Charles Davis Tillman, the Glossary

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1. 87 relations: A Prairie Home Companion, Academy Awards, African Americans, Alvin York, Ananias Davisson, Appalachia, Atlanta, B. B. McKinney, Baptists, Bill Gaither (gospel singer), Bill Monroe, Boston, Bowling Green, Kentucky, Boxcar Willie, Brad Paisley, Buddy Holly, Burl Ives, Calon Lân, Carter Family, Columbia Records, Cultural appropriation, David Carradine, Dusty Springfield, Dwight L. Moody, Elvis Presley, Emmylou Harris, Fisk Jubilee Singers, Garrison Keillor, George Beverly Shea, Georgia (U.S. state), Gospel Advocate, Gospel music, Gospel Music Hall of Fame, Hamlin's Wizard Oil, High church, Hymn, Hymnal, Ira D. Sankey, Jack White, James David Vaughan, Joan Baez, Johnny Cash, Karen Black, Kentucky Harmony, Key (music), Lexington, South Carolina, LifeWay Christian Resources, Louisville, Kentucky, Lynda Randle, Merle Haggard, ... Expand index (37 more) »

2. 19th-century American male singers
3. Gospel music composers

A Prairie Home Companion

A Prairie Home Companion is a weekly radio variety show created and hosted by Garrison Keillor that aired live from 1974 to 2016.

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Academy Awards

The Academy Awards of Merit, commonly known as the Oscars or Academy Awards, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the film industry.

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African Americans

African Americans, also known as Black Americans or Afro-Americans, are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from any of the Black racial groups of Africa.

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Alvin York

Alvin Cullum York (December 13, 1887 – September 2, 1964), also known by his rank as Sergeant York, was an American soldier who was one of the most decorated United States Army soldiers of World War I. He received the Medal of Honor for leading an attack on a German machine gun nest, gathering 35 machine guns, killing at least 25 enemy soldiers and capturing 132 prisoners.

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Ananias Davisson

Ananias Davisson (February 2, 1780 – October 21, 1857) was a singing school teacher, printer and compiler of shape note tunebooks. Charles Davis Tillman and Ananias Davisson are 19th-century American composers, American music publishers (people) and shape note.

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Appalachia

Appalachia is a geographic region located in the central and southern sections of the Appalachian Mountains of the eastern United States.

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Atlanta

Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia.

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B. B. McKinney

Baylus Benjamin McKinney or B. B. McKinney (July 22, 1886 – September 7, 1952), was an American singer, song writer, teacher, and music editor. Charles Davis Tillman and B. B. McKinney are American Christian hymnwriters and American gospel singers.

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Baptists

Baptists form a major branch of evangelicalism distinguished by baptizing only professing Christian believers (believer's baptism) and doing so by complete immersion.

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Bill Gaither (gospel singer)

William James Gaither (born March 28, 1936) is an American singer and songwriter of Southern gospel and contemporary Christian music. Charles Davis Tillman and Bill Gaither (gospel singer) are American Christian hymnwriters, American gospel singers, gospel music composers and southern gospel performers.

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Bill Monroe

William Smith Monroe (September 13, 1911 – September 9, 1996) was an American mandolinist, singer, and songwriter, and created the bluegrass music genre.

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Boston

Boston, officially the City of Boston, is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States.

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Bowling Green, Kentucky

Bowling Green is a home rule-class city and the county seat of Warren County, Kentucky, United States.

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Boxcar Willie

Lecil Travis Martin (September 1, 1931 – April 12, 1999), whose stage name was Boxcar Willie, was an American country music singer-songwriter, who sang in the "old-time hobo" music style, complete with overalls, and a floppy hat. Charles Davis Tillman and Boxcar Willie are singer-songwriters from Texas.

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Brad Paisley

Bradley Douglas Paisley (born October 28, 1972) is an American country music singer, songwriter, and guitarist.

