{"id":4171,"date":"2013-08-30T13:21:19","date_gmt":"2013-08-30T17:21:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/faithmediaandculture\/?p=4171"},"modified":"2013-09-03T10:54:24","modified_gmt":"2013-09-03T14:54:24","slug":"sweet-lorraine-is-a-genuinely-heartfelt-hit-for-96-year-old-fred-stobaugh-singing-nuns-continue-to-get-it-done","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2013\/08\/sweet-lorraine-is-a-genuinely-heartfelt-hit-for-96-year-old-fred-stobaugh-singing-nuns-continue-to-get-it-done.html","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Sweet Lorraine&#8221; is a genuinely heartfelt hit for 96-year-old Fred Stobaugh + Singing nuns continue to get it done"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s today&#8217;s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sweet Story.<\/strong> <em><strong>Fred Stobaugh<\/strong>, a 96-year-old man from Peoria, Illinois has quickly become the latest viral video sensation. Stobaugh entered a singer-songwriter competition hosted this summer by a local recording studio, <strong>Green Shoe Studio<\/strong>. Although entries were supposed to be uploaded to YouTube for submission, Stobaugh read about the contest in the newspaper and went the old-fashioned route and mailed in a hand-written copy of a song he wrote in dedication to his wife of 72 years, <strong>Lorraine<\/strong>, who passed away in April&#8230;While Stobaugh didn&#8217;t win the competition, he won the hearts of those running the contest and many, many Americans. The studio brought Stobaugh in to record his touching <strong>&#8220;Sweet Lorraine,&#8221;<\/strong> and the video and mini-documentary has attracted more than one million hits on YouTube and is available for purchase on<\/em><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/oh-sweet-lorraine-feat.-jacob\/id676472051\" target=\"_blank\">iTunes<\/a><\/strong><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/global.fncstatic.com\/static\/v\/all\/img\/external-link.png\" \/>. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/2013\/08\/28\/96-year-old-widower-fred-stobaugh-youtube-sensation-oh-sweet-lorraine-song\/\">More @ <strong>Fox News<\/strong><\/a>)<\/p>\n<div><strong><strong>Chart-topping Sisters. <\/strong>The Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist<\/strong>\u2019s debut CD, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.demontfortmusic.com\/artists\/dominican-sisters-of-mary.php\"><strong><em>Mater Eucharistiae<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, continues to captivate music fans across the country, landing the No. 1 spot on <strong>Billboard Magazine&#8217;s Classical Overall and Classical Traditional Charts<\/strong>, No. 75 spot on the <strong>Top 200 Overall Chart<\/strong>, No. 2 spot on the <strong>Christian (contemporary) Chart<\/strong> and No. 3 spot on the <strong>Christian (gospel) Chart<\/strong>.\u00a0<strong><em>Mater Eucharistiae<\/em><\/strong> was produced by <strong>Blanton Alspaugh<\/strong>, the <strong>2013 Grammy Award-winning Classical Producer of the Year<\/strong>, for <strong>De Montfort Music<\/strong><strong> <\/strong>and<strong> Decca Records<\/strong><strong><\/strong>.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><iframe title=\"Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist- Mater Eucharistiae\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/209u7A_MwD8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u00a0<em>Encourage one another and build each other up \u2013 <\/em><b>1 Thessalonians 5:11<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s today&#8217;s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Sweet Story. Fred Stobaugh, a 96-year-old man from Peoria, Illinois has quickly become the latest viral video sensation. Stobaugh entered a singer-songwriter competition hosted this summer by a local recording studio, Green Shoe Studio. 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