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The Very Best of The Winans  is a compilation album of the Christian gospel vocal group The Winans . It was released on April 16, 2002 by Warner Bros. specialty label Rhino Records. It is a collection of 16 greatest tracks from their 20-year career from both Light and Qwest releases. It was compiled and produced by Barry "Rockberry" Benson. The 15-page CD booklet contains photos, liner notes about the brothers and history about their albums as well as production credits on each one. 15 of their recordings are full-length tracks with the track "When You Cry" as a single version. The Very Best of The Winans debuted and peaked at number 16 on the Billboard Top Gospel Albums chart. This collection is currently out of print and is not available digitally. Track listing 1. The Question Is (Marvin Winans) (from Introducing The Winans ) -4:48 2. Restoration (Marvin Winans) (from Introducing The Winans ) -4:42 3. Long Time Comin' (Holding On) (Marvin Winans) (from Long Time Comin' ) -5:35 4. Tomorrow (Carvin Winans, Debra Winans) (from Tomorrow ) -4:10 5. Uphold Me (Marvin Winans, Ronald Winans, Fred Manns) (from Tomorrow )   -4:05 6. Let My People Go (Marvin Winans, Carvin Winans, Barry Hankerson) (from Let My People Go ) -4:52 7. Straighten My Life Out (Marvin Winans) (from Let My People Go ) -4:53 8. Choose Ye (featuring Vanessa Bell Armstrong) (Marvin Winans) (from Let My People Go ) -4:56 9. I'll Follow Where You Lead (Marvin Winans) (from Let My People Go ) -3:39 10. Ain't No Need to Worry (featuring Anita Baker) (Marvin Winans) (from Decisions ) -5:45 11. The Real Meaning of Christmas (Marvin Winans, Carvin Winans, Barry   Hankerson) (from Decisions ) -4:41 12. It's Time (featuring Teddy Riley) (Marvin Winans, Carvin Winans, Teddy Riley,  Bernard Bell) (from Return ) -5:19 13. A Friend (featuring Aaron Hall) (Teddy Riley, Bernard Bell, Tammy Lucas) (from Return ) -5:54 14. Everyday the Same (harmonica and cameo vocals by Stevie Wonder) (Marvin Winans) (from Return ) -4:56 15. When You Cry (saxophone by Kenny G.) (Carvin Winans, Leroy Hyter) (single version from Return ) -4:35 16. Payday (featuring R. Kelly) (Carvin Winans, Wayman Tisdale) (from All Out ) -4:32 Personnel The Winans: Marvin Winans -vocals Carvin Winans - vocals Michael Winans - vocals Ronald Winans -vocals Production credits From Introducing The Winans ; tracks 1 and 2 produced by Andraé Crouch and Bill Maxwell From Long Time Comin' ; track 3 produced by Bill Maxwell From Tomorrow ; tracks 4 and 5 produced by Bill Maxwell and Scott V. Smith From Let My People Go ; tracks 6 -9 produced by The Winans From Decisions ; tracks 10 and 11 produced by The Winans and Barry Hankerson From Return ; tracks 12 and 13 produced by The Winans, Teddy Riley and Bernard Bell, tracks 14 and 15 produced by Michael J. Powell From All Out ; track 16 produced by R. Kelly Previous release: The Light Years  (1995) (compilation album) AUDIO NOT AVAILABLE

The Light Years is a 1995 compilation album of the Christian gospel vocal group The Winans on Light Records. It is a collection of 17 of the group's previous songs from their three Light releases, Introducing The Winans , Long Time Comin' and Tomorrow . It is compiled and produced by Vince Wilcox. The 12-page CD booklet contains photos, interviews and memories. Track listing All songs were written by Marvin Winans, except where noted. 1. I Know Someone (guest vocals by Andraé Crouch) (from Introducing The Winans ) -4:04 2. Fallow Ground (from Introducing The Winans ) -4:36 3. The Question Is (from Introducing The Winans ) -4:48 4. Goodness, Mercy and Grace (from Introducing The Winans ) -4:09 5. Restoration (from Introducing The Winans ) -4:42 6. You Are Everything to Me (from Long Time Comin' ) -3:57 7. Don't Be Deceived (Carvin Winans, Delores Winans) (from Long Time Comin' ) -4:02 8. I Love You (Marvin Winans, John H. Smith) (from Long Time Comin' ) -3:30 9. For We May Never Know (from Long Time Comin' ) -4:05 10. If I Labor (from Long Time Comin' ) -4:23 11. Long Time Comin' (Holding On) (from Long Time Comin' ) -5:35 12. If I Ever Fall (Marvin Winans, Ronald Winans, John H. Smith) (from Long Time Comin' ) -4:46 13. Bring Back the Days of Yea and Nay (from Tomorrow ) -4:47 14. You Just Don't Wanna Be Loved (from Tomorrow ) -4:20 15. Tomorrow (Carvin Winans, Debra Winans) (from Tomorrow ) -4:10 16. Uphold Me (Marvin Winans, Ronald Winans, Fred Manns) (from Tomorrow ) -4:05 17. Trust in God (from Tomorrow ) -4:18 Personnel The Winans: Marvin Winans -vocals Carvin Winans - vocals Michael Winans - vocals Ronald Winans -vocals Production credits Bill Maxwell -producer (all tracks) Andraé Crouch -producer (tracks 1 -6) Scott V. Smith -producer (tracks 13 -17) Previous release: Heart & Soul  (1995) Next release: The Very Best of The Winans  (2002) (compilation album)

