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Brand New is the sixth studio album by Christian singer - songwriter Leon Patillo . It was his one and only album released by Sparrow Records on June 25, 1987. Patillo produced the album's eight tracks himself and Norbert Putnam produced the two tracks, "Isn't It Crazy" and "Blessed Are You." Patillo returns to music after a year and a half away, after the release of Love Around the World and his comedy album A Funny Thing Happened... . This was the last of Patillo's period albums of the 1980s. Brand New also has an updated sound, particularly on the upbeat title track, "I'm Brand New." The slowed-down ballad "Isn't It Crazy" was written by fellow CCM musician and songwriter Tim Miner. Both of the above-mentioned tracks were his final Top 10 hits on Christian radio. Brand New peaked at number 8 on the Billboard Top Christian Albums chart. This is also Patillo's last charted release. Track listing All songs written by Leon Patillo, except where noted. 1. I'm Brand New -4:41 2. Isn't It Crazy (Tim Miner) -4:39 3. Deliver Me -4:50 4. Strong Tower -3:26 5. Melody of Praise -6:02 6. Alpha & Omega -4:55 7. Blessed Are You (Mark Baldwin, Phil Maderia) -3:31 8. Golden City -3:56 9. New Thrill -9:10 10. Try, Try Again -4:12 Production credits Leon Patillo -producer (tracks 1, 3 -6, 8 -10) Norbert Putnam -producer (tracks 2 and 7) Radio singles 1987 "Isn't It Crazy" -#8 Christian CHR, -# 4 Christian AC 1987 -1988 "I'm Brand New" -#2 Christian CHR, -#9 Christian AC 1988 "Strong Tower" -#30 Christian AC Previous release: Cornerstone: Leon Patillo's Best  (1987) (compilation album) Next release: On the Way Up (1989)

Cornerstone: Leon Patillo's Best is an early compilation album of Christian singer - songwriter Leon Patillo , released in the spring of 1987 by Myrrh/Word Records. This collection contains 12 of Patillo's best known tracks and album favorites from across his five studio albums, handpicked by Word Records. Patillo was not involved in the making of this "best of" release. Cornerstone is currently out of print. A playlist of this release is posted below this article. Track listing All songs written by Leon Patillo, except where noted. 1. Dance Children Dance (from Dance Children Dance ) -3:29 2. Born Again (from Dance Children Dance ) -3:01 3. Star of the Morning (from Don't Give In ) -3:48 4. Flesh of My Flesh (from Don't Give In ) -4:42 5. Don't Give In (from Don't Give In ) -4:15 6. Go (from Don't Give In ) -3:23 7. Cornerstone (from I'll Never Stop Lovin' You ) -4:15 8. John 3: 17 (from I'll Never Stop Lovin' You ) -4:43 9. Praise Ye the Lord (Jerry Peters) (from I'll Never Stop Lovin' You ) -4:33 10. The Sky's the Limit (from The Sky's the Limit ) -3:45 11. J.E.S.U.S. (from The Sky's the Limit ) -3:54 12. One Thing Leads to Another (from Love Around the World ) -4:09 Production credits Leon Patillo -producer (tracks 1, 2, 7 -12) Skip Konte -producer (tracks 3 -11) George Duke -producer (track 12) Previous release: A Funny Thing Happened...Classic Comedy and Liveable Lessons (1986) Next release: Brand New (1987) Listen to the playlist Cornerstone: Leon Patillo's Best here:

