BRUMLEY, ALBERT E.
(1905–1977)
BRUMLEY, ALBERT E. (b. A. Edward B., Spiro, Okla., October 29, 1905–November 15, 1977) A noted GOSPEL songwriter whose many compositions have become standards in the country repertoire, Brumley was trained by the best of the gospel songwriters from an early age. He attended many local singing schools and conventions on the Oklahoma/Arkansas border. But most important, as a teenager he enrolled at the Hartford (Arkansas) Music Institute, where he encountered, among others, Virgil O. Stamps , the…