Artist's albums
If That Isn't Love
1999 · album
The King is Coming
1972 · album
Our Recollections
1996 · compilation
These are the Things that Matter
1970 · album
Every Time I Feel the Spirit
1972 · album
I'd Rather Have Jesus
1971 · album
Amazing Grace
1971 · album
There is More to Life
1970 · album
Jewels
2019 · album
Best of the Best
2018 · album
Jesus Will Walk With Me
2012 · album
The Love of God
2012 · album
The Ultimate Collection
2012 · compilation
Evening Vespers
2011 · album
The Very Best of George Beverly Shea
2010 · compilation
How Sweet The Sound
2008 · album
I'd Rather Have Jesus
2006 · album
Hallelujah
1973 · album
A George Beverly Shea Christmas
2001 · album
Take My Hand
1967 · album
Be Still My Soul
1968 · album
Whispering Hope
1968 · album
How Great Thou Art
1969 · album
Southland Songs That Lift the Heart
1966 · album
I Believe
1969 · album
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Biography
Gospel vocalist George Beverly Shea spent most of his 45-year career closely associated with evangelist Billy Graham. His best-known song is "How Great Thou Art," which was written by Rev. Stuart K. Hine in the 1920s. Shea is also a distinguished writer of popular hymns such as "The Wonder of It All." Born the son of a Wesleyan Methodist minister in Winchester, Ontario, Shea was raised in the New York area and spent much time as a youth singing in church choirs. Following high school, he briefly attended Houghton College in New York, dropping out only after his family's financial difficulties necessitated it. Shea began working as a clerk, but received voice lessons and sang in churches and on local religious radio stations. The latter led to an audition for the Lynn Murray Singers, but he declined their invitation since they sang secular music. He married his high-school sweetheart in 1934 and moved to Chicago. After ten years in the Windy City, Shea got national exposure when he was hired to appear on Club Time, a show he sang with for the next eight years. During this time, Shea also became prominent in the Youth for Christ movement of the 1940s and '50s. He hooked up with Graham in 1947 and signed to RCA Victor in 1951. Southland Favorites received a 1965 Grammy for Best Gospel or Other Religious Recording (Musical). Shea was inducted into the Gospel Music Association Hall of Fame in 1978. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi