Marguerita Estell "Rita" Springer (born April 17, 1967) is an American
Christian music
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ian, who primarily plays a style of
contemporary worship music and
Christian pop
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music. She has released twelve studio albums, ''Love Covers'' (1995), ''All I Have'' (2000), ''Created to Worship'' (2001), ''Effortless'' (2002), ''Rise Up: Live Worship'' (2004), ''I Have to Believe'' (2005), ''Worth It All'' (2007), ''Beautiful You'' (2008), ''In This Forever'' (2011), ''The Playlist'' (2012), ''Battles'' (2017), and ''Light'' (2020).
Early life
Springer was born Marguerita Estell Springer
on April 17,
1967, in
Riverside County, California,
while she would relocate frequently with her parents in her childhood.
[ Also confirms age as 33 as of March 1, 2001, meaning born 1967] She is a single mother raising her adoptive child in
Hurst, Texas
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.
Music career
Her music recording career started in 1995, with the first studio album being, ''Love Covers''.
While she has since released ten more studio albums, ''All I Have'' in 2000 with Floodgate Records,
''Created to Worship'' in 2001 with
E1 Music
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,
''Effortless'' in 2002 with
Word Records
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History
In 1 ...
,
''Rise Up: Live Worship'' in 2004 with Floodgate Records,
''I Have to Believe'' in 2005 with Found Records,
''Worth It All'' in 2007 with Koch Records, ''Beautiful You'' in 2008 with E1 Music, ''In This Forever'' in 2011 with
Integrity Music
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,
''The Playlist'' in 2012 with Integrity Music,
and ''Battles'' in 2017 with Gateway Records.
Discography
*''Love Covers'' (1995, Independent)
*''All I Have'' (2000, Floodgate)
*''Created to Worship'' (2001, E1 Music)
*''Effortless'' (2002, Word)
*''Rise Up: Live Worship'' (2004, Floodgate)
*''I Have to Believe'' (2005, Found)
*''Worth It All'' (2007, Koch)
*''Beautiful You'' (2008, E1 Music)
*''In This Forever'' (2011, Integrity)
*''The Playlist'' (2012, Integrity)
*''Battles'' (2017, Gateway)
References
External links
*
CMnexus Profile
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1967 births
Living people
Musicians from California
Musicians from Texas
Songwriters from California
Songwriters from Texas
American performers of Christian music