You Gave Me Love (When Nobody Gave Me a Prayer)

You Gave Me Love (When Nobody Gave Me a Prayer) is the twenty-first studio album and third gospel album by American singer B. J. Thomas, released in 1979.[1]

You Gave Me Love (When Nobody Gave Me a Prayer)
Studio album by
Released1979
StudioGlaser Sound (Nashville, Tennessee)
GenreGospel, Contemporary Christian
ProducerArchie P. Jordan
B. J. Thomas chronology
Happy Man
(1979)
You Gave Me Love (When Nobody Gave Me a Prayer)
(1979)
The Best of B.J. Thomas
(1980)

Track listing

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  1. "Using Things and Loving People" (Hal David, Archie P. Jordan) - 3:27
  2. "Jesus on My Mind" (Jerry Gillespie) - 3:18
  3. "You Gave Me Love" (Archie P. Jordan, Claire Cloninger) - 3:26
  4. "The Faith of a Little Child" (Donna McLaughlin) - 4:20
  5. "I'm Gonna See Jesus" (Archie P. Jordan) - 2:45
  6. "Lord, I'm Just a Baby" (Archie P. Jordan, Teddy Wilburn) - 2:52
  7. "What Your Love Did for Me" (Claire Cloninger, Archie P. Jordan) - 3:06
  8. "I Need to Be Still (And Let God Love Me)" (Archie P. Jordan, Naomi Martin) - 2:45
  9. "Love Has Arrived" (Kent Robbins) - 3:09
  10. "He's Walking in My Shoes" (Hank Martin, Archie P. Jordan) - 3:07

Personnel

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[2]

  • B.J. Thomas – vocals
  • Carl Greeson, Archie Jordan and Bobby Wood – keyboards
  • Reggie Young – guitars
  • Mike Leech – bass
  • Jerry Kroon and Larrie Londin – drums
  • Farrell Morris – bells, vibraphone
  • Billy Puett – baritone saxophone, flute
  • Buddy Skipper – tenor saxophone
  • Bobby Taylor – oboe
  • Roger Bissell and Dennis Good – trombone
  • Don Sheffield and George Tidwell – trumpet
  • Tom McAninch – French horn
  • Roy Christensen – cello
  • Marvin Chantry and Gary Vanosdale – viola
  • George Binkley, Carl Gorodetzky, Shelly Kurland, Wilfred Lehmann, Steven Smith, Pamela Vanosdale and Stephanie Woolf – violin
  • Mary Boone, Tom Brannon, Janie Fricke, Hank Martin, Donna McElroy, Donna McLaughlin, Donna Sheridan and Diane Tidwell – backing vocals
  • Students of David Lipscomb Elementary School – children's choir
  • Ann Elizabeth Lokey – choir director

Production

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  • Archie P. Jordan – producer, arrangements
  • Joe Wilson – engineer
  • Glaser Sound Studios (Nashville, Tennessee) – recording and mixing location
  • Jim Loyd – mastering at Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee)
  • Doug Abdelnour – photography
  • Dennis Hill – design

Chart performance

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You Gave Me Love peaked at No. 2 on Billboard's Best Selling Inspirational LPs in July 1980.[4]

Awards

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The album won the Grammy Award for Best Inspirational Performance in 1980.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "B.J. Thomas - You Gave Me Love (When Nobody Gave Me A Prayer)". AllMusic. Retrieved July 25, 2022.
  2. ^ From liner notes
  3. ^ From liner notes
  4. ^ "Best Selling Inspriational LPs". Billboard. 18 July 1980. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
  5. ^ "22nd Annual GRAMMY Awards". grammy.com. Retrieved 30 May 2017.