Heart & Soul is the eighth and final studio album by the Christian gospel vocal group The Winans , released on October 24, 1995 by Qwest/Warner Bros. Records and Warner Alliance Records. Two years after their previous album All Out , The Winans return with this release and features a more mature adult contemporary sound and yet still fresh with R&B touches and more gospel than the mainstream sounds of All Out and Return  (1990) . Other than younger sibling BeBe Winans providing backing vocals on the track "Count It All Joy," there are no guest artists or musicians like the previous albums did and was once again executive produced by Quincy Jones and Barry Hankerson and each track was produced by various musicians and producers. The Winans also recorded an updated version of "The Question Is," which they originally recorded for their 1981 debut album Introducing The Winans . Their final chart single was the title song and it peaked at number 89 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip Hop Songs chart while "Standing On Promises" was released to Christian AC radio. Heart & Soul was their final charted album as a group as it debuted and peaked at number 3 on the Top Gospel Albums and number 12 on the Top Christian Albums charts in Billboard magazine. It was nominated for a Grammy for Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album. After this release, the brothers recorded a tribute cover of Andraé Crouch's "It Won't Be Long" from the Grammy-winning tribute album Tribute – The Songs of Andraé Crouch . The brothers went their separate ways but have collaborated on either each other's solo projects or on other artists albums. Marvin has been a founding pastor at The Perfecting Church in Detroit, Michigan since 1989 and still is to this day. Ronald suffered and recovered from a heart attack in 1997 and later died of heart complications in 2005. NOTE: the track "Count It All Joy" is not the same track as recorded by their siblings BeBe & CeCe Winans , which is also titled "Count It All Joy," from their 1994 album Relationships . Track listing 1. Paradise (Kenny Greene) -4:18 2. Heart & Soul (Marvin Winans, Carvin Winans, Darren "J Dibbs" Jenkins) -4:39 3. Count It All Joy (Keith Crouch) -4:42 4. Smile On Me (Marvin Winans) -5:34 5. Yeah Yeah Yeah (BeBe Winans, Marc Quinn Harris) -6:17 6. The Question Is (Marvin Winans) -4:38 7. Please Believe in Me ( Marvin Winans, Darren "J Dibbs" Jenkins) -4:24 8. Universal Love (Carvin Winans, Dana Davis) -5:45 9. I Need You (Marvin Winans) -4:44 10. Next to Me (Marvin Winans, Carvin Winans, Regina Winans) -3:50 11. Standing On the Promises (Marvin Winans, Carvin Winans, Regina Winans) -5:13 12. Prone to Wander (Marvin Winans) -6:26 Personnel The Winans: Marvin Winans -lead vocals (tracks 1 -6 and 9), backing vocals Carvin Winans - lead vocals (tracks 2, 8 and 12), backing vocals Michael Winans - lead vocals (track 11), backing vocals Ronald Winans - lead vocals (tracks 7 and 10), backing vocals Production credits George Duke -producer (tracks 4, 8 and 9) Darren "J Dibbs" Jenkins -producer (tracks 2 and 7) Keith Crouch -producer (tracks 3 and 6) Cedric and Victor Caldwell -producers (tracks 11 and 12) BeBe Winans -producer (track 5 and 10) Kenny Greene -producer (track 1) Jimmy Abney -co-producer (track 6) Marc Quinn Harris -co-producer (track 5) Steve Harvey -co-producer (track 10) Quincy Jones and Barry Hankerson -executive producers (all tracks) Radio singles 1995 "Heart & Soul" -#89 Billboard Hot R&B/Hip Hop Songs 1995 -1996 "Standing On Promises" -#16 Christian AC Previous release: All Out  (1993) Next release: The Light Years  (1995) (compilation album)

The Winans are an American R&B gospel quartet composed of four brothers whose additional siblings would also become famous gospel stars. The whole Winans legacy begins with their parents, Delores and David Winans, also known as Mom and Pop Winans, who raised their children in Detroit, Michigan in a home where participation in the Pentecostal Holiness Church constituted one's social life and gospel music reigned supreme. The Winans would become known as "the first family of gospel music." Nine of Mom and Pop's ten children are recording artists: the four brothers, twins Marvin and Carvin, Ronald and Michael, which make up The Winans, brothers BeBe and Daniel and sisters CeCe , Angie and Debbie. Marvin's former wife Vickie Winans is also a gospel recording artist and the children of Carvin, Marvin and Michael make up a short-lived group known as Winans Phase 2. Brothers Ronald, Carvin and Marvin made two albums in the mid 1970s without Michael under the name "The Testimonial Singers." They were discovered by Andraé Crouch in 1979 who signed them, along with Michael, to Light Records. Their first album Introducing The Winans was released in 1981. The album scored a hit with "The Question Is" and garnered them their first Grammy nomination. Two of their albums, Tomorrow and Return , made the list of CCM Magazine 's 2001 book The 100 Greatest Albums in Christian Music . Winner of seven Grammy Awards and have sold millions of records, The Winans have also tasted mainstream R&B success with their 1990 release Return , in the same vein as their brother/sister sibling act BeBe & CeCe Winans . They have released albums between 1981 and 1995. Sibling Ronald Winans died on June 17, 2005 due to heart complications. More information on The Winans at Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Winans Discography Introducing The Winans  (1981) Long Time Comin' (1983) Tomorrow (1984) Let My People Go (1985) Decisions (1987) Live at Carnegie Hall (1988) Return (1990) All Out (1993) Heart & Soul (1995) The Light Years (1995) (compilation album) The Very Best of The Winans (2002) (compilation album)

