Crying in the Chapel

"Crying in the Chapel" er en gospelkomposition fra 1953 af amerikaneren Artie Glenn. Sangen blev i juli 1953 udsendt på plade, indsunget af Darrell Glenn, søn af Artie Glenn.

Artie Glenn gennemgik en alvorlig rygmarvsoperation. I taknemmelighed over at have overlevet operationen opsøgte Glenn 'Loving Avenue Baptist Church', en kirke i Fort Worth, hvor han takkede Gud for at have skånet ham. Denne gribende oplevelse inspirerede ham til at skrive "Crying in the Chapel".

Artie Glenn døde i 1994.

Elvis Presleys version

"Crying in the Chapel" er bedst kendt i en version indsunget af Elvis Presley.

Elvis indspillede sangen i RCA's Studio B i Nashville^[1] den 30. oktober 1960. Den blev produceret af Steve Sholes og medvirkende på indspilningen var bl.a. Scotty Moore på guitar, Floyd Cramer på klaver, D.J. Fontana på trommer og med The Jordanaires som kor.

Sangen var planlagt til udsendelse på gospel-LP'en His Hand In Mine i december 1960, men blev udskudt til senere brug. Den blev i stedet i april 1965 udsendt som A-side på en single med "I Believe In The Man In The Sky" (Richard Howard) som B-side. Pladen strøg til top på hitlisterne og "Crying in the Chapel" blev derfor en naturlig del af Presleys næste gospel-LP, How Great Thou Art fra marts 1967.

Den 24. september 2002 udgav RCA en CD med titlen "ELV1S 30 #1 HITS" (bemærk at 'i' i Elvis er erstattet af et 1-tal), hvor "Crying in the Chapel" var med.^[2] Denne nye CD blev, ligesom i sin tid sangene på den, nummer 1 på hitlisterne rundt om i verden, – 25 år efter kunstnerens død!

Andre versioner

Udover Darrell Glenn og Elvis Presley er sangen indspillet af en række andre kunstnere, bl.a.:

Rex Allen
Sonny Till & The Orioles
June Valli
Ella Fitzgerald
Art Lund
Anita Wood

Referencer

^ "Omtale af det musikhistoriske Studio B i Nashville". Arkiveret fra originalen 1. august 2013. Hentet 13. juli 2013.
^ Oversigt over CD'en ELV1S 30 #1 HITS

v d r Elvis Presleys singler
Diskografi
1957	"Too Much" / "Playing for Keeps" "All Shook Up" "Peace in the Valley "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear" / "Loving You" "Paralyzed" (UK) "Jailhouse Rock" "Party" / "Got a Lot o' Livin' to Do!" (UK)
1958	"Don't" / "I Beg of You" "Wear My Ring Around Your Neck" / "Doncha' Think It's Time" "Hard Headed Woman" / "Don't Ask Me Why" "King Creole" (UK) "One Night" / "I Got Stung"
1959	"I Need Your Love Tonight" / "A Fool Such as I" "A Big Hunk o' Love" / "My Wish Came True"
1960	"Stuck on You" / "Fame and Fortune" "It's Now or Never" / "A Mess of Blues" "Are You Lonesome Tonight?"
1961	"Surrender" / "Lonely Man" "I Feel So Bad" / "Wild in the Country" "(Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame" / "Little Sister" "Can't Help Falling in Love" / "Rock-A-Hula Baby"
1962	"Good Luck Charm" / "Anything That's Part of You" "She's Not You" / "Just Tell Her Jim Said Hello" "King of the Whole Wide World" "Return to Sender" / "Where Do You Come From"
1963	"One Broken Heart for Sale" / "They Remind Me Too Much of You" "(You're the) Devil in Disguise" "Bossa Nova Baby" / "Witchcraft"
1964	"Kissin' Cousins" / "It Hurts Me" "Kiss Me Quick" / "Suspicion" "Viva Las Vegas" / "What'd I Say" "Such a Night" / "Never Ending" "Ask Me" / "Ain't That Loving You Baby" "Blue Christmas"
1965	"Do the Clam" / "You'll Be Gone" "Crying in the Chapel "(Such an) Easy Question" / "It Feels So Right" "I'm Yours" / "(It's a) Long Lonely Highway" "Puppet on a String" / "Wooden Heart"
1966	"Tell Me Why" / "Blue River" "Frankie and Johnny" / "Please Don't Stop Loving Me" "Love Letters" "Spinout" / "All That I Am" "If Every Day Was Like Christmas"
1967	"Indescribably Blue" / "Fools Fall in Love" "You Gotta Stop" / "The Love Machine" (UK) "Long Legged Girl (With the Short Dress On)" / "That's Someone You Never Forget" "There's Always Me" / "Judy" "Big Boss Man" / "You Don't Know Me"
1968	"Guitar Man" "U.S. Male" / "Stay Away" "We Call on Him" / "You'll Never Walk Alone" "Your Time Hasn't Come Yet, Baby" / "Let Yourself Go" "Almost in Love" / "A Little Less Conversation" "If I Can Dream" / "Edge of Reality"
1969	"Memories" / "Charro" "How Great Thou Art" "In the Ghetto" / "Any Day Now" "Clean Up Your Own Backyard" "Suspicious Minds" / "You'll Think of Me" "Don't Cry Daddy" "Rubberneckin'"
1970	"Kentucky Rain" "The Wonder of You" "I've Lost You" / "The Next Step Is Love" "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" / "Patch It Up" "I Really Don't Want to Know" / "There Goes My Everything"
1971	"Rags to Riches" "Life" / "Only Believe" "I'm Leavin'" "It's Only Love" / "The Sound of Your Cry" "Merry Christmas Baby" / "O Come All Ye Faithful"
1972	"Until It's Time for You to Go" / "We Can Make the Morning" "He Touched Me" / "Bosom of Abraham" "An American Trilogy" / "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" "Burning Love" / "It's a Matter of Time" "Separate Ways" / "Always on My Mind"
1973	"Steamroller Blues" / "Fool" "Raised on Rock" / "For Ol' Times Sake"
1974	"Take Good Care of Her" / "I've Got a Thing About You, Baby" "If You Talk in Your Sleep" / "Help Me" "Promised Land" / "It's Midnight"
1975	"My Boy" / "Thinking About You" "T-R-O-U-B-L-E" "Bringing It Back" / "Pieces of My Life"
1976	"For the Heart" / "Hurt" "Moody Blue" / "She Thinks I Still Care"
1977	"Way Down" / "Pledging My Love" "My Way" / "America the Beautiful"
1978	"Unchained Melody" / "Softly as I Leave You"
Posthume singler	"Puppet on a String" / "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear" (1978) "Are You Sincere" / "Solitaire" "There's a Honky Tonk Angel (Who'll Take Me Back In)" / "I Got a Feelin' in My Body" "Guitar Man" "Loving Arms" / You Asked Me To" "You'll Never Walk Alone / "There Goes My Everything" (1982) "The Elvis Medley" "I Was the One" / "Wear My Ring Around Your Neck" (1983) "Heartbreak Hotel" (1996) "Blue Christmas" (1998) "A Little Less Conversation" (JXL remix) "Rubberneckin'" (Paul Oakenfold Remix) "I'll Be Home for Christmas" (with Carrie Underwood) (2008) "Blue Christmas" (with Martina McBride) (2008) "I Got a Feelin' in My Body" (Tommie Sunshine & Wuki Remix)