A.P. Bland
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A.P. Bland was an early-twentieth-century gospel writer credited, with A.S. Bridgewater, with the 1922 hymn “How Beautiful Heaven Must Be,” a country and bluegrass-gospel standard recorded by the Carter Family, the Stanley Brothers, Bill Monroe, and many other acts.
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- Co-wrote “How Beautiful Heaven Must Be” with A.S. Bridgewater in 1922.
- The hymn has been recorded by the Carter Family, the Stanley Brothers, Bill Monroe, the Cox Family, and many other country and bluegrass-gospel acts.