Short Name: | B. B. McKinney |
Full Name: | McKinney, B. B., 1886-1952 |
Birth Year: | 1886 |
Death Year: | 1952 |
Pseudonyms--
Martha Annis (his mother’s maiden name was Martha Annis Heflin)
Otto Nellen
Gene Routh (his wife’s maiden name was Leila Irene Routh)
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Son of James Calvin McKinney and Martha Annis Heflin McKinney, B . B. attended Mount Lebanon Academy, Louisiana; Louisiana College, Pineville, Louisiana; the Southwestern Baptist Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas; the Siegel-Myers Correspondence School of Music, Chicago, Illinois (BM.1922); and the Bush Conservatory of Music, Chicago. Oklahoma Baptist University awarded him an honorary MusD degree in 1942.
McKinney served as music editor at the Robert H. Coleman company in Dallas, Texas (1918–35). In 1919, after several months in the army, McKinney returned to Fort Worth, where Isham E. Reynolds asked him to join the faculty of the School of Sacred Music at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He taught at the seminary until 1932, then pastored in at the Travis Avenue Baptist Church in Fort Worth (1931–35). In 1935, McKinney became music editor for the Baptist Sunday School Board in Nashville, Tennessee.
McKinney wrote words and music for about 150 songs, and music for 115 more.
--© Cyber Hymnal™ (www.hymntime.com/tch)
Tunes by B. B. McKinney (163) | As | Instances | Incipit |
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[All my fears are gone] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | 34533 12322 71212 |
ALTAR | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 5 | 33332 13244 44543 |
[Another day is dawning] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
[As He heard His waiting people] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
[As we gather in Thy presence] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
[Awake, awake, Put on thy strength] (McKinney) | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
BACK TO BETHEL | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 4 | 31353 56465 34565 |
[Beautiful Redeemer] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
[Blessed Savior, we adore Thee] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
[Breathe over our waiting spirits, Lord] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
[Bright is the light] (McKinney) | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
BRYSON CITY | Baylus Benjamin McKinney (Composer) | 3 | 34315 65311 24323 |
BY AND BY | B. B. McKinney (Arranger) | 10 | 12333 21211 61123 |
CEDAR LANE (McKinney) | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 3 | 17654 56517 1212 |
CHRIST FOR THE WORLD (McKinney) | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 5 | 51712 33441 23332 |
[Christ has for sin atonement made] (McKinney) | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | 51134 56651 77767 |
[Christ Jesus has commanded us to go in all the world] | Baylus Benjamin McKinney (Composer) | 3 | 53323 52234 43233 |
[Christ Jesus is the living way] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | 53321 56533 32122 |
[Christ Jesus left heaven my soul to save] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | 53433 21177 52222 |
CHRISTIAN HOME (McKinney) | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 20 | 32347 13335 43234 |
[While passing through this world of sin] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 22 | 53451 76665 45322 |
FAIRFIELD (Southern Harmony) | B. B. McKinney (Arranged) | 3 | 13157 11234 5543 |
[Come, linger here with the Master] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 3 | |
[Do you weary grow on your toilsome road] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 4 | 34511 55615 55565 |
[Don't go away unsaved] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
[Draw near] (McKinney) | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
[Everything's alright in the Father's house] (McKinney) | B. B. McKinney (Adapter) | 2 | 33231 21615 1171 |
FALLS CREEK | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 31 | 53344 55123 33212 |
[Father hear our prayer] (McKinney) | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 3 | 53322 16443 67554 |
[For God so loved the world] (McKinney) | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 3 | |
FOR ME | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 3 | 33365 66117 63333 |
[Forgive the things I've said in haste] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
[Give me a heart like Thine, dear Lord] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
GLORIOUS NAME (McKinney) | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 31 | 55536 65312 35432 |
GRICE | Baylus Benjamin McKinney (Composer) | 6 | 51117 65535 11171 |
[Have you prayed today in the secret place] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
[Have you read the story of the cross] | B. B. McKinney (Arranger) | 1 | 51331 23431 33217 |
[He carried my sins far away] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
[He is coming, Hallelujah] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
[He is mine, He is mine] (Bennett) | B. B. McKinney (Arranger) | 1 | 51752 15671 23542 |
[He knows the bitter, weary way] (McKinney) | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
[He lives, He lives, O glorious thought] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | 51575 65365 32112 |
ALOHA OE | B. B. McKinney (Arranged) | 19 | 51332 17165 31221 |
[He sends the rainbow, a lovely rainbow] (Chorus) | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 4 | |
[He will never cast you out] | B. B. McKinney (Arranger) | 1 | 11765 63554 5635 |
