Son of a Wes­ley­an Meth­od­ist min­is­ter, Shea be­gan his sing­ing ca­reer in the choir at his fa­ther’s church, and the Hough­ton, New York, Coll­ege Glee Club. He has long been as­so­ci­at­ed with the Bil­ly Gra­ham evan­gel­ism or­gan­i­za­tion. His works in­clude:

• Then Sings My Soul (with Fred Bau­er) (Old Tap­pan, New Jer­sey: Flem­ing H. Re­vell, 1968)
• Songs That Lift the Heart (with Fred Bau­er) (Old Tap­pan, New Jer­sey: Flem­ing H. Re­vell, 1972)

Hymns

1. Wonder of It All, The (© 1957)

Music

1. I’d Ra­ther Have Je­sus (© 1939)