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Imagine Me
''Hero'' is the eighth album by Kirk Franklin, released October 4, 2005 on GospoCentric Records. ''Hero'' was certified as Gold album, Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on and Platinum album, Platinum on . it is one of the List of best-selling gospel music artists#Best-selling gospel songs, best-selling gospel albums of all time. In 2007, ''Hero'' won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album and "Imagine Me" won the Grammy Award for Best Gospel Song. Synopsis Produced by Franklin and J. Moss, the album features songs with several urban contemporary gospel and Rhythm and blues, R&B artists including Dorinda Clark-Cole, Tye Tribbett, Marvin Winans (member of the Winans family, Winans), Stevie Wonder, Yolanda Adams, and Moss himself. Track listing Personnel ''*Note: Personnel listing from Hero album liner. Vocalists *Ashley Guilbert *Nikki Ross (singer), Nikki Ross *Daphanie Wright *Anaysha Figueroa *Faith Anderson *Erica Davis *Jana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirk Franklin
Kirk Dewayne Franklin (born January 26, 1970) is an American Gospel music, gospel musician. One of the List of best-selling gospel music artists, best-selling gospel music artists, his accolades include 20 Grammy Awards. ''Variety (magazine), Variety'' dubbed Franklin as a "Reigning King of Urban Gospel", and is one of the inaugural inductees into the Black Music & Entertainment Walk of Fame. He also lead lead the known ensembles, which had helped to define much recognition, such as The Family, God's Property, and One Nation Crew (1NC). Early life A native of Fort Worth, Texas, Franklin was raised by his aunt, Gertrude, having been abandoned as a baby by his mother. Gertrude recycled aluminum cans to raise money for Kirk to take piano lessons from the age of four. Kirk excelled and was able to read and write music while also Learning music by ear, playing by ear. At the age of seven, Franklin received his first contract which his aunt turned down. He did join the church choi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhythm And Blues
Rhythm and blues, frequently abbreviated as R&B or R'n'B, is a genre of popular music that originated within African American communities in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to African Americans, at a time when "rocking, jazz based music ... [with a] heavy, insistent beat" was starting to become more popular. In the commercial rhythm and blues music typical of the 1950s through the 1970s, the bands usually consisted of a piano, one or two guitars, bass, drums, one or more saxophones, and sometimes background vocalists. R&B lyrical themes often encapsulate the African-American history and experience of pain and the quest for freedom and joy, as well as triumphs and failures in terms of societal racism, oppression, relationships, economics, and aspirations. The term "rhythm and blues" has undergone a number of shifts in meaning. In the early 1950s, it was frequently applied to blues records. Starting i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TobyMac
Kevin Michael McKeehan (born October 22, 1964), better known by his stage name TobyMac (styled tobyMac), is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. His road band is known as Diverse City. Widely regarded as one of the most influential Christian artists of all time, he was as a member of the Christian hip-hop, Christian rap-Christian rock, rock trio DC Talk, staying with them from 1987 until they went on hiatus in 2000. He has since continued a successful solo career with the release of ten studio albums: ''Momentum (TobyMac album), Momentum'' (2001), ''Welcome to Diverse City'' (2004), ''Portable Sounds'' (2007), ''Tonight (TobyMac album), Tonight'' (2010), ''Christmas in Diverse City'' (2011), ''Eye on It'' (2012), ''This Is Not a Test (album), This Is Not a Test'' (2015), ''The Elements (TobyMac album), The Elements'' (2018), ''Life After Death (TobyMac album), Life After Death (2022)'', ''Heaven On My Mind (album), Heaven On My Mind (2025)'' as well as fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonny Sandoval
Paul Joshua "Sonny" Sandoval (born May 16, 1974) is an American musician, rapper, singer, and songwriter. He is best known as the co-founder and lead vocalist of nu metal band P.O.D. Biography Sandoval was born in San Diego, California, to a Chamorro- Hawaiian mother and a Mexican-Italian father. When he was eighteen, Sandoval's mother was diagnosed with leukemia. During her illness, Sandoval was greatly influenced by his mother's faith as a devout Christian. Career P.O.D. Sandoval is best known as co-founder and the lead vocalist of the metal band P.O.D. Over the course of their career, the band has received three Grammy Award nominations, contributed to numerous motion picture soundtracks and toured internationally. They have sold over 12 million records worldwide. With their third studio album, '' The Fundamental Elements of Southtown'', P.O.D. achieved their initial mainstream success; the album was certified platinum by the RIAA in 2000. The Whosoevers Since 2008, S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred Hammond
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. 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, Dove, and Stellar 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorinda Clark Cole
Dorinda Grace Clark-Cole (born Dorinda Grace Clark; October 19, 1957) is an American Grammy Award-winning gospel singer, songwriter, musician, talk show host, and evangelist. Clark–Cole is best known as a member of family vocal group The Clark Sisters and as a daughter of pioneering choral director Mattie Moss Clark. As a member of The Clark Sisters, Clark–Cole has won two Grammy Awards. She is known to the music world as the Rose of Gospel Music. Biography Early life Clark–Cole was born on October 19, 1957, and raised in Detroit, Michigan, to the late Elbert and Dr. Mattie Moss-Clark. Clark–Cole began singing at an early age with her sisters Karen, Twinkie, Jacky, and Denise. The sisters sang in their father's church and usually performed songs written and composed by their mother. Clark-Cole, a soprano referred to as the "jazzy sister" of the group, helped develop what is known as "The Clark Sound", which often features high and fast melismas, riffs, runs, scats ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norbit
