Baylus Benjamin McKinney or B. B. McKinney (July 22, 1886 – September 7, 1952), was an American singer, song writer, teacher, and music editor.
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Biography
McKinney was a native of rural
Heflin in south
Webster Parish
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in northwestern
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. He was an alumnus of
Louisiana College
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in
Pineville,
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
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in
Fort Worth
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,
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, and the Siegel-Myers School of Music and the
Bush Conservatory of Music
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History
The Conservatory was founded in 1901 by William Lincoln Bush (1861–1941), of the Chica ...
, both in
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,
Illinois
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.
McKinney wrote the words and music to 149 hymns and gospel songs. His most famous are "The Nail Scarred Hand" (1924), "Let Others See Jesus in You" (1924), "Satisfied with Jesus" (1926), "Speak to My Heart" (1927), "'Neath the Old Olive Trees" (1934), "Breathe on Me" (1937), and "Wherever He Leads I'll Go" (1937). He was also the editor of the widely-used ''Broadman Hymnal'' (1940, Nashville).
B.B. McKinney Chapel (which was demolished in 2003-2004 for the construction of the new R.A. Young Tabernacle) was on the grounds of Falls Creek Baptist Encampment in
Davis
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,
Oklahoma
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, it was named in his honor. He was posthumously inducted into the
Gospel Music Hall of Fame
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Inductees
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in 1982.
References
1886 births
1952 deaths
American Christian hymnwriters
American gospel singers
People from Heflin, Louisiana
Louisiana Christian University alumni
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary alumni
Hymnal editors
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