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He Leadeth Me (album)
''He Leadeth Me'' is a gospel album by American gospel/soul singer Cissy Houston, released in 1997 on A & M Records. All the tracks were written and arranged by Houston. The album was produced, mastered and mixed by Joel Moss. The album earned Houston a Grammy Award in 1999 for Best Traditional Gospel Album for a second time following her previous win for the same category in 1997. Track listing Personnel *Arranged By – Jimmy Vivino, Ouida Harding *Arranged By, Producer, Vocals – Cissy Houston *Engineer, Mixed, Mastered, Producer – Joel Moss *Choir – Kevin Alford, Ingrid Arthur, Anita Jackson, *Trombone - Richie Rosenberg *Jerry Vivino - Saxophone lto*Strings - Julien Barber, Elena Barere, Lamar Alsop, David Heiss, Jean Ingraham, Paul Peabody, Dan Mullen, Laura Seaton, Sue Pray, Pam Zimmerman, Marty Sweet, Lisa Steinberg *Synthesizer - Bette Sussman *Drums – Steve Jordan *Jimmy Vivino - Guitar lectric*Bass – T. M. Stevens Thomas Michael "T. M." Stevens (bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cissy Houston
Emily "Cissy" Houston ( ''née'' Drinkard; born September 30, 1933) is an American soul and gospel singer. After a successful career singing backup for such artists as Roy Hamilton, Dionne Warwick, Elvis Presley, and Aretha Franklin, Houston embarked on a solo career, winning two Grammy Awards for her work. Houston is the mother of the late singer and actress Whitney Houston, the aunt of singers Dionne Warwick and Dee Dee Warwick, and a cousin of opera singer Leontyne Price. Early life Born Emily Drinkard in Newark, New Jersey, to Nitcholas "Nitch" Drinkard (1895-1952) and Delia Mae Drinkard (née McCaskill) (1901-1941), she was the eighth and final child; older siblings were brothers William (1918–2003), Hansom (1924–deceased), Nicky (1929–1992), and Larry (1931–2012); and sisters Lee (1920–2005), Marie (1922–2007), and Anne (1927–2003). Houston's father Nitcholas Drinkard was born to Susan Bell (called Delia) Drinkard (née Fuller), of Dutch and African-American de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urban Contemporary Gospel
Urban/contemporary gospel is a modern subgenre of gospel music. Although the style developed gradually, early forms are generally dated to the 1970s, and the genre was well established by the end of the 1980s. The radio format is pitched primarily to African-Americans. Christian hip hop can be considered a subtype of this genre. Origins and development Protestant hymns and African-American spirituals make up the basic source material for traditional black gospel music, which in turn is the most significant source of urban/contemporary gospel. Urban/contemporary gospel has kept the spiritual focus of the traditional black gospel music, but uses modern musical forms. Urban/contemporary gospel derives primarily from traditional black gospel music, with strong influence from, and strong influence on, many forms of secular pop music. Due to strong racial divisions in 20th century American culture, urban/contemporary gospel developed specifically out of the African-American musica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Contemporary R&B
Contemporary R&B (or simply R&B) is a popular music genre that combines rhythm and blues with elements of pop, soul, funk, hip hop, and electronic music. The genre features a distinctive record production style, drum machine-backed rhythms, pitch corrected vocals, and a smooth, lush style of vocal arrangement. Electronic influences are becoming an increasing trend and the use of hip hop or dance-inspired beats are typical, although the roughness and grit inherent in hip hop may be reduced and smoothed out. Contemporary R&B vocalists often use melisma, and since the mid-1980s, R&B rhythms have been combined with elements of hip hop culture and music and pop culture and pop music. Pre-history According to Geoffrey Himes speaking in 1989, the progressive soul movement of the early 1970s "expanded the musical and lyrical boundaries of &Bin ways that haven't been equaled since". This movement was led by soul singer-songwriter/producers such as Curtis Mayfield, Marvin Gaye, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A & M Records