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Buddy Holly

Charles Hardin Holley (September 7, 1936 – February 3, 1959), known as Buddy Holly, was an American singer, songwriter and musician who was a central and pioneering figure of mid-1950s rock and roll. Charles Davis Tillman and Buddy Holly are singer-songwriters from Texas.

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Burl Ives

Burl Icle Ivanhoe Ives (June 14, 1909 – April 14, 1995) was an American musician, singer and actor with a career that spanned more than six decades.

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Calon Lân

A Pure Heart is a Welsh hymn, the words of which were written in the 1890s by Daniel James (Gwyrosydd) and sung to a tune by John Hughes.

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Carter Family

The Carter Family was a traditional American folk music group that recorded between 1927 and 1956.

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Columbia Records

Columbia Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the American division of multinational conglomerate Sony.

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Cultural appropriation

Cultural appropriation is the inappropriate or unacknowledged adoption of an element or elements of one culture or identity by members of another culture or identity.

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David Carradine

David Carradine (born John Arthur Carradine Jr.; December 8, 1936 – June 3, 2009) was an American actor, director, and producer, whose career included over 200 major and minor roles in film, television and on stage, spanning more than four decades.

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Dusty Springfield

Mary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien (16 April 1939 – 2 March 1999), better known by her stage name Dusty Springfield, was an English singer.

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Dwight L. Moody

Dwight Lyman Moody (February 5, 1837 – December 26, 1899), also known as D. L. Charles Davis Tillman and Dwight L. Moody are American Christian hymnwriters.

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Elvis Presley

Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), known mononymously as Elvis, was an American singer and actor. Charles Davis Tillman and Elvis Presley are American gospel singers, American performers of Christian music and southern gospel performers.

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Emmylou Harris

Emmylou Harris (born April 2, 1947) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, bandleader, and activist. Charles Davis Tillman and Emmylou Harris are singer-songwriters from Alabama and singer-songwriters from North Carolina.

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Fisk Jubilee Singers

The Fisk Jubilee Singers are an African-American a cappella ensemble, consisting of students at Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee.

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Garrison Keillor

Gary Edward "Garrison" Keillor (born August 7, 1942) is an American author, singer, humorist, voice actor, and radio personality.

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George Beverly Shea

George Beverly Shea (February 1, 1909 – April 16, 2013) was a Canadian-born American gospel singer and hymn composer. Charles Davis Tillman and George Beverly Shea are American gospel singers.

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Georgia (U.S. state)

Georgia, officially the State of Georgia, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States.

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Gospel Advocate

The Gospel Advocate is a religious magazine published monthly in Nashville, Tennessee for members of the Churches of Christ.

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Gospel music

Gospel music is a genre of Christian Music that spreads the word of God and a cornerstone of Christian media.

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Gospel Music Hall of Fame

The Gospel Music Hall of Fame, created in 1972 by the Gospel Music Association, is a Hall of Fame dedicated exclusively to recognizing meaningful contributions by individuals and groups in all forms of gospel music. Charles Davis Tillman and gospel Music Hall of Fame are southern gospel performers.

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Hamlin's Wizard Oil

Hamlin's Wizard Oil was an American patent medicine sold as a cure-all under the slogan "There is no Sore it will Not Heal, No Pain it will not Subdue.".

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High church

The term high church refers to beliefs and practices of Christian ecclesiology, liturgy, and theology that emphasize "ritual, priestly authority, sacraments".

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Hymn

A hymn is a type of song, and partially synonymous with devotional song, specifically written for the purpose of adoration or prayer, and typically addressed to a deity or deities, or to a prominent figure or personification.

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Hymnal

A hymnal or hymnary is a collection of hymns, usually in the form of a book, called a hymnbook (or hymn book).

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Ira D. Sankey

Ira David Sankey (August 28, 1840 – August 13, 1908) was an American gospel singer and composer, known for his long association with Dwight L. Moody in a series of religious revival campaigns in America and Britain during the closing decades of the 19th century. Charles Davis Tillman and Ira D. Sankey are 19th-century American male singers and American gospel singers.

