mark lowry wrote mary did you know in 1998.
mark lowry wrote mary did you know in 1998.
when did mark lowry write mary did you know?
1998
"mary, did you know?" is a christmas song addressing mary, mother of jesus, with lyrics written by mark lowry in 1984, and music written by buddy greene in 1991. it was originally recorded by christian recording artist michael english on his self-titled debut solo album in 1991. at the time, english and lowry were members of the gaither vocal band, and greene was touring with them. the song reached number 6 on ccm magazine's adult contemporary chart. lowry would record the song several times himself, most notably with the gaither vocal band on their 1998 christmas album, "still the greatest story ever told".
mary, did you know?
lowry's first video was "mark lowry: my first comedy video" made in 1988. next, he made "mark lowry: the last word" in 1992 at the tivoli theatre in chattanooga, tennessee. he taped "mark lowry: mouth in motion" in 1993 at carpenter's home church in lakeland, florida. the album won a dove award for long form music video of the year at the 25th gma dove awards in 1994. he made "mark lowry: remotely controlled" in 1995. "mark lowry on broadway" was performed and captured to dvd at the beacon theatre in nyc in 2000, and "mark lowry goes to hollywood" was performed and captured to dvd at the cerritos center in cerritos, california, in january 2005.
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