Sy Miller, Jill Jackson

Let There Be Peace On Earth

One of the greatest standards of all time has been selected as the featured title for International Sheet Music Day, which has quickly become a Global event. This newly revised edition is exclusively available from Santorella Publications. Let There Be Peace On Earth is listed regularly on Billboards countdown as one of greatest ballads ever written. For seven decades, this Top 40 classic has brought continents together with its brilliant melody and gravitating lyrics. Let There Be Peace On Earth is a song of peace, love and coexistence bringing harmony throughout the world. To believe we can have a planet void of war and conflict has never been expressed so eloquently. TheOriginal Piano Vocal Edition of this extraordinary ballad, written by Jill Jackson and Sy Miller in the mid-50s is now being honored during International Sheet Music Day on August 17th 2019. We are honored to bring to you Let There Be Peace On Earth in its original form including the award-winning lyrics that have certainly stood the test of time and is most appropriate to represent this years celebratory event. From: International Sheet Music Day website From our good friends at Santorella Publications, an amazing song choice for International Sheet Music Day, Saturday, August 17, 2019! 'Let There Be Peace on Earth and Let it Begin with Me. ' Sy Miller and Jill Jackson were a husband and wife songwriting team. In 1955 they wrote a song about their dream of peace for the world and how they believed each one of us could help create it. 'Let There Be Peace on Earth' was awarded the George Washington Honor Medal by the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge for 'Outstanding achievement in helping to bring about a better understanding of the American Way of Life. ' It also received a Brotherhood Award from the National Conference of Christians and Jews. In Sy Miller's words again: 'This simple thought, 'Let There Be Peace on Earth, and Let It Begin With Me' first born on a mountain top in the voices of youth, continues to travel heart to heart gathering in people everywhere who wish to become a note in a song of understanding and peace-peace for all mankind. ' from www. jan-leemusic. com