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Jack White

John Anthony White (born July 9, 1975) is an American musician who served as the guitarist and lead singer of the rock duo the White Stripes. Charles Davis Tillman and Jack White are American tenors.

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James David Vaughan

James David Vaughan (December 14, 1864 – February 9, 1941) was an American music teacher, composer, song book publisher, the founder of the Vaughan Conservatory of Music and the James D. Vaughan Publishing Company. Charles Davis Tillman and James David Vaughan are American performers of Christian music and gospel music composers.

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Joan Baez

Joan Chandos Baez (born January 9, 1941) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and activist.

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Johnny Cash

John R. Cash (born J. R. Cash; February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003) was an American singer-songwriter. Charles Davis Tillman and Johnny Cash are American performers of Christian music and southern gospel performers.

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Karen Black

Karen Blanche Black (née Ziegler; July 1, 1939 – August 8, 2013) was an American actress, screenwriter, singer, and songwriter.

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Kentucky Harmony

The Kentucky Harmony is a shape note tunebook, published in 1816 by Ananias Davisson. Charles Davis Tillman and Kentucky Harmony are shape note.

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Key (music)

In music theory, the key of a piece is the group of pitches, or scale, that forms the basis of a musical composition in Western classical music, art music, and pop music.

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Lexington, South Carolina

Lexington is the most populous town in and the county seat of Lexington County, South Carolina, United States.

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LifeWay Christian Resources

Lifeway Christian Resources, based in Nashville, Tennessee, is the Christian media publishing and distribution division of the Southern Baptist Convention and provider of church business services.

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Louisville, Kentucky

Louisville is the most populous city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, sixth-most populous city in the Southeast, and the 27th-most-populous city in the United States.

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Lynda Randle

Lynda Tait Randle (born February 7, 1962), is an alto singer of southern gospel music. Charles Davis Tillman and Lynda Randle are American gospel singers and southern gospel performers.

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Merle Haggard

Merle Ronald Haggard (April 6, 1937 – April 6, 2016) was an American country music singer, songwriter, guitarist, and fiddler.

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Mr. Horn

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Music of Germany

Germany claims some of the most renowned composers, singers, producers and performers of the world.

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Old-Time Religion

("Give Me That") "Old-Time Religion" (and similar spellings) is a traditional Gospel song dating from 1873, when it was included in a list of Jubilee songs, or earlier.

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Patsy Cline

Patsy Cline (born Virginia Patterson Hensley; September 8, 1932 – March 5, 1963) was an American singer from the state of Virginia.

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Peter, Paul and Mary

Peter, Paul and Mary were an American folk group formed in New York City in 1961 during the American folk music revival phenomenon.

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Quatrain

A quatrain is a type of stanza, or a complete poem, consisting of four lines.

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Raleigh, North Carolina

Raleigh is the capital city of the U.S. state of North Carolina and the seat of Wake County.

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Restoration Movement

The Restoration Movement (also known as the American Restoration Movement or the Stone–Campbell Movement, and pejoratively as Campbellism) is a Christian movement that began on the United States frontier during the Second Great Awakening (1790–1840) of the early 19th century.

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Richard Widmark

Richard Weedt Widmark (December 26, 1914March 24, 2008) was an American film, stage, and television actor and producer.

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Russ Taff

Russell Taff (born November 11, 1953) is an American gospel singer and songwriter who grew up in Farmersville, California. Charles Davis Tillman and Russ Taff are American performers of Christian music and southern gospel performers.

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Sacred Harp

Sacred Harp singing is a tradition of sacred choral music that originated in New England and was later perpetuated and carried on in the American South. Charles Davis Tillman and sacred Harp are shape note.

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SATB

SATB is an initialism that describes the scoring of compositions for choirs or consorts of instruments.

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Selah (band)

Selah is a contemporary Christian vocal trio consisting of Todd Smith, Allan Hall, and Amy Perry.

