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Andraé Crouch
1942 - 2015 Person Name: Andre Crouch Author of "Bless His Holy Name" in Baptist Hymnal 1991 Born in San Francisco on July 1, 1942, and raised in Los Angeles, Andraé Edward Crouch was the son of bivocational-pastor parents Benjamin and Catherine Crouch. He has recounted that he received the gift of music as a child, when his father was called as a guest preacher and pastoral candidate to a small rural church that had no musicians. He began playing for them at the age of 11. He wrote his first gospel song at 14, and formed his first band, the COGICS, in 1960.
In 1965 he formed The Disciples, which lasted until 1979, and as a protegé of Audrey Mieir, Ralph Carmichael, and other leading Contemporary Christian Music artists of the time, went on to win a total of nine Grammies, and numerous other awards. He wrote his first well-known song, "The Blood Will Never Lose Its Power", at the age of 15, but most of his songs that have gained congregational currency flowed from the years when he was active with The Disciples. After The Disciples were disbanded, Crouch continued his recording and performing career, and also became more active in church ministries.
After his parents died (1993-94), with his twin sister Sandra he took over the pastorate at the church his parents had led, New Christ Memorial Church of God in Christ in Pacoima, California. In December, 2014, Crouch was hospitalized for treatment of pneumonia and congestive heart failure, and on January 3, 2015, he was readmitted to the hospital following a heart attack. He died there five days later, at the age of 72. His twin sister and co-pastor Sandra Crouch issued the following statement: "Today my twin brother, womb-mate and best friend went home to be with the Lord. Please keep me, my family and our church family in your prayers. I tried to keep him here but God loved him best."
Andraé Crouch
Nolan Williams
Person Name: Nolan Williams, Jr. Arranger of "BLESS HIS HOLY NAME" in Zion still Sings
Nolan Williams
Richard Smallwood
b. 1948 Arranger of "BLESS THE LORD" in Psalter Hymnal (Gray) Richard Smallwood (b. Washington, D.C., 1948), a composer, arranger, pianist, and innovator in the African American gospel style. Many of his arrangements of gospel hymns appear in Lift Every Voice and Sing (1981). Organized by Smallwood in 1967, the Richard Smallwood Singers have sung and recorded many of his arrangements. He remains their current director. Smallwood has a BM degree from Howard University, Washington, DC.
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Richard Smallwood
María Eugenia Cornou
b. 1969 Person Name: María Eugenia Cornou, b. 1969 Translator (refrain) of "Bless the Lord, O My Soul (Bendecid al Señor)" in Santo, Santo, Santo
María Eugenia Cornou
Leslie Gómez
Translator (verse) of "Bless the Lord, O My Soul (Bendecid al Señor)" in Santo, Santo, Santo
Leslie Gómez
Dianne Marie Zandstra
b. 1952 Person Name: Dianne Zandstra, b. 1952 Translator (refrain) of "Bless the Lord, O My Soul (Bendecid al Señor)" in Santo, Santo, Santo
Dianne Marie Zandstra
