"Something I Can Feel" is the fourth song on side one of The Singing Chapmans "Redeemed By The Crucified One" album. The song was written by Elmer Cole. For lyrics, click HERE.
I've tried learning about Elmer Cole's life, and what else he wrote, but nearly every mention I can find is in reference to an article about someone else. If you can point me to any website or article that has authoritative information, please leave the link in a comment. It's hard to believe how little there is, when he's written songs like "I Found The Answer", I'm Looking for Jesus, and the fantastic "Ten Thousand Years." (This info, and a little bit more, were on the blog Southern Gospel Tidbits.)
I found multiple mentions of him being with Willie Wynn and the Tennesseans, but again, his name was included, but no further information. I'm not so familiar the most of the songs I can find for him, but have heard "Ten Thousand Years" all my life. It was one of the songs Aunt Elsie Mae sang (and Uncle Freil played) as a special in church.
"One Day I Will" is the fifth song on "Redeemed By The Crucified One." It was composed by Walt Mills and John Stallings, or perhaps written by John Stallings, and performed by Walt Mills. What little I could find seemed unclear, none of it from an authoritative source. The lyrics can be found on Bluegrass Lyrics.com.
Again, there's not much available other than their names being included/listed on a large number of websites. Certainly no life stories, inspirations, or quotes. There are some Youtube videos if you search, but again, nothing I'd consider a reliable source. This is starting to look like a trend. I'm not sure if it's more modern gospel, less-known gospel, or if the nature of online information has changed.
Over ten years ago, it seemed there was never a shortage of information about gospel composers and musicians. This blog, "Grace Notes", is a recreation of a blog I kept from around 2012-2022. Actual life got in the way, the site languished, and eventually I let it go. This is a recreation of the spirit of that blog. Years ago, there were Wikis, active forums, personal accounts, historical sites, all kinds of sources to help paint a picture of the songwriters that influenced my childhood. Now, it's a desert. Maybe I'm just not using the best search terms.
Whatever the case is, I'll leave you with these two songs for now. For future posts, if I can't find enough information about the writers, or the song, I'll just give whatever brief details there are, and include multiple songs per blog. No sense filling up all my pages with "I don't know, and can't find out."
It's been a busy week at work, to the point several friends from other offices are chipping in and helping to get the work done. Tomorrow's Friday. I'm off to see my parents on Saturday. Something to look forward to. I can't wait!
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