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Edgel Groves
Edgel Groves is a recording artist/singer-songwriter who recorded the hit single "Footprints in the Sand (Edgel Groves song), Footprints in the Sand" based on Footprints (poem), the anonymous poem of the same name in 1981. The song sold millions of copies and the record was No. 1 in "country music" and was a cross over hit and became No. 1 in Christian country music, Christian and country gospel. It was also voted the number one requested song of 1981 by American radio DJs. His number one hit is credited with making the poem famous. Music career Groves started playing the mandolin and singing at the age of 4 in his Father's church and country and Bluegrass music, bluegrass with his brother Kenny Groves, Kenny (Kenny was one of Ohio's bluegrass mandolin champions). He started writing his own songs at the age of 8 and won many local/regional talent contests and started recording at age 13. He did demo/dub work for RCA A&R Director, Darol Rice, in Hollywood at 17. He won a talent co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Footprints In The Sand (Edgel Groves Song)
"Footprints in the Sand" is a 1980 song by Edgel Groves based on the anonymous poem ''Footprints (poem), Footprints in the Sand''. The song, which became a one hit wonder for Groves, was written by Jerry Buckner and Gary Garcia of Buckner & Garcia. The song begins with female chorus "Footprints in the sand, he held me in his hand, and gave me strength to face the coming day,...", then enters into Groves' reading of the poem "Last night I had a dream..." The B-side is an instrumental version of the song with narration of the poem by disc jockey Johnny Dark.Billboard - 1 Aug 1981 Dark says his decision to launch the recording project was due lo the encouragement he received from fans who has heard him narrate "Footprints In The Sand" over the B side (instrumented track) of Edgel Groves' record on Silver Star. The song has no relation to a 1961 song "Footprints In The Sand" written by Gwynn Elias & Irving Reid which was recorded by Garry Mills, which begins "I was to meet my baby", an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |