Some of My Favorite Songs – Christmas - Mary, Did You Know?

​​4.  MARY, DID YOU KNOW – I didn’t . . . this song took years to find its audience.​

The words/ lyrics were written in 1984 by Mark Lowry, but he couldn’t find someone to write the music until 1991. That’s when he found Buddy Greene.
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Mark recorded it that same year with Michael English. It reached #6 on CCM Magazine’s Adult Contemporary Chart. I missed it. My car radio is set to pop music stations.

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​Kenny Rogers and Wynona Judd recorded it in 1997 for Kenny’s Christmas Album. It went to #55 on Billboard’s Hot Country, and I missed it again.
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Album Source: Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=20319165

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Clay Aiken’s version came out on his Christmas album in 2004. It struck home with me. I have 3 kids so I could imagine asking Mary those questions, then hearing her answers – the pride and joy, the pain and sorrow. I’m glad Mary didn’t know everything. It would have broken me.
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Clay’s version hit #35 on the Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks and #32 on Billboard Hot Christian songs. I think that’s when it became an American classic. Photo Source: By Judy Butler, CC BY-SA 2.5, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11404621

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​CeeLo Green came out with a recording in 2012. It hit #9 on Billboard Hot R&B songs and #35 on Billboard Hot Christian songs.

Photo from 2008. Source: By Julio Enriquez - https://www.flickr.com/photos/julioenriquez/2621277869/, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=14713439
 

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This is the group, the Pentatonix. They recorded their version in 2014, and it might be the one I hear most on the radio. It debuted and peaked at #26 on the Billboard Hot 100. Their harmony, singing these words – Amazing!
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Photo from 2014. Source: Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=33415616

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This was the last recording my source listed. Jordan Smith performed it on the 2015 Finals for The Voice. It debuted and peaked at #24 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and #2 on the Billboard Holiday chart.
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Photo from 2015. Source: 2016 By DoDnewsfeatures - https://www.flickr.com/photos/dodnewsfeatures/26718732530/, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=66102892
 
Click My Search Link, and you can listen to the Pentatonix, Carrie Underwood, Clay Aiken, CeeLo Green, and Mark Lowry (the one who wrote the music back in 1984).

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​My Search Link: mary did you know - Bing –
Information: Mary, Did You Know? - Wikipedia

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