A Funny Thing Happened...Classic Comedy & Liveable Lessons is comedy/spoken word album by Christian singer - songwriter Leon Patillo , released by Myrrh/ Word Records. It was released around May of 1986, just a few months after Patillo's vocal album Love Around the World . Patillo wrote in the liner notes on the vinyl's back album cover: "As I travel across the country singing and performing I generally take time to share a Biblical story (paraphrased of course!) People have often asked where they might find these stories on tape. So with your great encouragement, I have compiled this album. I hope it will help turn your mourning into laughter and cause your days to be filled with joy to the Lord. I've always thought my contribution to the world would be of a more serious nature, but I guess A Funny Thing Happened..." This was Patillo's only album to be released containing no new music. Just material of spoken word with comedic elements. It was recorded live in concert across the United States. Patillo even thanked Christian comedian Mike Warnke for his inspiration. Patillo wrote the material and produced the album. A Funny Thing Happened... did not chart and is currently out of print. It is not available for digital streaming or for purchasing. This was also Patillo's final album on the Word Records label. Track listing All comedy material written by Leon Patillo. 1. The Widow -6:16 2. My Salvation -4:05 3. Jonah -4:00 4. Jackie and I -2:53 5. The Prodigal Son -5:05 6 Elijah -4:22 7. Quicksand -1:55 8. In the Beginning -1:35 9 Prayer -2:22 Previous release: Love Around the World  (1985) Next release: Cornerstone: Leon Patillo's Best  (1987) (compilation album) AUDIO NOT AVAILABLE

Love Around the World is the fifth solo album by Christian singer - songwriter Leon Patillo , released on November 14, 1985 by Myrrh/Word Records. Patillo produced the album himself with George Duke as executive producer on five tracks. Duke is best known as an American R&B musician and producer, who produced Deniece Williams ' number one 1984 hit "Let's Hear It For the Boy." Patillo's popularity in Christian and gospel music started to decline with this release. He was at his peak when his previous album, The Sky's the Limit , was Grammy and Dove nominated. Despite that, Patillo still managed a number one song on the Christian AC chart with its lead single "One Thing Leads to Another." The title song was also a Top 10 hit and a music video. American actor Gavin McCleod (TV's The Love Boat and The Mary Tyler Moore Show ) provided narration on the track "Up and Over." Patillo also does a cover of the the gospel standard "The Lord's Prayer" as the final track. Patillo plays all instruments on the album with some studio musicians added on some of the tracks. Love Around the World peaked at number 7 by spring of 1986 on the Billboard Top Christian Albums chart. NOTE: in a unique marketing tool reminiscent of Phil Keaggy 's 1980 album Ph'lip Side , Love Around the World is presented with two covers. For its digital version, Patillo wearing a jacket is the current front album cover, where as the original front album cover is Patillo wearing a shirt. Each cover shows the five tracks on the lower bottom in small print and shows Patillo as producer one side and Duke as executive producer on the other. Track listing All songs written by Leon Patillo, except where noted. 1. Love Around the World -4:53 2. Up and Over (with narration by Gavin McCleod) -6:00 3. One Thing Leads to Another -4:09 4. Magic Man -5:12 5. Fire -3:20 6. Friends in High Places -3:36 7. I'll Be With You -5:12 8. Treat Her Like a Lady -4:18 9. Safe Delivery -3:31 10. The Lord's Prayer (Albert Hay Malotte; arranged by Leon Patillo) -5:22 Production credits Leon Patillo -producer (all tracks) George Duke -executive producer (tracks 2 -5 and 9) Radio singles 1986 "One Thing Leads to Another" -#2 Christian CHR, -#1 Christian AC for 4 weeks 1986 "Love Around the World" -#8 Christian CHR, -# 17 Christian AC Previous release: The Sky's the Limit  (1984) Next release: A Funny Thing Happened...Classic Comedy and Liveable Lessons (1986) Watch the music video of "Love Around the World" here:

