Bobby Grove Sings - Until Then

It Was The Blood

Bobby Grove Sings

Bobby Grove Sings

Until Then
Oak - Harrison, Ohio
LP 900

From the back cover: The story of Bobby Grove is typical of many of our up and coming Sacred singers of today. He had his start in the backwoods of Kentucky and his childhood was one of strict and thorough religious training. Bobby Grove was gifted with a musical talent and seems destined to take his place among some of the country's most popular singers of Country-Sacred music.

"I was born in the little coal mining town of Worley, Kentucky, but was still a small boy when my folks moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, where I grew up and had about the same childhood that most poor boys have. My father and mother were good to us children and I know that Dad worked hard for us, but it seems we could never get ahead. My father was a fiddle player and the leader of a hillbilly band and worked in night clubs seven nights a week.

"I did not have much interest in music until I went into the Army where, after a couple of months, I started playing the guitar. I was shipped to Korea and didn't have much time for music until after the cease fire when I was assigned to an all-soldier show which toured the Far East for about a year. After my discharge from the Army, I received a long distance call one day from a fellow who had been in the Army with me, saying he had a job for me in Chicago working as a comic on a kiddie TV show. I went to Chicago but they didn't find me very funny, however, that lead to my getting a job on WLS National Barn Dance as a singer. Shortly thereafter, on a visit back to Ohio, I met the most beautiful girl I had ever seen Fayette Boggs, and three months later we were married. We returned to Chicago but things were not too good so we decided to come back to Cincinnati where I got a job as a disc jockey on WZIP where I stayed for three years. One morning while doing my show I felt pains in my ankles and at the end of my broadcast I could not get out of my chair. The doctor told me I had rheumatoid arthritis and I was almost paralized for about a year.I was told to forget about the music business as I would never be able to play again because of my nerves. With the help and encouragement of my wonderful wife, I finally was able to get around some and got a job singing seven nights a week in a night club where I worked every night of the week for three solid years. I took sick again and while in the hospital, Reverend Merle Vaughn visited me. I started going to Rev- erend Vaughn's church and one night I felt God tug at my heart and I went down to the old fashioned altar and prayed through. Sometime later I started evangelizing. My wife and four little boys had to sacrifice a lot and finally we lost everything we had. I couldn't find work since all I had ever done was play music and no one seemed interested in an ex-musician. When hope was almost gone, God sent a man-Reverend Johnny Carter-to help me. If it had not been for his inspiration and guidance, I would probably still be singing in a night club somewhere... I had reached the point where my cross seemed too heavy to bear. He took me with him wherever he went to preach and in just a few short months I had a house full of happiness and well-being. I put the music in my heart into songs and recorded a package of gospel records. Johnny helped me sell enough to get me back on my feet and if it had not been for Johnny this album would never have been recorded .... he encouraged me when no one else seemed to care. Thanks to Reverend Johnny Carter, I am now working hand in hand with Jesus.

"I sincerely hope that this album will be a blessing to someone and if you are walking down the same lonely road that I have traveled I hope there is a song in this album that will turn your thoughts to Jesus. If you will call on Him, I am sure He will answer. If you would like for me to come and sing at your church, you can contact me at P.O. Box 37, Harrison, Ohio." – Yours truly, Bobby Grove

Until Then

I Saw A Man

His Arms

Reach Out And Touch The Lord

It Was The Blood

Pass Me Not

Evening Prayer

Not My Will

Shine For Jesus

Let The Lower Lights Be Burning 

Gloryland March

I'd Rather Have Jesus