A&M Records was an American record label founded as an independent company by Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss in 1962. Due to the success of the discography A&M released, the label garnered interest and was acquired by PolyGram in 1989 and began distributing releases from Polydor Ltd. from the UK. Throughout its operations, A&M housed well-known acts such as Alpert himself, Squeeze, Gin Blossoms, Dishwalla, Joe Cocker, Procol Harum, Captain & Tennille, Sting, Sergio Mendes, Ozark Mountain Daredevils, Supertramp, Bryan Adams, Burt Bacharach, Liza Minnelli, The Carpenters, Paul Williams, Quincy Jones, Janet Jackson, Cat Stevens, Peter Frampton, Elkie Brooks, Carole King, Styx, Dennis DeYoung, Extreme, Amy Grant, Joan Baez, The Police, Jann Arden, CeCe Peniston, Shanice, Blues Traveler, Soundgarden, Duffy, Phil Ochs, Sheryl Crow, Yellow Magic Orchestra, and Nazareth. PolyGram was acquired by Seagram and dissolved into Universal Music Group in 1998, and A&M's operations were ceased in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joel Moss
Joel Moss (born May 11, 1946) is an American record producer, sound engineer and mixer. Earlier years Moss was born in 1946 in Detroit, Michigan, to Jay Harmon and Dorothy Moss. At the age of twelve, he was performing with American and Canadian folk groups. He majored in architecture at the University of Minnesota. As a student he was able to work with the Minnesota Orchestra and recorded musicians such as Al Jarreau, Bobby Lyle and Willy Weeks. When folk music's popularity waned, Moss became a sound engineer and producer for rock and roll bands in Detroit. He moved to Los Angeles in 1969 and found work producing and engineering projects for recording artists such as Little Richard, Joe Cocker and Johnny Cash. He became the executive director and chief engineer of The Record Plant Recording Studios in 1986. This recording company operated Paramount Pictures scoring stage, which enabled Moss to expand his musical endeavors with film music. He was able to develop new technology an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Face To Face (Cissy Houston Album)
''Face To Face'' is the sixth studio album by American gospel/soul singer Cissy Houston, released in 1996 on the ''House of Blues Music'' distributed by BMG. The album features the spiritual anthems "Amazing Grace" and " Go Where I Send Thee", as well as gospel version of Holland-Dozier's "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)". Houston co-arranged and co-produced the album, as well as writing six of the album's tracks. Her son, singer Gary Houston contributed backing vocals on the song " God Don't Ever Change". Houston received a Grammy Award in 1997 for Best Traditional Gospel Album of 1996. Track listing Personnel *Arranged by – Jimmy Vivino (tracks: 1), Ouida W. Harding (tracks: 3, 12) *Arranged By, Producer, Vocals – Cissy Houston *Engineer, Mixed By, Producer – Joel Moss *Vocals – Gary Houston (tracks: 1) *Bass – Will Lee *Choir – Angelisa Guilford, Anita Jackson, Emma Davis, Gary Houston, Ingrid Arthur, Irma Harding, Kim Smith, LaTasha Spencer, Pamela Zimme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love Is Holding You
Love encompasses a range of strong and positive emotional and mental states, from the most sublime virtue or good habit, the deepest interpersonal affection, to the simplest pleasure. An example of this range of meanings is that the love of a mother differs from the love of a spouse, which differs from the love for food. Most commonly, love refers to a feeling of a strong attraction and emotional attachment.''Oxford Illustrated American Dictionary'' (1998) Love is considered to be both positive and negative, with its virtue representing human kindness, compassion, and affection, as "the unselfish loyal and benevolent concern for the good of another" and its vice representing human moral flaw, akin to vanity, selfishness, amour-propre, and egotism, as potentially leading people into a type of mania, obsessiveness or codependency. It may also describe compassionate and affectionate actions towards other humans, one's self, or animals.Fromm, Erich; ''The Art of Loving'', H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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