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Discography

* ''DeLeon'' (Myrrh, 1984) * ''Don't Follow The Crowd'' (Rejoice, 1987) * ''We Need To Hear From You'' (Word, 1989) * ''New Direction'' (Word, 1992) * ''My Life'' (Intersound, 1996) * ''Straight From The Heart'' (Tommy Boy Gospel, 2001) * ''Here In Me'' (DeMari/Arrow, 2008)

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* Living people American gospel singers 1976 births 21st-century African-American women singers 20th-century African-American women singers {{US-singer-stub