Softly and Tenderly

• The Andrews Sisters - recorded on February 2, 1950 for Decca Records. • The Million Dollar Quartet recorded the song in 1956. • Pat Boone - included in his album Hymns We Love (1957). • Rosemary Clooney - for her album Hymns from the Heart (1958). • Daniel Johnston - for his album 1990 (1990) • The Martins - in their CD album An A Cappella Hymn Collection (1997) • Amy Grant recorded a version of the song which appears on her 2002 studio album Legacy... Hymns and Faith, and later on her 2015 compilation album Be Still and Know... Hymns & Faith. • The Mormon Tabernacle Choir recorded an arrangement of the song by Mack Wilberg on its 2009 album Come, Thou Fount Of Every Blessing: American Folk Hymns & Spirituals. • Reba McEntire, Trisha Yearwood, and Kelly Clarkson recorded the song for Reba's Sing It Now: Songs of Faith & Hope (2017) + • Carrie Underwood recorded the song for her album of Gospel covers, My Savior (2021). ==Use in modern culture==

The song was featured in the film Urban Cowboy at Bud's (John Travolta's character) uncle's funeral. The film The Trip to Bountiful makes recurrent use of the song, particularly a recording of it by Cynthia Clawson. An a cappella version is sung by Alessandro Nivola in the film Junebug. In the movie Walk the Line the song is played in the church that June Carter Cash takes Johnny Cash to for his first time out of the house after stopping his drug use. The melody appears twice in the movie Abrupt Decision, released 2011. The song is performed in A Prairie Home Companion. In November 2017, Carrie Underwood performed the hymn as part of the In Memoriam segment, which culminated in a tribute to the fifty-eight Route 91 shooting victims, at the 51st annual CMA Awards. It was performed at the funeral of Adele Stackhouse (Sookie's Granny), in True Blood. ==External links==