Piano Solo - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.697709 Composed by George Bennard. Arranged by Sandy McIntire. Country,Easter,Instructional,Sacred,Traditional. Score. 6 pages. Sandy McIntire #6486751. Published by Sandy McIntire (A0.697709). The Old Rugged Cross has been a favorite gospel hymn since it was published in 1913. It has been recorded by many stars including Ernest Tubbs,  Al Green, Andy Griffith, Anne Murray, Brad Paisley, Chet Atkins, George Jones, Eddy Arnold, Johnny Cash and June Carter, Ella Fitzgerald, Mahalia Jackson, Jo Stafford, Gordon MacRae, Merle Haggard, Patsy Cline, Loretta Lynn, Ray Price, Tennessee Ernie Ford, The Oak Ridge Boys, The Statler Brothers, Vince Gill, Willie Nelson, Alan Jackson, and George Beverly Shea. This arrangement is an Intermediate Piano solo in the key of B Flat and F major from McIntire's Gospel Piano Classics series. Other hymns in the series include Draw Me Nearer, Blessed Assurance and Softly and Tenderly.