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Sergeant York (film)

Sergeant York is a 1941 American biographical film about the life of Alvin C. York, one of the most decorated American soldiers of World War I. Directed by Howard Hawks and starring Gary Cooper in the title role, the film was a critical and commercial success, and became the highest-grossing film of 1941.

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Shape note

Shape notes are a musical notation designed to facilitate congregational and social singing.

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South Carolina

South Carolina is a state in the coastal Southeastern region of the United States.

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Southern Baptist Convention

The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), alternatively the Great Commission Baptists (GCB), is a Baptist Christian denomination based in the United States.

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Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (SBTS) is a Baptist theological institute in Louisville, Kentucky.

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Southern gospel

Southern gospel music is a genre of Christian music.

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Southern Gospel Music Association

The Southern Gospel Music Association (SGMA) is a non-profit corporation formed as an association of southern gospel music singers, songwriters, fans, and industry workers.

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Southern United States

The Southern United States, sometimes Dixie, also referred to as the Southern States, the American South, the Southland, Dixieland, or simply the South, is a geographic and cultural region of the United States.

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Spirituals

Spirituals (also known as Negro spirituals, African American spirituals, Black spirituals, or spiritual music) is a genre of Christian music that is associated with African Americans, which merged varied African cultural influences with the experiences of being held in bondage in slavery, at first during the transatlantic slave trade and for centuries afterwards, through the domestic slave trade.

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Tabernacle Choir

The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square, formerly known as the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, is an American choir, acting as part of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).

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Tallassee, Alabama

Tallassee (pronounced) is a city on the Tallapoosa River, located in both Elmore and Tallapoosa counties in the U.S. state of Alabama.

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Target market

A target market, also known as serviceable obtainable market (SOM), is a group of customers within a business's serviceable available market at which a business aims its marketing efforts and resources.

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Tennessee Ernie Ford

Ernest Jennings Ford (February 13, 1919 – October 17, 1991), known professionally as Tennessee Ernie Ford, was an American singer and television host who enjoyed success in the country and western, pop, and gospel musical genres. Charles Davis Tillman and Tennessee Ernie Ford are American gospel singers and southern gospel performers.

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Tenor

A tenor is a type of classical male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the countertenor and baritone voice types.

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Texas

Texas (Texas or Tejas) is the most populous state in the South Central region of the United States.

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The Amazing Rhythm Aces

The Amazing Rhythm Aces is an American country rock group, which has characterized its music as "American music" or "roots music"—a blend of rock, country, blues, R&B, folk, reggae, and Latino.

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The Chuck Wagon Gang

The Chuck Wagon Gang is a Country gospel musical group, formed in 1935 by David P. ("Dad") Carter, oldest son Ernest ("Jim") along with daughters Lola ("Rose") and Effie ("Anna"). Charles Davis Tillman and The Chuck Wagon Gang are southern gospel performers.

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The Oak Ridge Boys

The Oak Ridge Boys are an American country and gospel vocal quartet originating in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Charles Davis Tillman and The Oak Ridge Boys are southern gospel performers.

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The Wayfaring Stranger (song)

"The Wayfaring Stranger" (also known as "Poor Wayfaring Stranger", "I Am a Poor Wayfaring Stranger", or "Wayfaring Pilgrim"), Roud 3339, is a well-known American folk and gospel song likely originating in the early 19th century about a plaintive soul on the journey through life.

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Time signature

A time signature (also known as meter signature, metre signature, and measure signature) is a convention in Western music notation that specifies how many note values of a particular type are contained in each measure (bar).

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Western Writers of America

Western Writers of America (WWA), founded 1953, promotes literature, both fictional and nonfictional, pertaining to the American West.

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Westview Cemetery

Westview Cemetery, located in Atlanta, Georgia, is the largest civilian cemetery in the Southeastern United States, comprising more than, 50 percent of which is undeveloped.

