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This Is Who I Am (Kelly Price Album)
''This Is Who I Am'' is the fifth studio album by American singer Kelly Price. It was released on October 24, 2006, on the EclecticSounds Entertainment and GospoCentric Records GospoCentric Records was an Inglewood, California based Gospel music record label, started as an independent label by Vicki Mack Lataillade and Claude Lataillade in 1993. The label rose to prominence in the 1990s, largely on the runaway success o .... Track listing Notes * signifies additional producer(s) Charts References {{Authority control 2006 albums Kelly Price albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kelly Price
Kelly Cherelle Price (born April 4, 1973) is an American R&B and gospel singer. Beginning her career in 1992, Price originally performed backing vocals for Mariah Carey on multiple songs, including Carey's ''Billboard'' Hot 100-number one singles " All I Want for Christmas Is You" and "Fantasy." Price rose to wider prominence in 1997 following her uncredited performances on the number-one single " Mo Money Mo Problems" by the Notorious B.I.G. and the top-five single " Feel So Good" by Mase, prompting her to record as a lead artist. Her debut studio album, ''Soul of a Woman'' (1998), received platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA); its lead single, " Friend of Mine" (featuring R. Kelly and Ronald Isley) peaked within the top 20 of the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Price guest featured alongside Faith Evans on Whitney Houston's 1998 single " Heartbreak Hotel," which peaked at number two on the chart and earned a Grammy Award nomination for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gospel Music
Gospel music is a traditional genre of Christian music and a cornerstone of Christian media. The creation, performance, significance, and even the definition of gospel music vary according to culture and social context. Gospel music is composed and performed for many purposes, including aesthetic pleasure, religious or ceremonial purposes, and as an entertainment product for the marketplace. Gospel music is characterized by dominant vocals and strong use of harmony with Christian lyrics. Gospel music can be traced to the early 17th century. Hymns and sacred songs were often performed in a call-and-response fashion, heavily influenced by ancestral African music. Most of the churches relied on hand–clapping and foot–stomping as rhythmic accompaniment. Most of the singing was done ''a cappella''.Jackson, Joyce Marie. "The changing nature of gospel music: A southern case study." ''African American Review'' 29.2 (1995): 185. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Web. October 5, 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Priceless (Kelly Price Album)
''Priceless'' is the fourth studio album by American singer Kelly Price. It was released by Def Jam Recordings and Def Soul on April 29, 2003, in the United States. The album peaked at number 2 on the US ''Billboard'' Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, and number 10 on the Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200. It marked Price's final release with Def Soul. The song "Again" featured Brazilian influenced acoustic guitar from Eric Clapton. Critical reception ''Vibe (magazine), Vibe'' editor Jason King found that with ''Priceless'', Price "continues to grow as a singer/songriter, giving us glimpses of her multifaceted personality." He called "You Brought the Sunshine" a "jubilant retrofitting of the Clark Sisters inspirational disco classic" as well as the album's "most luminous moment," adding: "It's not just ''Priceless'' – it's timeless." Soren Baker from ''Entertainment Weekly'' felt that "on her third album, [Price] delivers a rousing set filled with more fire than a Judge Judy tirade. Tackli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kelly (Kelly Price Album)
''Kelly'' is the sixth studio album by American R&B singer-songwriter Kelly Price. It was released by My Block Records and Malaco Records on May 3, 2011. The album was preceded by the release of three singles, "Tired", "Not My Daddy" (featuring Stokley Williams) and "Himaholic". Promotion "Tired" was released to iTunes as the lead single on August 17, 2010. On September 4, 2010, "Tired" debuted at number 29 on the ''Billboard'' Adult R&B Songs chart. The following week the song peaked at 26 on September 4, 2010, and spent 3 weeks on the chart. On September 18, 2010, the song debuted at number 87 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. The following week the song peaked at number 82 on September 25, 2011, and spent 6 weeks on the chart. "Not My Daddy" was released to iTunes as the second single on March 8, 2011. On May 21, 2011, "Not My Daddy" debuted at number 6 on the ''Billboard'' Adult R&B Songs chart and spent 21 weeks on the chart. On May 21, 2011, the song debuted at number 85 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Studio Album
An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track cartridge, 8-track or Cassette tape, cassette), or digital distribution, digital. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th century as individual 78 rpm records (78s) collected in a bound book resembling a photo album; this format evolved after 1948 into single vinyl LP record, long-playing (LP) records played at rpm. The album was the dominant form of recorded music expression and consumption from the mid-1960s to the early 21st century, a period known as the ''album era''. Vinyl LPs are still issued, though album sales in the 21st-century have mostly focused on CD and MP3 formats. The 8-track tape was the first tape format widely used alongside vinyl from 1965 until being phased out by 1983, being gradually supplanted by the cassette tape throughout the 1970s and early 1980s; the popul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Green
