Dennis "Denny" Correll (February 19, 1946 – November 29, 2002)
was a singer in the 1960s
rock music
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group
Blues Image
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Career
Blues Image was formed in Miami, Florida in 1966 ...
as well as a
contemporary Christian music
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ian active in the 1970s. In the late 1980s and early 1990s Correll performed solo vocals on 4 songs on 4 albums of
The Maranatha Singers.
He was an early touring member of the seminal
Jesus music
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band
Love Song
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, writing their tune "Changes" which appeared on that band's debut LP ''Love Song''. He also was in the band Manna prior to his own solo contemporary Christian music career.
Correll died from heart failure on November 29, 2002. He was 56.
Discography
* ''Standin' in the Light'' Maranatha! Records MM0058 1979.
* ''How Will They Know?'' Myrrh Records MSB-6656 1980.
* ''Something I Believe In'' Myrrh Records MSB-6699 1982.
* ''Living Water'' Myrrh Records 7016769062 1983.
* ''Trust'' Maranatha! Records CORR-TRU2-CD 1991.
* ''Emily's Eyes'' Broken Records. vocal on "Lies" A child abuse compilation album.
References
* Christian Music Archive https://web.archive.org/web/20060614191430/http://christianmusicarchive.com/artist.php?id=861
* Article about Correll's death https://web.archive.org/web/20081120164018/http://www.freshreleases.com/news/976.html
* Discography information assembled from items for sale at MusicStack http://www.musicstack.com/records-cds/denny+correll
External links
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2002 deaths
1946 births
American rock singers
20th-century American singers