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Willie Nelson

Willie Hugh Nelson (born April 29, 1933) is an American country singer, guitarist and songwriter. Charles Davis Tillman and Willie Nelson are singer-songwriters from Texas.

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WSB (AM)

WSB (750 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station in Atlanta, Georgia.

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See also

19th-century American male singers

• Alois Kaiser
• Benjamin Carl Unseld
• Billy Kersands
• Billy Murray (singer)
• Billy Whitlock
• Bob Roberts (singer)
• Charles "Charlie" White
• Charles Davis Tillman
• Charles J. Ross
• Digby Bell
• Dustin Farnum
• E. O. Excell
• Ernest Ball
• Ernest Hogan
• Evan Williams (tenor)
• Frank C. Stanley
• Frank Croxton
• Frank Dumont
• Frederick J. Loudin
• George Alexander (American musician)
• George G. Rockwood
• George J. Gaskin
• George W. Johnson (singer)
• George Washington Dixon
• Harry Burleigh
• Henry Hart (musician)
• Ira D. Sankey
• Issachar Bates
• J. Aldrich Libbey
• J. W. Myers
• James A. Bland
• Joel Sweeney
• John "Picayune" Butler
• Lew Bloom
• Lew Dockstader
• Old Corn Meal
• Paul Dresser
• Pete Hampton
• Richard Pelham
• Thomas Bowers (singer)
• Thomas D. Rice
• Thomas Dilward
• Tony Jackson (pianist)
• Wallace King
• William F. Hooley
• William Ingersoll (actor)
• William J. Scanlan

Gospel music composers

• Andréia de Olicar
• Anthony Johnson Showalter
• B. D. Ackley
• Benjamin Carl Unseld
• Bill Gaither (gospel singer)
• Bishop JC White
• C. Austin Miles
• Carroll Roberson
• Charles Davis Tillman
• Charles H. Gabriel
• Charles Henry Pace
• Cleavant Derricks (songwriter)
• E. O. Excell
• Eugene Monroe Bartlett
• Gerald Cadogan
• Homer Rodeheaver
• Ira Stanphill
• James David Vaughan
• John R. Sweney
• Kenneth Morris (composer)
• Lee Roy Abernathy
• Lena McLin
• Marion W. Easterling
• Mark Hayes (composer)
• Marvellous Odiete
• Mary Alessi
• Mervyn Warren
• Mosie Lister
• Odell McLeod
• Robert Sterling (musician)
• Roberta Martin
• Roosevelt Jamison
• Shaun Martin
• Squire Parsons
• Theodore Frelinghuysen Seward
• Theodore Frye
• Thomas A. Dorsey
• Tyler Perry
• Uzee Brown Jr.
• William Herbert Brewster, Sr.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Davis_Tillman

Also known as "Ready to Suffer", Charlie Tillman, End of the Way, Life Is Like a Mountain Railroad, Life Is like a Winter Highway, Life is like a mountain railway, Life's Railroad to Heaven, Life's Railway, Life's Railway To Heaven, My Mother's Bible, Ready to Suffer, The End of the Way, The Great Judgement Morning, The Great Judgment Morning, The Sands Have Been Washed, When I Get to the End of the Way.

, Mr. Horn, Music of Germany, Old-Time Religion, Patsy Cline, Peter, Paul and Mary, Quatrain, Raleigh, North Carolina, Restoration Movement, Richard Widmark, Russ Taff, Sacred Harp, SATB, Selah (band), Sergeant York (film), Shape note, South Carolina, Southern Baptist Convention, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Southern gospel, Southern Gospel Music Association, Southern United States, Spirituals, Tabernacle Choir, Tallassee, Alabama, Target market, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Tenor, Texas, The Amazing Rhythm Aces, The Chuck Wagon Gang, The Oak Ridge Boys, The Wayfaring Stranger (song), Time signature, Western Writers of America, Westview Cemetery, Willie Nelson, WSB (AM).