Publicity leaflet for songbook
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Towards the end of 1967 and beginning of
1968, the Crossbeats song album was published, and sold
reasonably well.
The songbook was made
possible by John and Brenda Courtie, a young Christian couple living in Bootle.
They put in a lot of time transcribing the songs from tape to sheet music
- checking occasionally on chords used.
John Courtie later entered the
ministry of the Church of England. At the present time (2002), he is Anglican
Rector of 5 villages - Blisworth and Stoke Bruerne with Grafton Regis and
Alderton in the diocese of Peterborough UK. Brenda Courtie is currently a
member of the Association of
Christian Writers
Some of the transcribed songs that they produced
were also used in a new youth songbook in 1969 called "Youth Praise 2, and also in Buzz magazine.". |
