If we have done anything right over the years, I hope we have built bridges where people could connect with God and with each other.
Gloria and I have never claimed to have God figured out, but we do know that if He could use two imperfect people like us to communicate His Truth to the world, He can use everyone sitting in the audience, working on our staff or singing with us. That might mean birthing a song about Him or simply offering a cup of cold water to someone who needs it. “Our calling is not just making music… but communicating the reality of Christ. They live a lifestyle focused on investing their resources into eternal things. I Just Feel Like Something Good Is About To Happen. The collaborations of Bill and Gloria have resulted in more than 700 popular gospel songs, including the hymnal standard “Because He Lives,” “The King Is Coming,” “Something Beautiful,” “He Touched Me,” “It Is Finished,” “There’s Something About That Name,” “Let’s Just Praise The Lord,” and “Loving God, Loving Each Other.” Bill and Gloria have collectively won eight Grammy Awards and more than a dozen nominations, and they have received more than two dozen Dove Awards from The Gospel Music Association, earning the title of Gospel Music Association’s “Songwriter of the Year” eight times.Īfter decades of unprecedented musical successes, Bill and Gloria still operate their business from Bill’s hometown of Alexandria, Indiana, and they dwell in the same home in which they raised their family. I Hold A Clear Title / God Walks The Dark Hills / I Believe He's Coming Back. The couple spent the first five years of their married life juggling full-time teaching jobs, writing, singing, recording and publishing until music became their full-time career in 1967. He married Gloria Sickal, who became the best writing partner Bill could have found anywhere. In 1962, Bill did one of the best things he has ever done. He began teaching English in 1959 because his musical aspirations couldn’t support him full-time… yet. Bill Gaither is just such an individual… an Indiana-born kid with an insatiable love for music who grew to become an industry leader who would change the course of gospel music history through the songs he has written and through his influence as a mentor for other artists.Īn avid fan of gospel quartets throughout his childhood, Bill founded his first group, The Bill Gaither Trio, in 1956, while he was a college student. The pages of history have been written by ordinary people who had something extraordinary to say with their lives. In the 1990s, his career gained a resurgence (as well as the careers of other southern gospel artists), as popularity grew for the Gaither Homecoming series. He has written numerous popular Christian songs with his wife Gloria he is also known for performing as part of the Bill Gaither Trio and the Gaither Vocal Band (GVB). William James Gaither (born March 28, 1936) is an American singer and songwriter of Southern gospel and contemporary Christian music.