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Bill Gaither (other)
Bill or William Gaither may refer to: *Bill Gaither (blues musician) (1910–1970), American blues musician * Bill Gaither (gospel singer) (born 1936), American gospel singer * William S. Gaither, civil engineer and president of Drexel University *William Lingan Gaither General William Lingan Gaither (February 13, 1813 - August 2, 1858) was born in Locust Grove, Montgomery County, Maryland. He was the only child of Henry Chew Gaither and Eliza Worthington. Gaither served as Montgomery County's representative in ..., Maryland politician * Billy Jack Gaither, American gay murder victim {{hndis, Gaither, Bill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Gaither (blues Musician)
William Arthur Gaither (April 21, 1910 – October 30, 1970), sometimes known as "Little Bill" Gaither or Leroy's Buddy, was an American blues guitarist and singer. Biography Born in Belmont, Bullitt County, Kentucky, Gaither recorded over one hundred songs in the 1930s for labels such as Decca and Okeh. He often wrote and recorded with the pianist George "Honey" Hill. After his friend Leroy Carr's death in 1935, Gaither was often credited as "Leroy's Buddy". One of Gaither's most famous blues songs was "Champ Joe Louis", recorded on June 23, 1938, the day after Louis won his rematch against Max Schmeling. The blues scholar Paul Oliver has cited Gaither among a group of important, but understudied, 20th century musicians. His blues lyrics have been appreciated as poetry.''Perfect in Their Art: Poems on Boxing from Homer to Ali'' Michael Waters, Robert Hedin, editors. . Southern Illinois Univ. Press. 2003. p. 47 Gaither ran a radio repair shop in Louisville, Kentucky, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Gaither (gospel Singer)
William James Gaither (born March 28, 1936) is an American singer and songwriter of Southern gospel and contemporary Christian music. He has written numerous popular Christian songs with his wife Gloria; he is also known for performing as part of the Bill Gaither Trio and the Gaither Vocal Band. In the 1990s, his career gained a resurgence (as well as the careers of other southern gospel artists), as popularity grew for the Gaither Homecoming series. Early life Bill Gaither was born in Alexandria, Indiana in 1936 to George and Lela Gaither. He formed his first group the Bill Gaither Trio (consisting of Bill, his sister Mary Ann (1945–2018), and brother Danny Gaither) in 1956 while a college student at Anderson College, to which he had transferred after one year at Taylor University. He graduated from Anderson in 1959 with a major in English and a minor in music, after which he worked as an English teacher. He married the former Gloria Sickal in 1962. Gaither earned his m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William S
William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of England in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is sometimes abbreviated "Wm." Shortened familiar versions in English include Will, Wills, Willy, Willie, Bill, and Billy. A common Irish form is Liam. Scottish diminutives include Wull, Willie or Wullie (as in Oor Wullie or the play ''Douglas''). Female forms are Willa, Willemina, Wilma and Wilhelmina. Etymology William is related to the given name ''Wilhelm'' (cf. Proto-Germanic ᚹᛁᛚᛃᚨᚺᛖᛚᛗᚨᛉ, ''*Wiljahelmaz'' > German ''Wilhelm'' and Old Norse ᚢᛁᛚᛋᛅᚼᛅᛚᛘᛅᛋ, ''Vilhjálmr''). By regular sound changes, the native, inherited English form of the name shoul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Lingan Gaither
General William Lingan Gaither (February 13, 1813 - August 2, 1858) was born in Locust Grove, Montgomery County, Maryland. He was the only child of Henry Chew Gaither and Eliza Worthington. Gaither served as Montgomery County's representative in the Maryland House of Delegates from 1839 to 1841. From 1842 until his death, Gaither served on the Maryland Senate and was elected as President of Senate during the 1849 and 1854 sessions. Gaither was appointed to the Board of Visitors of the U.S. Military Academy in 1851 and served as Director of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad between 1856 and 1857. Gaither caught typhoid fever at the Barnum's Hotel in Baltimore, Maryland and died a year later on August 2, 1858, at Berkeley Springs, Virginia. He is buried at his ancestral home of Pleasant Fields in Cracklin, now Laytonsville, Maryland Laytonsville is a town in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. The population was 353 at the 2010 census. Laytonsville was incorporated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