The Sky's the Limit is the fourth solo album by Christian singer - songwriter Leon Patillo , released around March 1984 by Myrrh/Word Records. Patillo produced the album with Skip Konte. The Sky's the Limit is a successful album. CCM Magazine chose this album as one of the Ten Best of 1984 noting that "every cut on The Sky's the Limit is strong, both musically and lyrically." The album opens with the lead single "I've Heard the Thunder," which dazzles with its interplay of keyboard wizardry and drumming downbeats. "Life Is What You Make It" has a Caribbean feel and "J.E.S.U.S." is a hand-clapping gospel tune with classic call-and-response sequences between Patillo and the background singers. The title song is also a concert and radio favorite. Patillo made his first music video for the track "Love Calling" with its space theme mixed with choreographed dancing, The Sky's the Limit climbed up to number 5 on the Billboard Top Christian Albums and peaked at number 28 on the Billboard Top Spiritual Albums (now Top Gospel Albums) charts. In 1985, Patillo earned his second Grammy nomination for Best Gospel Performance, Male for his song "J.E.S.U.S." and was nominated at the Dove Awards for Male Vocalist of the Year for the third year in a row. Patillo has written all ten songs and has played all the instruments, programming and handles the vocals. Track listing All songs written by Leon Patillo. 1. I've Heard the Thunder -4:06 2. Security -4:07 3. Life Is What You Make It -3:59 4. Come to Receive -3:28 5. J.E.S.U.S. -3:54 6. Love Calling -4:25 7. Fear Not -4:08 8. Sing Unto the Lord -4:29 9. The Sky's the Limit -3:45 10. Small Still Voice -4:40 Radio singles 1984 "I've Heard the Thunder" -#4 Christian AC/CHR 1984 "J.E.S.U.S." -#27 Christian AC/CHR 1984 "The Sky's the Limit" -#37 Christian AC/CHR Previous release: Live Experience  (1983)   Next release: Love Around the World  (1985) Watch the music video of "Love Calling" here:

Live Experience is a live album by Christian singer - songwriter Leon Patillo , released around April 1983 by Myrrh/Word Records. Patillo produced the album with Skip Konte. Live Experience is one of Patillo's best selling albums and it features only him handling keyboard programming with drums, bass, piano and Rhodes (electric piano) and all vocals, making Patillo a one-man band. It was recorded live in Dallas, Texas. The live album debuted and peaked at number 7 on the Billboard Top Inspirational Albums (Top Christian Albums) chart. In 1984, Patillo earned his second Dove Award nomination for Male Vocalist of the Year and at the Grammys, his live version of his Christian radio hit "Cornerstone" was nominated for Best Soul Gospel Performance, Male. Track listing All songs written by Leon Patillo, except where noted. 1. Born Again -5:38 2. Flesh of My Flesh - 3:44 3. Dance Children Dance -8:28 4. Amazing Grace (arranged by Harlan Rogers) -2:02 5. Don't Give In -4:44 6. Star of the Morning -4:18 7. Cornerstone -4:20 8. Visions (talk) -7:30 9. We Must Believe -6:44 10. This Is the Day (arranged by Leon Patillo) -5:08 11. Go -5:33 Previous release: I'll Never Stop Lovin' You  (1982)   Next release: The Sky's the Limit  (1984)

I'll Never Stop Lovin' You is the third solo album by Christian singer - songwriter Leon Patillo , released on May 24, 1982 by Myrrh/Word Records. Patillo produced the album with Skip Konte. The album contains his signature hit "Cornerstone," which was a big Christian radio hit claiming his first number one song on the Christian AC/CHR chart where it stayed for 16 weeks, even keeping label mate Amy Grant 's "El Shaddai" out of the top spot where it remained in the runner up position. Legendary musician Carlos Santana (whom Patillo was a member of his band Santana in the mid 1970s) guests as a guitar soloist on the title song and "Saved." The track "River" is a Santana/Patillo composition they wrote back in 1977. Earth, Wind & Fire musician, vocalist and Patillo's friend Philip Bailey provides backing vocals on the first four tracks along with other vocalists and musicians. I'll Never Stop Lovin' You peaked at number 5 on the Billboard Top Inspirational Albums (later Top Christian Albums) chart by mid 1983. That same year, Patillo won his first, and only, Dove Award for Contemporary Black Gospel Album of the Year while also earning a nomination for Male Vocalist of the Year at the 14th GMA Dove Awards. The back album cover features a family portrait of Patillo, his then-wife Jackie Patillo and their first-born son Gabriel Patillo. Track listing All songs written by Leon Patillo, except where noted. 1. John 3:17 -4:43 2. Cornerstone -4:15 3. Praise Ye the Lord (Jerry Peters) -4:33 4. Blessed Be the Name of the Lord -4:26 5. I Surrender -4:55 6. I'll Never Stop Lovin' You -4:20 7. Rise And Be Healed -4:17 8. Saved - 4:48 9. River (Leon Patillo, Carlos Santana) -5:05 Accolades Dove Award - Contemporary Black Gospel Album of the Year ( I'll Never Stop Lovin' You ) Radio singles 1982 "Cornerstone" -#1 Christian AC/CHR for 16 weeks 1982 -1983 "John 3:17" -#15 Christian AC/CHR Previous release: Don't Give In  (1981) Next release: Live Experience  (1983)