In electronics, the NORBIT family of modules is a very early form (since 1960) of Digital electronics, digital logic developed by Philips (and also provided through and Mullard) that uses modules containing discrete components to build logic function blocks in resistor–transistor logic (RTL) or diode–transistor logic (DTL) technology. Overview The system was originally conceived as building blocks for solid-state (electronics), solid-state hard-wired programmed logic controllers (the predecessors of programmable logic controllers (PLC)) to replace electro-mechanical relay logic in industrial control systems for process control and automation applications, similar to early Telefunken/AEG (German company), AEG Logistat, Siemens Simatic, Brown, Boveri & Cie, Brown, Boveri & Cie, ACEC (company), ACEC Logacec or Estacord systems. Each available logical function was recognizable by the color of its plastic container, black, blue, red, green, violet, etc. The most important circ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrice Rushen
Patrice Louise Rushen (born September 30, 1954) is an American jazz pianist, R&B singer, record producer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and music director. At the 25th Annual Grammy Awards, her 1982 single, "Forget Me Nots", received a nomination for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance, while her instrumental song, "Number One" was nominated Grammy Award for Best R&B Instrumental Performance, Best R&B Instrumental; both songs were from her seventh studio album, ''Straight from the Heart (Patrice Rushen album), Straight from the Heart'' (1982). Since 2008, Rushen has served as an ambassador for artistry in education at the Berklee College of Music, and the chair of the popular music program at the USC Thornton School of Music since 2014. Biography Rushen is the elder of two daughters born to Allen and Ruth Rushen (former Director of California Department of Corrections). Patrice was three years old when she began playing the piano, and by the time she was six, she was giving ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haven't You Heard (Patrice Rushen Song)
"Haven't You Heard" is a song by American singer-songwriter Patrice Rushen, released in October 1979 as the first single from her fifth album, ''Pizzazz'' (1979). The song was both co-written and co-produced by Rushen, and became her first international hit in 1980. It reached number 42 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100, number five on the ''Billboard'' Disco Top 100 chart and number seven on the ''Billboard'' Hot Soul Singles chart. In the UK, the song peaked at number 62 on the UK Singles Chart. Legacy In 2018, ''Pitchfork'' ranked "Haven't You Heard" number 199 in their list of "The 200 Best Songs of the 1970s", calling it "a formally perfect expression of disco. This kind of intimacy, personified by the whispery translucence of Rushen's voice, is just as easily exported to the dance floor." In 2020, ''Slant Magazine'' ranked the song number 45 in their list of "The 100 Best Dance Songs of All Time". In 2022, ''Rolling Stone ''Rolling Stone'' is an American monthly magazi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Looking For You
"Looking For You" is a gospel song by Kirk Franklin from his 2005 album ''Hero''. The song contains a sample from "Haven't You Heard," which was written by Patrice Rushen, Charles Mims Jr, Sheree Brown, and Freddie Washington. Chart performance "Looking for You" became a crossover hit as it was popular with gospel, R&B, and pop audiences. The song reached number five on the R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, number 61 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, and number one on the Hot Gospel Songs chart in the United States, making it Kirk Franklin's most successful single to date. Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts Personnel #Shaun Martin, Chris Godbey, and Kirk Franklin - Drum Programming # Jerome Harmon, Shaun Martin, and Kirk Franklin - Keyboards #Shaun Martin and D.J. Ernest "Ernie G" Green - Minimoog #Chris Godbey - Tracking Engineer #Dave Pensado - Mixing Engineer ''*Note: Personnel listing from Hero album liner.'' Awards The song won a Dove Award for Urban Recorded Song of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yolanda Adams
Yolanda Yvette Adams (born August 27, 1961) is an American gospel singer, actress, and host of her own nationally syndicated morning gospel show. She is one of the best-selling gospel artists of all time, having sold over 10 million albums worldwide. In addition to achieving multi-platinum status, she has won four Grammy Awards, four Dove Awards, five BET Awards, six NAACP Image Awards, six Soul Train Music Awards, two BMI Awards and sixteen Stellar Awards. She is the first Gospel artist to win the Grammy Award for Best Gospel Song. She is also the first Gospel artist to be awarded an American Music Award. She is known as the "Queen of Contemporary Gospel Music", the "First Lady of Modern Gospel", while '' Variety'' dubbed her the "Reigning Queen of Urban Gospel". Adams was named by ''Billboard'', in 2009, as the No. 1 gospel artist of the decade, driven by the sales of her No. 1 album ''Mountain High...Valley Low''. In 2016, President Barack Obama awarded Adams with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stevie Wonder
Stevland Hardaway Morris (; Judkins; born May 13, 1950), known professionally as Stevie Wonder, is an American and Ghanaian singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer. He is regarded as one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. Wonder is credited as a pioneer and influence by musicians across a range of genres that include rhythm and blues, R&B, Pop music, pop, Soul music, soul, Gospel music, gospel, funk, and jazz. A virtual one-man band, Wonder's use of synthesizers and other electronic musical instruments during the 1970s reshaped the conventions of contemporary R&B. He also helped drive such genres into the album era, crafting his LP record, LPs as cohesive and consistent, in addition to socially conscious statements with complex compositions. Visual impairment, Blind since shortly after his birth, Wonder was a child prodigy who signed with Motown's Tamla label at the age of 11, where he was given the professional name Little Stevie Wonder. Wonder's s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
