The Small Church Music website was founded in the year 2006 by Clyde McLennan (1941-2022) an ordained Baptist Pastor. For 35 years, he served in smaller churches across New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania. On some occasions he was also the church musician.
As a church organist, Clyde recognized it was often hard to find suitable musicians to accompany congregational singing, particularly in small churches, home groups, aged care facilities. etc. So he used his talents as a computer programmer and musician to create the Small Church Music website.
During retirement, Clyde recorded almost 15,000 hymns and songs that could be downloaded free to accompany congregational singing. He received requests to record hymns from across the globe and emails of support for this ministry from tiny churches to soldiers in war zones, and people isolating during COVID lockdowns.
TMJ Software worked with Clyde and hosted this website for him for several years prior to his passing. Clyde asked me to continue it in his absence. Clyde’s focus was to provide these recordings at no cost and that will continue as it always has. However, there will be two changes over the near to midterm.
To better manage access to the site, a requirement to create an account on the site will be implemented. Once this is done, you’ll be able to log-in on the site and download freely as you always have. eric_charden_tu_sei_tu_1970
The second change will be a redesign and restructure of the site. Since the site has many pages this won’t happen all at once but will be implement over time. While Charden is perhaps best known internationally as
While Charden is perhaps best known internationally as part of the duo , this solo track is a standout of his early 1970s repertoire. The title translates from Italian to "You are You." Key Details Artist: Eric Charden Release Year: 1970 Genre: Italo-pop / Chanson
The song remains a nostalgic favorite in Italy and is frequently associated with the "melodic pop" sound of that era. It has been covered by other artists, most notably the Italian pop group I Cugini di Campagna , who included it in their own repertoire. I CUGINI DI CAMPAGNA Tu sei tu
Italian (Charden, born in Vietnam to a French father and Tibetan mother, often recorded in multiple languages including French and Italian). Legacy and Covers
is a pop song released in 1970 by French-Italian singer-songwriter Eric Charden .
While Charden is perhaps best known internationally as part of the duo , this solo track is a standout of his early 1970s repertoire. The title translates from Italian to "You are You." Key Details Artist: Eric Charden Release Year: 1970 Genre: Italo-pop / Chanson
The song remains a nostalgic favorite in Italy and is frequently associated with the "melodic pop" sound of that era. It has been covered by other artists, most notably the Italian pop group I Cugini di Campagna , who included it in their own repertoire. I CUGINI DI CAMPAGNA Tu sei tu
Italian (Charden, born in Vietnam to a French father and Tibetan mother, often recorded in multiple languages including French and Italian). Legacy and Covers
is a pop song released in 1970 by French-Italian singer-songwriter Eric Charden .