[Help me, my Lord, to grow] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | 54565 12671 51235 |
HOLCOMB (McKinney) | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 18 | 33345 52111 41333 |
[I drifted away from the love of God] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
[I'm just a weary pilgrim] (32113) | B. B. McKinney (Arranger) | 1 | 32113 55466 55323 |
[I have read of a beautiful city] (Presbrey) | B. B. McKinney (Arranger) | 1 | 34545 67215 11171 |
[I heard the voice of Jesus say] (Old English) | B. B. McKinney (Arranger) | 5 | 33344 54323 45143 |
[I know not the hour when my Lord will come] (McGranahan) | B. B. McKinney (Arranger) | 2 | 55453 21176 55543 |
[I met Him one day on a lonely road] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 8 | 55351 76554 42765 |
[I saw One hanging on a tree] (McKinney) | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
I SHALL NOT BE MOVED | Baylus B. McKinney (Arranger) | 1 | 33434 22222 23221 |
[I stood alone at the bar of God] (McKinney) | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
[I surrender, blessed Savior] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
[I was drifting far from the "Beacon Star"] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 5 | 34533 21161 76511 |
[I was glad when they said unto me] (McKinney) | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 3 | 54332 13654 32223 |
[I was sinking down in sin] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
[I would be like Thee, Beautiful Savior] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
[I would be true, dear Lord, to Thee] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
[If I can plant a rose where thorns have been] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
[If you are burdened with grief and woe] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
[In a land of sin and doubt] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
[In the quiet hours of morning] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
[Into the woods my Master went] (Mckinney) | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | 33367 12343 17677 |
[It is wonderful to know that the Savior came] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | 51343 21557 21556 |
[It's the only message God has given] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
[I've found a Friend, O such a friend] (McKinney) | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | 55553 51231 222 |
[I've seen the lightning flashing] (55535) | Baylus B. McKinney (Arranger) | 6 | 55351 33112 16555 |
IVERSON (Iverson) | B. B. McKinney (Arranged) | 15 | 33332 34312 33333 |
[Jesus is standing at your heart's door] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 5 | 55533 34424 44222 |
[Jesus is the sunshine of my heart] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | 55356 53172 34 |
[Glory hallelujah, I shall not be moved] | B. B. McKinney (Arranger) | 1 | 33334 33221 22222 |
[Keep a glad song singing in your heart each day] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
[Keep on praying till you pray it through] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 5 | |
[Lead on, O King of Glory] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 4 | |
LEAVELL | Baylus Benjamin McKinney (Composer) | 6 | 51113 45171 271 |
LEE (McKinney) | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 11 | 55567 15661 76552 |
LEILA (McKinney) | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 8 | 55431 23114 41235 |
[Let me travel the road, the road of life] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
[Soft as the voice of an angel] | B. B. McKinney (Arranger) | 2 | 55517 65344 46543 |
[Living for Jesus, Savior and King] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
CWM RHONDDA | B. B. McKinney (Arranger) | 3 | 56511 71232 31643 |
IRA (Sankey) | B. B. McKinney (Arranger) | 2 | 13332 21135 55435 |
[Love found its way to my sin-burdened soul] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | 33213 45465 13454 |
[Love led my Savior from glory land] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 3 | 51676 52311 66617 |
[Have you failed in your plan of your storm-tossed life] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 25 | 51323 13455 31322 |
MAKE OF MY HEART THY THRONE | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 3 | 33323 21435 55312 |
[Man of Sorrows kneeling down] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
MATTHEWS (McKinney) | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 13 | 32121 65617 77712 |
[Moment by moment I need Thee] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
MUSKOGEE | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 18 | 53456 71766 55432 |
[My God, my Father! while I stray] (McKinney) | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | 51112 33225 22234 |
[My heavenly home is bright and fair] (McKinney) | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | 55351 72112 17665 |
[My sins are forgiven by God above] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
[Neath the stars of the night] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 11 | 55534 51117 65555 |
[Never lose sight of Jesus] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 3 | |
[No more toil in the homeland] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
[O God, Eternal God! Thy name!] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
[O happy home, where Thou art loved the dearest] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | 54533 54123 24342 |
CANTIQUE DE NOEL | B. B. McKinney (Arranger) | 2 | 33355 66461 55321 |
