
In 1980, he received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Performance for Traditional Gospel. During the 1970s and 1980s, he sold in excess of 17 million LP albums. Swaggart plays piano and sings in a baritone voice. His “Crusades” enabled him to travel throughout the contiguous United States, Canada, Europe, Africa, and South America. Īt the height of his popularity in the 1980s, his telecast was transmitted in excess of 3,000 stations and cable systems each week. and on 78 channels in 104 countries, and over the Internet.

The weekly Jimmy Swaggart Telecast and A Study in the Word programs are broadcast throughout the U.S. The television ministry, which began in 1971, and originally known as the “Camp Meeting Hour”, has a viewing audience both in the U.S. Jimmy Lee Swaggart ( / ˈ s w æ ɡ ər t/ born March 15, 1935) is an American Pentecostal televangelist. This entry was posted in Jimmy Swaggart by admin. There is a river – Gospel song by Jimmy SwaggartĪ different version, where he plays piano in church.ĭo yourself a favor, and listen to this sermon. The old rugged cross made the differenceĨ3. Our Lord is coming back to earth againĨ0. This is a different recording from ‘Railway to heaven.’Ħ5. Jimmy Swaggart did something to my spirit with this recording.ģ7. I was at a friend’s house in Arkansas when I heard this song on his record player. The other night I had a dream where Jesus appeared in church and laid hands on everyone (except me), and I have found myself singing this song again.ģ6. The first time I ever heard this song was on a Jimmy Swaggart record.Ģ8. I love this old gospel song by Brother Jimmy Swaggart, and have sung it many times. Glory, glory, hallelujah, since I laid my burdens down I love the way Jimmy Swaggart sings this gospel song with the beautiful movie that fits right in with the song.ġ0. The chorus says: “I’d rather be in a deep dark grave.”

May these songs bless you as much as they bless me. I have tried to put the songs in alphabetical order so I can get a better idea of what to add on, and in the process, I lost a few songs! Some other songs have been taken off the YouTube since I posted them.

Jimmy Swaggart is still one of my favorite singers, and piano players, and I hope he don’t mind me having his songs here.
