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Ralph Carmichael was an American Christian contemporary and pop composer, arranger, songwriter, producer, and record executive. Born on May 28, 1927, in Quincy, Illinois, he had a significant career in both Christian and pop music. Carmichael became Nat King Cole's regular arranger, collaborating on various projects, including their first mainstream pop hit, "The Touch of Your Lips," in 1960, and their final team-up on Cole's last album, "L-O-V-E," recorded in December 1964, shortly before Cole's death. Throughout his career, Carmichael wrote arrangements for numerous prominent pop artists, such as Ella Fitzgerald, Bing Crosby, Jack Jones, Peggy Lee, Julie London, Al Martino, and Roger Miller. In the gospel music sphere, he was known for providing scoring for films produced by the Billy Graham Crusades and for creating many "folk musicals" aimed at younger congregants during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Carmichael was inducted into the GMA Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 1985 and the National Religious Broadcasters' Hall of Fame in 2001. He passed away on October 18, 2021, in Camarillo, California, at the age of 94.

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