Don't Give In is the second solo album by Christian singer - songwriter Leon Patillo . It was released on February 1981 by Myrrh/Word Records. The album was produced by Skip Konte. Don't Give In continues the R&B/funk, pop and gospel sound as heard on his debut album Dance Children Dance with lead single "Star of the Morning" becoming a Top 10 Christian radio hit. Patillo also covers the Jackie Wilson 1967 hit "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher" (-#1 Billboard R&B, -#6 Billboard Hot 100). The album's highlight is the ballad "Flesh of My Flesh," which has been so popular it has been used for weddings and has appeared on wedding compilation albums. It was one of the first Christian love songs of devotion for husbands and wives. Don't Give In gave Patillo his first chart appearance on the Billboard Top Inspirational Albums charts on peaking at number 4. In 1982, Patillo earned his first Dove Award nomination for Contemporary Black Gospel Album of the Year. Track listing All songs written by Leon Patillo, except where noted. 1. Blessed Is -3:35 2. Have Faith -4:35 3. Flesh of My Flesh -4:42 4. We Must Believe -4:39 5 (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher ( Gary Jackson, Raynard Miner, Carl Smith) -3:14 6. Star of the Morning -3:48 7. Don't Give In -4:15 8. How Can I Begin -4:06 9. My Sweet Lord (instrumental) -3:14 10. Go -3:23 Radio singles 1981 "Star of the Morning" -#2 Christian CHR, -# 9 Christian AC 1981 "Don't Give In" -#16 Christian CHR, -# 16 Christian AC 1981 "Have Faith" -#9 Christian CHR Previous release: Dance Children Dance  (1979)   Next release: I'll Never Stop Loving You  (1982)

Dance Children Dance is the debut solo album by Christian singer - songwriter Leon Patillo . It was released on March 1, 1979 by Word Records. It was on the Maranatha! Music label originally and since that label was more focused on the soft pop sounds of the Maranatha! Singers, Patillo's future releases were on the Myrrh Records label. Patillo wrote and produced the album himself. The title song and "Temple to the Sky" were his first two Christian radio singles and they each open each side on vinyl and cassette tape formats. Dance Children Dance 's sound is a mix of disco, R&B/funk, pop and gospel. Track listing All songs written and produced by Leon Patillo. 1. Dance Children Dance -3:29 2. High On You -3:27 3. These Signs -3:32 4. Born Again -3:01 5. Temple to the Sky -3:35 6. Trinity (instrumental) -3:35 7. He is Comin' -4:24 8. Come -3:15 Radio singles 1979 "Dance Children Dance" -#12 Christian AC/CHR 1979 "Temple to the Sky" -#7 Christian AC/CHR Next release: Don't Give In  (1981)

