Percy Bady is an American singer,

keyboardist A keyboardist or keyboard player is a musician who plays keyboard instruments. Until the early 1960s musicians who played keyboards were generally classified as either pianists or organists. Since the mid-1960s, a plethora of new musical inst ...

, arranger,

songwriter A songwriter is a musician who professionally composes musical compositions or writes lyrics for songs, or both. The writer of the music for a song can be called a composer, although this term tends to be used mainly in the classical music ...

and

record producer A record producer is a recording project's creative and technical leader, commanding studio time and coaching artists, and in popular genres typically creates the song's very sound and structure. Virgil Moorefield"Introduction" ''The Producer as ...

Biography

Bady was involved in 26 platinum and gold records. In 2003, he released his first solo album, ''The Percy Bady Experience'', which reached No. 22 on the

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. In 2012, Bady signed a record deal with Marantha! Music. In 2013, he released his second solo album, ''Kingdom Inspirations'', which charted No. 17 on the Top Gospel Albums and No. 35 on the

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. His single "I Won't Give Up" charted No. 22 the same year. In 2014, he gained a

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nomination for his song "Still" (feat. Lowell Pye) in the category 'Best Gospel Song'.

Awards

* 1999:

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- (Won) * 2008:

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The Stell ...

- 'Song Of The Year' (Nomination) * 2014:

- "Still" for 'Best Gospel Song' (Nomination)

Discography

* 2003 - ''The Percy Bady Experience'' * 2013 - ''Kingdom Inspirations''

References

External links

Allmusic.com
Allmusic
Percy Bady Interview
NAMM Oral History Library (2017) {{DEFAULTSORT:Bady, Percy Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American keyboardists American gospel singers American male singers American record producers