Frederick William Hammond
(born December 27, 1960)
is an American
gospel singer,
bass guitar player, and record producer. He is regarded as one of the most popular figures in
contemporary gospel music. He is known for using a variety of different styles in his music such as
R&B,
hip-hop, and
disco
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.
Musical career
Hammond has been active both as a member of the gospel performing group
Commissioned, and as a solo artist (currently for
Verity Records). He is a multiple
Grammy
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,
Dove, and
Stellar
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award winner and nominee as a performer, producer, and writer.
Hammond first gained recognition while playing bass guitar for the gospel group
The Winans.
By 1985, he was one of the six original members of the group Commissioned, participating in 10 of the group's 12 albums.
After his time with Commissioned ended, he regained fame in the gospel community after selling millions of albums with his musical group Radical For Christ.
In 2002, Hammond returned to the group Commissioned (now with members
Keith Staten,
Marvin Sapp,
Mitchell Jones,
Karl Reid,
Michael Williams, and
Marcus Cole) to produce the ''Commissioned Reunion Live'' album.
Hammond produced "Make Me Like the Moon", a gospel ballad co-written by
Chanté Moore and
Kenny Lattimore for their 2006 double-CD of
gospel and
R&B love songs entitled ''Uncovered/Covered'' (released October 10, 2006, by
LaFace/
Verity/
Zomba Music Group). He also performs with
Sean Combs on the unreleased album, ''Thank You''.
Discography
Albums
Notable singles
Billboard chart history
Albums
Awards
Award wins
Award nominations
Personal life
Hammond has two children who have appeared on his 2009 album, ''
Love Unstoppable
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Track listing
# "Prelude: BreeAnn" - Michelle & Darius Sean Hammond - 1:25
# "Awesome God" - Fre ...
''. Hammond divorced his wife of 18 years, Kim, in 2004, and he currently resides in
Cedar Hill, Texas.
Hammond revealed on the ''Donnie McClurkin Show'' that his mother confessed to him three months before she died that she tried to get an
abortion when she was pregnant with him, and the
procedure
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, done in 1960, before abortions were legal, failed. Hammond's mother returned for a second attempt but decided against the procedure; Hammond was later born in December 1960.
One of Hammond's nephews is
guard Emmanuel Mudiay.
References
External links
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Living people
African-American guitarists
American gospel singers
Urban contemporary gospel musicians
Singers from Detroit
1960 births
People from Cedar Hill, Texas
20th-century American bass guitarists
20th-century African-American musicians
21st-century African-American musicians