Short Name: | W. Elmo Mercer |
Full Name: | Mercer, W. Elmo |
Birth Year: | 1932 |
Death Year: | 2020 |
William Elmo Mercer wrote more than 1,600 songs and worked extensively as a music arranger. Arguably his best known song is “Each Step I Take." Mercer worked for the John T. Benson company from 1951 to 1981 as a music editor. He also consulted for LifeWay, Lorenz, Brentwood, and other music companies. He and his wife Marcia traveled as singing evangelists for three decades and he served as the music minister for Scottsboro First Baptist Church in Nashville, Tennessee.
Monty Lynn, from "William Elmo Mercer," Southern Gospel History, https://www.sghistory.com/
Hymnals by W. Elmo Mercer (2) | As | Publication Year |
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New Songs of Inspiration. Number eleven | W. Elmo Mercer (Editor) | 1994 |
New Songs of Inspiration: number ten, gospel psalms, sacred hymns, scripture readings for the home, churches, revivals, conventions, choirs and crusades | W. Elmo Mercer (Compiler) | 1977 |