Ralph Carmichael

United States· Quincy

American Christian Contemporary and pop composer, arranger, songwriter, producer & record executive. Born May 28, 1927 in Quincy, Illinois, USA. Died October 18, 2021 (94 years of age) in Camarillo, California, USA. Married to Evangeline Carmichael (Vangie Carmichael) (1948-1964, divorced). Though Carmichael was well-known for his Christian music, he had a big career in pop music as well. He became Nat King Cole's regular arranger after some early success together. Their first mainstream pop collaboration was "The Touch of Your Lips" (also 1960), and their final team-up was Cole's last album, "L-O-V-E" (recorded December 1964), only two months before Cole died of lung cancer. Carmichael wrote arrangements for many other top pop performers, including Ella Fitzgerald, Bing Crosby, Jack Jones, Peggy Lee, Julie London, Al Martino and Roger inducted. In the gospel realm, Carmichael often provided scoring for films produced by Billy Graham Crusades and was creator of many "folk musicals" aimed at younger congregants in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Carmichael was inducted into the GMA Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 1985 and into the National Religious Broadcasters' Hall of Fame in 2001.

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Discography

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The Piano...I Remember

1960

Ralph Carmichael

Discography

The Piano...I Remember

A Carmichael Concert

The Touch Of Your Lips

Preludes To Faith

The World Vision

Night Of Miracles

The King Family Album

Sunday With The King Family

I Believe In Miracles

How Great Thou Art

A King Family Christmas (Original Sound Track Highlights From Their Christmas Television Special)

From The Creative World Of Stan Kenton Comes Music From Hair

Tell It Like It Is: A Folk Musical About God

The Electric Symphony (The Moog Synthesizer)

The Vernons Sing A New Song

Sometimes I Just Feel It This Way

A New Day With The Certain Sounds

Natural High

Hymns At Sunset

The Singing Churchmen With Ralph Carmichael

I'm Here, God's Here, Now We Can Start

New Wine

Cliff Barrows Presents Exciting Songs On The Way

I Want You

'Specially For Shepherds: A Contemporary Christmas Cantata

Portrait

Moses Story: A Children's Musical

Come On Home

Ralph Carmichael & Friends Live

Ralph Carmichael's Big Band Christmas

Power Of Your Love Symphony: Live In Australia

A Treasury of Hymns Volume Two

A Treasury of Hymns

How Great Thou Art

102 Strings

Greater Than You And I

I'm Gonna Go Back

Lorin Whitney Organ With Ralph Carmichael Strings

The Piano I Remember Volume 2

The Ralph Carmichael Orchestra Vol. 1