June Deniece Williams (née Chandler ; born June 3, 1951) is an American R&B singer. She has been described as "one of the great soul voices" by the BBC. She is best known for the songs "Free," "It's Gonna Take a Miracle," "Silly" and two Billboard number one hits "Too Much, Too Little, Too Late" (with Johnny Mathis) and "Let's Hear It For The Boy" (from the motion picture Footloose ) in the 1970s and 1980s. Williams and Mathis are also best known for singing the 1980s television theme song from Family Ties called "Without Us." At the start of her career in 1976, Williams would include one gospel song on each of her mainstream albums. It was in 1980 that her musical career path began to change favoring Gospel music. Williams joined with friends Philip Bailey of Earth, Wind and Fire, Leon Patillo and Syreeta Wright to present a Gospel show at The Roxy, a popular club in Los Angeles, California called "Jesus at the Roxy." In 1985, at the 27th Grammy Awards, Williams performed her 1977 composition "God Is Amazing" rather than her number one hit "Let's Hear It For The Boy," much to her record company's disdain. In 1986, Williams formed her own production company, Gateway Music, and married her business partner Brad Westering (it was her third marriage, and she had already raised her two sons from her first marriage as a single mother). Their marriage would last until the early 1990s when they divorced. That same year she moved overtly into Christian music and would release two albums for Sparrow Records: So Glad I Know (1986) and Special Love (1989). Like Philip Bailey, Donna Summer, B.J. Thomas and other Christian performers who did not renounce their ties to secular music, Williams continued to be criticized by conservative Christians for continuing to record for the general market at the same time she was making albums for the CCM market. Williams said at one point: "There are people in the church who will tell you to quit driving the city bus and start driving a Sunday School bus, but our responsibility is to seek God where He has us." Williams, in a January 1987 cover story of CCM Magazine , said at the time "I really don't think that I'm living in two separate worlds or that my Columbia (her secular label) and Sparrow (her Christian label) albums say two different things." Williams would later say "I know that there are a lot of Christians that don't understand what I do or what Amy Grant does, but I've got one judge and He doesn't look anything like them." More information on Deniece Williams at Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deniece_Williams Discography This is Niecy (1976) Song Bird (1977) That's What Friends Are For (duet album with Johnny Mathis) (1978) When Love Comes Calling (1979) My Melody (1981) Niecy (1982) I'm So Proud (1983) Let's Hear It For The Boy (1984) So Glad I Know (1986) Hot on the Trail (1986) Water Under the Bridge (1987) As Good As It Gets (1988) Special Love (1989) Change the World (1990) (compilation album) From the Beginning (1990) (compilation album) Lullabies to Dreamland (1991) Greatest Gospel Hits (1994) (compilation album) Love Solves It All (1996) Gonna Take a Miracle: The Best of Deniece Williams (1996) (compilation album) This is My Song (1998) Love, Niecy Style (2007) Gemini (EP) (2021)

From the Beginning is a Gospel compilation album by American R&B singer Deniece Williams , released in late 1990 on Sparrow Records. It is a collection of gospel songs Williams had recorded during her years at Columbia Records. Williams recorded one gospel song on each of her albums starting with 1976's "Watching Over" from This Is Niecy to her cover of the Michael Jackson Captain EO track "We Are Here to Change the World" from 1988's As Good As It Gets . The album also contains a live performance of "God Is Amazing" from the 27th Grammy Awards in 1985, originally from her 1977 album Song Bird . A cover of Michael W. Smith 's "I Am Sure" was released as the first single to Christian radio stations. From the Beginning  debuted and peaked at number 35 on the Billboard  Top Christian Albums chart in early 1991. Even though it was released as a compilation album of previously released material, Williams earned two Dove Award nominations in 1992 for Contemporary Gospel Album of the Year and Contemporary Gospel Recorded Song of the Year for the track "I Am Sure." NOTE: the track "Video" has been omitted from this collection in the digital edition. It was originally available on the physical edition on CD as the final track on From the Beginning . The song "Video" is from her 1986 album Hot on the Trail . Track listing on the digital edition 1. I Am Sure (Michael W. Smith, Mike Hudson) (from As Good As It Gets ) -4:27 2. I Believe in You (Dave Raynor, Kenny Lamar) (from Water Under the Bridge ) -4:24 3. My Prayer (Interlude) (Deniece Williams) (from When Love Comes Calling ) -0:22 4. Watching Over (Deniece Williams, Maurice White, Freddie White, Verdine White, Jerry Peters,Al McKay) (from This Is Niecy ) -3:51 5. All I Need (Monte Moir) (from As Good As It Gets ) -4:14 6. God is Amazing (Deniece Williams) (live performance from the 27th Grammy Awards, originally from Song Bird ) -2:46 7. We Are Here to Change the World (Michael Jackson, John Barnes) (from As Good As It Gets ) -3:46 8. I Believe in Miracles (Deniece Williams, Bill Neale) (from Niecy ) -2:49 9. Whiter Than Snow (traditional; arranged by Deniece Williams) (from Let's Hear It For The Boy ) -3:41 10. Hold Me Tight (Betsy Cook) (from As Good As It Gets ) -3:29 11. My Prayer (Interlude) (reprise) -0:21 Production credits Brad Westering and Jay Gruska -producers (tracks 1, 7 and 10) Steve Levine -producer (track 2) Ray Parker, Jr. -producer (tracks 3 and 11) Maurice White and Charles Stepney -producers (track 4) Monte Moir -producers (track 5) Deniece Williams -producer (tracks 8 and 9) Thom Bell -producer (track 8) Radio singles 1990 -1991 "I Am Sure" -#7 Christian CHR, -#4 Christian AC 1991 "All I Need" -#20 Christian AC Previous release: Change the World (1990) (compilation album) Next release: Lullabies to Dreamland (1991)

