Bethlehem]Palmer Wheeler (Arranger)2
[Climb, climb up sunshine mountain]Palmer Wheeler (Arranger)153453 16515 67423
[Climb up the mountain point to the sun]Palmer Wheeler (Arranger)356531 56575 6542
[Daily I'm walking close to His side]Palmer Wheeler (Composer)2
[Hasten, brother, hasten into the harvest field]Palmer Wheeler (Composer)2
[Have I put my Savior first in everything I do?]Palmer Wheeler (Composer)6
[Have you ordered your map for the glory-land trail]Palmer Wheeler (Composer)312323 13321 65123
[I am going home to heaven] (Wheeler)Palmer Wheeler (Composer)2
[I have a wonderful treasure]Palmer Wheeler (Arranger)155556 55112 22123
[I know my dear Savior came down to this earth]Palmer Wheeler (Composer)2
[I know the Lord will make a way for me] (Harris)Palmer E. Wheeler (Arranger)451233 34231 33455
[I may never march in the infantry]Palmer Wheeler (Arranger)211123 32321 22121
[I shall see the King some day]Palmer Wheeler (Composer)2
[I'll do my best for Christ each day]Palmer Wheeler (Composer)353315 61517 77122
[I'm on my journey to heaven's peaceful shore]Palmer Wheeler (Composer)2
[In the resurrection morn when my work on earth is done]Palmer Wheeler (Composer)2
[It isn't any trouble just to S-M-I-L-E]Palmer Wheeler (Arranger)2
[Jesus called them one by one]Palmer Wheeler (Arranger)2
[Let me be the one to gain a friend]Palmer Wheeler (Composer)2
[Let's go home to be with Jesus]Palmer Wheeler (Composer)2
[Lord, let me place my hand in Thine]Palmer Wheeler (Composer)2
[Matthew, Mark, Luke and John]Palmer Wheeler (Arranger)2
[My cup runneth over with blessings from above]Palmer Wheeler (Composer)2
[My God and I walk hand in hand ev'ry day]Palmer Wheeler (Arranger)3
[My moving day will roll around]Palmer Wheeler (Composer)2
[Now I lay me down to sleep] (Wheeler)Palmer Wheeler (Composer)2
[O come to the Savior, He pleads with you now]Palmer Wheeler (Composer)2
[O once there were three wandering Jews] (Wheeler)Palmer Wheeler (Arranger)2
[One little, two little, three little Christians]Palmer Wheeler (Arranger)2
[One, two, three, the Devil's after me]Palmer Wheeler (Arranger)2
[Peace on earth, good will to men]Palmer Wheeler (Composer)2
[Peter, James and John in a sailboat]Palmer Wheeler (Arranger)111113 53122 22727
[Some folk grumble and complain]Palmer Wheeler (Arranger)2
[The more we read the Bible]Palmer Wheeler (Arranger)2
[There are two little magic words]Palmer Wheeler (Arranger)2
[There was a little boy David]Palmer Wheeler (Arranger)2
[There's a mansion in heaven for me]Palmer Wheeler (Composer)2
[Today is the day of salvation] (Wheeler)Palmer E. Wheeler (Composer)753332 12311 11217
[Unity in Christ, there's unity in Christ]Palmer Wheeler (Composer)4
[Walking with Him, His power I prove]Palmer Wheeler (Composer)2
[We are traveling home to that beautiful shore]Palmer Wheeler (Composer)2
[We little children to the Lord belong]Palmer Wheeler (Composer)351132 12355 35565
[We will never be sorry, If we follow the Lord]Palmer Wheeler (Composer)2
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