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Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Doris Akers, b. 1922; Evelyn Simpson-Currenton, b. 1953 Tune Key: G Major Incipit: 33332 13333 21153 Used With Text: You Can't Beat God Giving

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You Can't Beat God Giving

Author: Doris Akers, b. 1922 Appears in 3 hymnals Topics: God His Faithfulness; God Love and Mercy Scripture: 2 Corinthians 9:8 Used With Tune: [You can't beat God giving]

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You Can't Beat God Giving

Author: Doris M. Akers, 1922-1995 Hymnal: Total Praise #652 (2011) Topics: Assurance; God His Faithfulness; God Love and Mercy; Service Music Scripture: 2 Corinthians 9:8 Languages: English Tune Title: [You can't beat God giving]

You Can't Beat God Giving

Author: Doris M. Akers, 1922-1995 Hymnal: One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism #669 (2018) Topics: Service Music; Service Scripture: 2 Corinthians 9:8 Languages: English Tune Title: [You can't beat God giving]

You Can't Beat God Giving

Author: Doris Akers, b. 1922 Hymnal: African American Heritage Hymnal #671 (2001) Topics: God His Faithfulness; God Love and Mercy Scripture: 2 Corinthians 9:8 Languages: English Tune Title: [You can't beat God giving]

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Doris Akers

1923 - 1995 Person Name: Doris Akers, b. 1922 Author of "You Can't Beat God Giving" in African American Heritage Hymnal Doris Mae Akers USA 1923-1995. Born at Brookfield, MO, one of nine siblings, her (inter-racial) parents divorced when she was age three. She then lived with her mother, who remarried when she was age six. They lived in Kirksville, MO. Some of her brothers lived with her father after the divorce. The family attended the Bethel AME Church in Kirksville, where she learned to play piano by ear at age six. She wrote her first song at age 10. In the 1930s she formed a singing gospel group with siblings, Edward, Marian, and Donald, who went by the name ‘Dot and the Swingsters’. Early in her career (1938) she moved to Los Angeles, CA. There she became known for her work with the ‘Sky Pilot Choir’, an integrated group that made recordings and appeared on Radio and TV across the country. Her fresh, modern arrangements of traditional negro spirituals drew large crowds from far and near, and increased her church’s attendance dramatically. Her choir group released three record albums. She recorded solos in 1963 and also collaborated with the Statemen Quartet in 1964. She ended working with the choir in 1965, but reunited with it again in 1974 to make a 4th recording for RCA Victor. In 1970 she moved to Columbus, OH, where she continued composing, recording, and traveling. In the 1980s she released a new gospel album each year on a regional Midwest label. She also released a few albums in Canada (not distributed in the U S). In the 1990s she began recording for the Gaither label and appeared in some of their TV productions and concerts. She was affectionately known as ‘Miss Gospel Music’, respected and admired by everyone in the gospel music business. By this time, she had mastered vocalization, keyboards, choir directing, arranging, composing, and publishing. She worked with many of the early pioneers in gospel music and authored gospel compositions, some selling millions of records for other performers and evangelists. In her final years she was Minister of Music at Grace Temple Deliverance Center, Minneapolis, MN. In 1994 she broke her ankle, and also discovered she had spinal cancer. She died at Edina, MN. She never married. She wrote 500+ songs. She received many awards over the years, including ‘Gospel Music Composer of the Year’ (for both years 1960 and 1961). In 1976, the city of Kirksville, MO, held “Doris Akers’ Day’, featuring her as the headline act, as part of the bicentennial celebration. Over 20,000 attended the celebration there. In 1992 she was honored by the Smithsonian Institution as ‘The Foremost Gospel Writer in the U S’. Her works include eight collections of music. In 2001 she was inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame. In 2011 she was inducted into the Southern Gospel Music Hall of Fame. John Perry

Evelyn Simpson-Curenton

b. 1953 Person Name: Evelyn Simpson-Currenton, b. 1953 Arranger of "[You can't beat God giving]" in African American Heritage Hymnal Evelyn Simpson Curenton (born 1953) is a leading African-American composer, pianist, organist, and vocalist. Simpson Curenton began piano lessons at age 5, began to perform with the Singing Simpsons of Philadelphia, a family group, and earned a B.M., Music Education and Voice from Temple University. She has been commissioned to write works for the American Guild of Organists, George Shirley, the late Duke Ellington, and her sister, the late Joy Simpson, arranged music for Kathleen Battle, Jessye Norman, and the Porgy and Bess Chorus of the New York Metropolitan Opera, and has performed with musical organizations such as Philadelphia's National Opera Ebony (later renamed Opera North). Based in the Washington, D.C., area, Curenton is Music Director of the Washington Performing Arts Society's Men and Women of the Gospel and an associate of the Smithsonian Institution. She has given lectures and participated in workshops on early 18th-century black religious music and the music of African-Americans during the Civil Rights era. --en.wikipedia.org