Special Love is the thirteenth studio and second full-length Gospel album by American R&B singer Deniece Williams . It was released on June 15, 1989 and is the first and only album on MCA Records for the mainstream market and Sparrow Records for the Christian market. Williams re-recorded the song "Healing" from her 1986 album Hot on the Trail and was the lead single to Christian radio. The second single "Every Moment" was released to both mainstream R&B and Christian radio stations accompanied by a music video. The song did well on the Christian radio charts and only climbed to number 55 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip Hop Songs chart. In 1990, Williams was nominated for two Grammy Awards for the songs from Special Love : Best Gospel Performance, Female for "Healing" and Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group for "We Sing Praises," a duet with fellow American R&B singer and Williams' friend Natalie Cole. Special Love peaked at number 11 on the Billboard Top Christian Albums chart. Some North American CD editions of Special Love contained a bonus track of "Do You Hear What I Hear?," originally recorded for the Sparrow Records holiday album simply titled Christmas . Christian singer/songwriter/producer Roby Duke co-produced the track, with Williams' then-husband Brad Westering producing the rest of the album. Special Love is currently out of print and is not available digitally. A YouTube link to listen to the album is posted below this article. Track listing 1. Special Love (Deniece Williams, Lee Ritenour, Greg Matthieson) -3:56 2. Fire Inside My Soul (Russ Hollingsworth, Mark Baldwin) -3:54 3. Healing (Jeremy Lubbock, Paul Gordon) -4:40 4. Free (Sheldon Gooch) -5:34 5. Every Moment (Deniece Williams, Dave Raynor) -4:13 6. Who's Who (Deniece Williams, Brad Westering, Roby Duke) -4:03 7. His Eye Is On the Sparrow (Civilla D. Martin, Charles H. Gabriel; arranged by Deniece Williams and Greg Mathieson) -5:05 8. Give It All to You (Deniece Williams, Dave Raynor, Kenny Lamar) -4:58 9. Somebody Loves You (Deniece Williams, Bob Baldwin, Porter Carroll, Jr.) -3:48 10. We Sing Praises (duet with Natalie Cole) (Deniece Williams, Dave Raynor, Jay Gruska) -4:50 Radio singles 1989 "Healing" -#3 Christian CHR, -#1 Christian AC 1989 "Every Moment" -#3 Christian CHR, -#2 Christian AC, -#55 Billboard Hot R&B/Hip Hop Songs 1990 "We Sing Praises" (with Natalie Cole) -#23 Christian CHR, -#7 Christian AC 1990 "Somebody Loves You" -#8 Christian CHR, -#7 Christian AC 1990 "Fire Inside My Soul" -#9 Christian CHR Previous release: As Good As It Gets (1988) Next release: Change the World (1990) (compilation album) Listen to the album Special Love here: Watch the music video of "Every Moment" here: