![]() ![]() And the lyrics started coming along when I’d start writing and I was in a hole. “I didn’t marry her because she’s a lyricist,” Bill said. ![]() On the first day of his new job at the high school from which he’d graduated, he met a substitute French teacher also on her first day at work. Not bad for two school teachers from Alexandria, Indiana who met at a nearby high school and went on to become celebrated members of the music community, yet remain in the Indiana community where their careers began.īill confesses he had always had an interest in music, but had become an English teacher to earn a secure living. They perform concert tours throughout the country with singer Gary McSpadden as the Bill Gaither Trio and Bill and Gary also perform with Michael English and Jimmy Murray as the Gaither vocal Band. Gloria won the Dove Award for Song of the Year in 1985 for “Upon This Rock” and was Songwriter of the Year in 1986.Īdditionally, they’ve written six musicals that are performed in churches all over the country, and Gloria has authored six books. Bill has won the Dove Award for Songwriter of the Year eight times and was inducted into the GMA Hall of Fame in 1982. ![]() “Because He Lives” won Gospel Song of the Year in 1974, and in 1977 Bill was awarded the Gospel Music Association’s Award of Merit for his contributions to the industry. ![]()
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