Grow Closer

There's a still small voice saying to me

Author: Doris Akers
Tune: [There's a still small voice saying to me]
Published in 3 hymnals

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Author: Doris Akers

Doris Mae Akers USA 1923-1995. Born at Brookfield, MO, one of nine siblings, her (inter-racial) parents divorced when she was age three. She then lived with her mother, who remarried when she was age six. They lived in Kirksville, MO. Some of her brothers lived with her father after the divorce. The family attended the Bethel AME Church in Kirksville, where she learned to play piano by ear at age six. She wrote her first song at age 10. In the 1930s she formed a singing gospel group with siblings, Edward, Marian, and Donald, who went by the name ‘Dot and the Swingsters’. Early in her career (1938) she moved to Los Angeles, CA. There she became known for her work with the ‘Sky Pilot Choir’, an integrated group that made recordings… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: There's a still small voice saying to me
Title: Grow Closer
Author: Doris Akers
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Oh I want to hear ev'ry message clear
Copyright: © 1955 by Manna Music, Inc.

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The New National Baptist Hymnal (21st Century Edition) #320

Yes, Lord! #343

Include 1 pre-1979 instance
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