He's Looking for Someone Like You

If ninety and nine sheep are safe in the fold

Author: Wilkin Bacon
Tune: [If ninety and nine sheep are safe in the fold]
Published in 1 hymnal

Author: Wilkin Bacon

Also called Big Chief Bacon (stage name). Wilkin B. Bacon was born on April 27, 1908, Talihina, Oklahoma of Choctaw Indian heritage. He is sometimes confused with Osage Chief Bacon Rind. Wilkin was baptized in 1937 at Sherman, Texas, by Burton Coffman. He sang baritone in the Lone Star Quartet, a Gospel group that performed on radio station KWFT in Wichita Falls, Texas, and later on station WPTF in Raleigh, North Carolina. By 1945, Bacon had moved into ministry, preaching in Arlington, Texas; Fort Smith, Arkansas; Corsicana and Dallas, Texas; and Duncan and Talihina, Oklahoma. He died on October 9, 1981, Talihina, Oklahoma. NN Go to person page >

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First Line:	If ninety and nine sheep are safe in the fold
Title:	He's Looking for Someone Like You
Author:	Wilkin Bacon
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	He's looking for someone like you
Publication Date:	1944
Copyright:	This text may still be under copyright because it was published in 1944.