You Gave Me Love (When Nobody Gave Me a Prayer)

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You Gave Me Love (When Nobody Gave Me a Prayer)
Studio album by
B. J. Thomas
Released1979
GenreGospel
ProducerArchie P. Jordan
B. J. Thomas chronology
Happy Man
(1979) 		You Gave Me Love (When Nobody Gave Me a Prayer)
(1979) 		The Best of B.J. Thomas
(1980)

You Gave Me Love (When Nobody Gave Me a Prayer) is the 21st studio album & 3rd gospel album by American singer B. J. Thomas, released in 1979.

Track listing[]

  1. "Using Things and Loving People" (Hal David, Archie P. Jordan) - 3:27
  2. "Jesus on My Mind" (Jerry Gillespie) - 3:18
  3. "You Gave Me Love" (Archie P. Jordan, Claire Cloninger) - 3:26
  4. "The Faith of a Little Child" (Donna McLaughlin) - 4:20
  5. "I'm Gonna See Jesus" (Archie P. Jordan) - 2:45
  6. "Lord, I'm Just a Baby" (Archie P. Jordan, Teddy Wilburn) - 2:52
  7. "What Your Love Did for Me" (Claire Cloninger, Archie P. Jordan) - 3:06
  8. "I Need to Be Still (And Let God Love Me)" (Archie P. Jordan, Naomi Martin) - 2:45
  9. "Love Has Arrived" (Kent Robbins) - 3:09
  10. "He's Walking in My Shoes" (Hank Martin, Archie P. Jordan) - 3:07

Personnel[]

[1]

  • Bass: Mike Leech
  • Drums: Larrie Londin & Jerry Kroon
  • Keyboards: Bobby Wood, Archie Jordan & Carl Greeson
  • Guitar: Reggie Young
  • Bells & Vibes: Farrell Morris
  • Oboe: Bobby Taylor
  • Violins: Shelly Kurland, George Binkley, Carl Gorodetzky, Wilfred Lehmann, Steven Smith, Pamela Vanosdale & Stephanie Woolf
  • Violas: Marvin Chantry & Gary Vanosdale
  • Cello: Roy Christensen
  • Trumpets: Don Sheffield & George Tidwell
  • Trombones: Roger Bissell & Dennis Good
  • French Horns: Tom McAninch
  • Tenor Saxophone: Buddy Skipper
  • Baritone Saxophone & Flute: Billy Puett
  • Background vocals: Janie Fricke, Donna Sheridan, Donna McElroy, Mary Boone, Diane Tidwell, Donna McLaughlin, Hank Martin & Tom Brannon
  • Children's Choir: Students of David Lipscomb Elementary School
  • Choir Director: Ann Elizabeth Lokey

Production[]

[2]

  • Produced & arranged by: Archie P. Jordan
  • Engineered by: Joe Wilson
  • Recorded & mixed at: Glaser Sound Studio in Nashville, Tennessee
  • Mastered at Masterphonics by: Jim Loyd

Chart Performance[]

You Gave Me Love peaked at #2 on Billboard's Best Selling Inspirational LPs in July 1980.[3]

Awards[]

The album won the Grammy Award for Best Inspirational Performance in 1980.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ From liner notes
  2. ^ From liner notes
  3. ^ "Best Selling Inspriational LPs". Billboard. 18 July 1980. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
  4. ^ "22nd Annual GRAMMY Awards". grammy.com. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
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