Albert Leornes Greene (born April 13, 1946), known professionally as Al Green, is an American singer, songwriter, pastor and record producer. He is best known for recording a series of soul hit singles in the early 1970s, including " Tired of Being Alone" (1971), " I'm Still in Love with You" (1972), " Love and Happiness" (1973), " Take Me to the River" (1974), and his signature song, " Let's Stay Together" (1972). After his girlfriend died by suicide, Green became an ordained pastor and turned to gospel music. He later returned to secular music. Green was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995. He was referred to on the museum's site as being "one of the most gifted purveyors of soul music". He has also been referred to as "The Last of the Great Soul Singers". Green is the winner of 11 Grammy Awards, including the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. He has also received the BMI Icon award and is a Kennedy Center Honors recipient. He was included in ''Rolling Ston ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mabon Hodges
Mabon Lewis "Teenie" Hodges (November 16, 1945 – June 22, 2014) was an American musician known for his work as a rhythm and lead guitarist and songwriter on many of Al Green's soul hits, and those of other artists such as Ann Peebles and Syl Johnson, on Hi Records in the 1970s. His credits as a songwriter include "Take Me to the River", "Love and Happiness", " L-O-V-E (Love)", and "Here I Am (Come and Take Me)". He was the uncle of Canadian rapper and singer Drake. Early years Born in Germantown, Tennessee, Hodges began playing guitar at age 12 in his father's band, the Germantown Blue Dots, before joining his brothers Leroy and Charles in their group, the Impalas. He was encouraged by Memphis band leader and record producer Willie Mitchell. Mitchell used Hodges as a central component of the Hi Rhythm Section, which also included Leroy, Charles, drummer Al Jackson Jr., and pianist Archie Turner, Mitchell's stepson. Biographyby Keith Brown at AllMusic.com When Jackson left ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donnie McClurkin
Donald Andrew McClurkin Jr. (born November 9, 1959) is an American gospel singer and minister. He has won three Grammy Awards, ten Stellar Awards, two BET Awards, two Soul Train Awards, one Dove Award and one NAACP Image Awards. He is one of the top selling gospel artists, selling over 13 million albums. '' Variety'' dubbed McClurkin as a "Reigning King of Urban Gospel". Early life McClurkin was born in Copiague, New York. When he was eight years old, his two-year-old brother was hit and killed by a speeding driver, which generated family turmoil. Shortly thereafter, McClurkin was a victim of childhood sexual abuse at the hands of his great uncle and, years later, by his great uncle's son. Two of his sisters dealt with substance abuse, and that's when the young McClurkin found solace in going to church and also through an aunt who sang background vocals with gospel musician Andraé Crouch. By the time he was a teenager, he had formed the McClurkin Singers and later formed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Ligon
Joseph Ligon (born May 3, 1938) is an American convicted murderer and former prisoner. He was America's longest-serving prisoner who was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder by association and sentenced to life imprisonment without parole as a juvenile, at the age of 15. After the Supreme Court had ruled in '' Montgomery v. Louisiana'' that all mandatory juvenile life without parole sentences were retroactively unconstitutional, he was released without parole in February 2021 after a federal court vacated his sentence, having spent 68 years in prison. Early life Ligon was born on May 3, 1938, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the second oldest of four children. His mother was a nurse, while his father was an auto mechanic. He grew up on a farm in Birmingham, Alabama with his maternal grandparents and had a difficult early life. Ligon didn't grow up with many friends, and instead remembers spending most of his time with his family, such as watching his grandfather preach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Smallwood (musician)
Richard Smallwood (born November 30, 1948, in Atlanta, Georgia) is an American gospel artist who formed The Richard Smallwood Singers in 1977 in Washington, D.C. Education and career Richard Smallwood graduated cum laude from Howard University with a dual B.A. degree in classical vocal performance and piano, in addition to graduate work in the field of ethnomusicology. Smallwood was a member of The Celestials, the first gospel group on Howard University's campus. That group was the first gospel act to appear at Switzerland's Montreux Jazz Festival. Smallwood was also a founding member of Howard's first gospel choir. Smallwood's recording career began in 1982 with the album ''The Richard Smallwood Singers''. The album spent 87 weeks on Billboard's Gospel chart. Its follow-up, ''Psalms'' was nominated for a Grammy. Two years later the album ''Textures'' was also nominated. ''Textures'' spawned the now-classic "Center Of My Joy" written by Richard Smallwood along with Bill and Glo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanessa Bell Armstrong
Vanessa Bell Armstrong ( Bell; born October 2, 1953) is an American R&B and gospel singer who released her debut album '' Peace Be Still'' in 1983. She is a seven-time Grammy Award nominee, Stellar Award winner, and she won a Soul Train Award. She has worked with many in the industry including Mattie Moss Clark (who helped Armstrong with her career), Daryl Coley, The Clark Sisters, Rance Allen, James Cleveland, and many others. Armstrong (a Detroit native), has an honorary doctorate degree in theology from Next Dimension University, received at the West Angeles Cathedral in Los Angeles in 2017. Career Her father was the minister at Greater Mount Everett Church of God in Ferndale south of Royal Oak, Michigan. Vanessa directed the choir and sang in it. Vanessa Armstrong made her solo debut on Onyx/Muscle Shoals Sound Records in 1983 with the album ''Peace Be Still''. The title track became one of Armstrong's signature songs. Her second album ''Chosen'' was number one on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
