Vinyl - How Great Thou Art 1956 - Elvis Presley

	How Great Thou Art

	LSP-3758 Released: March 8, 1967	33 rpm, Mono LP 12"

	Side A Matrix Side A: TPRS-1895--3S 01. How Great Thou Art [2:58] ¹) 02. In The Garden [3:07] ³) 03. Somebody Bigger Than You and I [2:23] ³) 04. Farther Along [4:02] ³) 05. Stand By Me [2:26] ²) 06. Without Him [2:26] ³)	Side B Matrix Side B: TPRS-1896--4S 01. So High [1:55] ³) 02. Where Could I Go But To The Lord [3:33] ⁴) 03. By and By [1:49] ³) 04. If The Lord Wasn't Walking By My Side [1:35] ⁴) 05. Run On [2:20] ¹) 06. Where No One Stands Alone [2:40] ²) 07. Crying In The Chapel 2:22] ⁵)

	¹) Recorded: RCA Studios, Nashville, Tennessee, May 25, 1966 ²) Recorded: RCA Studios, Nashville, Tennessee, May 26, 1966 ³) Recorded: RCA Studios, Nashville, Tennessee, May 27, 1966 ⁴) Recorded: RCA Studios, Nashville, Tennessee, May 28, 1966 ⁵) Recorded: Studio Session for RCA RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee, October 31, 1960 How Great Thou Art is the 28th album by Elvis Presley, released on RCA Victor Records in mono and stereo in February 1967. Recording sessions took place at RCA Studio B in Nashville, Tennessee, on May 25, 26, 27, and 28, 1966. It peaked at No. 18 on the Top Pop Albums chart. It was certified Gold on 2/16/1968, Platinum and 2x Platinum on 3/27/1992 and 3x Platinum on 10/13/2010 by the RIAA. It won a Grammy Award for 1967 in the Best Sacred Performance category. His previous gospel album His Hand in Mine had been a solid catalog seller for RCA. While Presley faced difficulty getting radio airplay in the mid-1960s, during that decade radio stations played Christmas music at Christmas-time and religious music at Easter, and the Colonel was convinced Presley could break through in these niche markets. So, recording sessions were arranged with the purpose of producing a Christmas single and a follow-up LP to His Hand in Mine. How Great Thou Art would in fact be Presley's first non-soundtrack album recording of new material since Pot Luck with Elvis in 1962, and his first album release not to include any soundtrack recordings since the previous gospel album in 1960. It also introduced producer Felton Jarvis to Presley on the singer's second non-soundtrack sessions since May 1963. Jarvis would continue to work with Presley for the remainder of his career. How Great Thou Art entered the Hot LP chart on March 25, 1967 at the number 13 slot and stayed on the chart for twenty weeks.