Christian Praise Songs - Because He Lives

When Bill and Gloria were single and teaching in the same high school, they met and began to share ideas about songs. Gloria, an English major in college, would become in later years the predominant writer of the lyrics in their songs, whereas Bill’s forte was the musical setting. Their joint efforts, which began during their years of teaching, blossomed into the most prolific husband and wife songwriting team of modern times.

Bill and Gloria wrote their first song together some forty years ago. Their songs, almost without exception, started with an idea. Usually, Bill would write a musical piece with an idea in mind, and then Gloria, using the same idea, would write the words. On some occasions, Gloria revealed in her book Fully Alive the whole lyric would come to her, and then Bill would write the music, either alone or with a cowriter. They have now written some six hundred songs and produced sixty recordings and several musicals. And both have authored or coauthored several books.

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