[O soul in the far away country] (McKinney) | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | 55453 21616 51112 |
[Over the hill the sun is setting] (McKinney) | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
[Come O come to the blessed Savior] (Verdi) | B. B. McKinney (Arranger) | 2 | 55545 65343 55545 |
BLESSED NAME | B. B. McKinney (Arranger) | 2 | 55131 21765 55123 |
[O He's done so much for me] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 5 | |
[O what a blessed Christ is mine] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
[O what a Savior, that He died for me] (McKinney) | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
[On a hill lone and gray] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
[On the sea of life, 'mid the storm and strife] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
[Out in the darkness of sorrow and sin] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
[Out of James one twenty two] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
[Out of the golden palaces] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
[Over the line] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
[Praise ye the Lord! Praise ye the Lord] (Sherwin) | B. B. McKinney (Arranger) | 1 | |
[¡Qué placer al andar por la senda] (McKinney) | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | 32156 51326 21776 |
[¿Quién hizo el arco hermoso?] (McKinney) | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | 53343 21532 53 |
[Rejoice, rejoice in Christ the Savior] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 4 | |
[Revive Thy people, O Lord] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
ROUTH | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 20 | 33332 15566 66123 |
[Saved from the uttermost depths of despair] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
[Send a great revival in my soul] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 6 | 11111 56172 22225 |
[Smile when your heart is all troubled] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 3 | 53212 35217 12123 |
[Softly the night is falling] (McKinney) | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
[Take me, O Lord, I now can see] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 3 | 32351 76743 45432 |
["Take up thy cross," the Savior said] (McKinney) | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
[Tarry ye here] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
[Thanks be to God for life and light] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
[That He is God, be still and know] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
[The Lord bless thee and keep thee] (McKinney) | Baylus Benjamin McKinney (Composer) | 3 | 51171 21551 11771 |
[The mercy of God is an ocean divine] (Carter) | B. B. McKinney (Arranger) | 1 | 11345 55616 55666 |
[The redeemed are waiting for the sunrise] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
[The Savior is calling you to His fold] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
[The Spirit of Jesus bears witness with mine] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
[There is a city made by God] | B. B. McKinney (Arranger) | 1 | 53213 44356 54324 |
[There is joy in my heart as I journey] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 3 | |
[There is power in the blood] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
[There's a beautiful land on high] (Butcher) | B. B. McKinney (Arranger) | 1 | 12323 57171 21243 |
[There's a home of many mansions in the Father's house above] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
[There's a road divine by the foot of the cross] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
[This is the question that you must face] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | 56532 14123 34565 |
[Though the dark clouds roll] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
[Though the stormy clouds may hover over me] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
[Though waves of trouble round me roll] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
[Touch me, Lord Jesus] (Mckinney) | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 3 | |
TRAVIS AVENUE | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 13 | 34565 11772 34567 |
TRUETT | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 24 | 32341 32154 56523 |
[We thank Thee, Lord, that power is flowing] (McKinney) | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
[What a Friend we have in Jesus] (McKinney) | B. B. McKinney (Arranger) | 2 | 17654 35476 54253 |
[When Jesus forgives He forgets] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
[When Moses and the Israelites] (McKinney) | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
[When my bark is cast in a stormy blast] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | |
[When my soul was lost in the blight of sin] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 | 51331 44331 32221 |
[When sin-stricken, burdened and weary] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 3 | |
[When the dark shadows come over you] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 3 | |
[O when the saints go marching in] | B. B. Mckinney (Arranger) | 2 | 13451 34513 45313 |
[When the way is dark and dreary] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 3 | 54651 23212 35143 |
[When you are weary and sore opprest] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 4 | |
[Whisper a prayer in the morning] (Traditional) | B. B. McKinney (Arranger) | 2 | 35134 33225 7231 |
[Who at my door is standing] (Everett) | B. B. McKinney (Arranger) | 1 | 33332 11651 35323 |
["Why should I give?"] | B. B. McKinney (Composer) | 2 |