The couple spent the first five years of their married life juggling full-time teaching jobs, writing, singing, recording and publishing until music became their full-time career in 1967. He married Gloria Sickal, who became the best writing partner Bill could have found anywhere. In 1962, Bill did one of the best things he has ever done. He began teaching English in 1959 because his musical aspirations couldn’t support him full-time… yet. Bill Gaither is just such an individual… an Indiana-born kid with an insatiable love for music who grew to become an industry leader who would change the course of gospel music history through the songs he has written and through his influence as a mentor for other artists.Īn avid fan of gospel quartets throughout his childhood, Bill founded his first group, The Bill Gaither Trio, in 1956, while he was a college student. The pages of history have been written by ordinary people who had something extraordinary to say with their lives. In the 1990s, his career gained a resurgence (as well as the careers of other southern gospel artists), as popularity grew for the Gaither Homecoming series. He has written numerous popular Christian songs with his wife Gloria he is also known for performing as part of the Bill Gaither Trio and the Gaither Vocal Band (GVB). William James Gaither (born March 28, 1936) is an American singer and songwriter of Southern gospel and contemporary Christian music.

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