"The Devil Has All the Best Tunes" is the second single by English pop band Prefab Sprout. It was their first release to feature Wendy Smith and their first release after signing with Kitchenware Reco
The Devil has all the Best Tunes
George Whitefield
Videos
George Whitefield, was an English Anglican priest and Itinerant preacher who was one of the founders of Methodism and the evangelical movement.
The Devil Has All the Best Tunes
…They (the Moravians and Methodists) have adopted the music of some of our finest songs... ...and they have given good reasons for so doing: for, as Whitefield said, 'Why should the devil have all the best tunes?'". Though this text credits the expression to the English Anglican cleric George Whitefield, it…
Portrait attributed to Robert Hunter, c. 1760
The Old Bell Inn, Southgate Street, Gloucester
Whitefield had what is known as a “lazy eye” (strabismus), which did not impair his vision, but had the effect of making individuals in large crowds think that his eyes were directly on them.
Whitefield preaching. 1857 engraving