BeBe & CeCe Winans are an American gospel music brother and sister duo. BeBe and CeCe Winans are the seventh and eighth of the Winans family's ten children, most of whom have had gospel music careers. Together, they have received several awards, including three Grammy Awards. While BeBe and CeCe were in high school, four of their elder brothers formed the successful gospel group The Winans. Initially known as The Winans Part II, BeBe and CeCe first appeared in the public eye when they debuted in 1982 as part of the singing group The PTL Singers on the Christian television show The PTL Club . They were introduced by founder Jim Bakker, and recorded their first album Lord Lift Us Up in 1984 as a duo for PTL Records. BeBe and CeCe left PTL Singers in 1987 to pursue a musical career and that same year, Sparrow Records offered the two siblings a Gospel recording contract. Their mainstream debut release was the self-titled album BeBe & CeCe Winans . It was produced by Keith Thomas, who would go on to produce Amy Grant and singer/actress Vanessa Williams. The debut record gave them their first R&B hit, "I.O.U. Me", which topped R&B and inspirational charts and generated Grammy nominations, and Dove and Stellar Awards. CeCe also earned a Grammy for "Best Soul Gospel Performance, Female" for the song "For Always." They were one of the first African American artists to receive significant airplay on CCM radio stations and the second African American artists to receive the Dove Award for Group of the Year. BeBe and CeCe released four more albums throughout the 1990s. After their 1994 album Relationships , BeBe and CeCe took a break as a duo to focus on their solo careers. They both reunited in 2009 for their next album Still . More information on BeBe & CeCe Winans at Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BeBe_%26_CeCe_Winans Discography Lord Lift Us Up (1984) BeBe & CeCe Winans (1987) Heaven (1988) Different Lifestyles (1991) First Christmas (1993) Relationships (1994) Greatest Hits (1996) (compilation album) The Ultimate Collection (2007) (Sparrow Records compilation album) Still (2009)

Let My People Go is the fourth studio album by the Christian gospel vocal group The Winans . It was released in late 1985 and is their first album on Qwest Records with distribution by Warner Bros. Records. The brothers produced the album themselves. After three albums on Light Records, including their Grammy winning previous album Tomorrow , The Winans signed with Quincy Jones' Qwest Records in hopes of achieving some success in the general market. Let My People Go displays a more raw R&B sound with songs like "Redeemed" and "Very Real Way" moving them into funkier territory than the group has ever explored, even predating Kirk Franklin. The title song uses biblical imagery of the exodus to address contemporary social situations in South Africa and the Middle East. It was their first Top 50 hit on the R&B chart. "Special Lady" is a ballad sung as a memorial tribute to their grandmother. The opening track "Choose Ye" has a Latin/Calypso feel and features duet vocals by Gospel singer Vanessa Bell Armstrong. Let My People Go gave The Winans their first number one album on the Billboard Top Gospel Albums chart in 1986. The album crossed over into the mainstream R&B market charting and peaking at number 57 on the Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums chart. Also in 1986, The Winans won their first Dove Award for Contemporary Gospel Album of the Year at the 17th GMA Dove Awards and in 1987, they won their second Grammy Award for Best Soul Gospel Performance by a Duo or Group for this album at the 29th Grammy Awards and won their first Soul Train Music Award for Best Gospel Album -Duo, Group or Chorus at the inaugural ceremony. Track listing All songs were written by Marvin Winans, except where noted. 1. Choose Ye (featuring Vanessa Bell Armstrong) -4:56 2. Redeemed -4:58 3. Perfect Love (Carvin Winans, Debra Winans) -4:39 4. Straighten My Life Out -4:53 5. Let My People Go (Marvin Winans, Carvin Winans, Barry Hankerson) -4:52 6. I'll Follow Where You Lead -3:39 7. Special Lady (Marvin Winans, Carvin Winans) -5:03 8. Very Real Way -4:49 Personnel The Winans: Marvin Winans -vocals Carvin Winans - vocals Michael Winans - vocals Ronald Winans -vocals Accolades Dove Award -Contemporary Gospel Album of the Year ( Let My People Go ) Grammy Award - Best Soul Gospel Performance by a Duo or Group ( Let My People Go ) Soul Train Music Award - Best Gospel Album -Duo, Group or Chorus ( Let My People Go ) Radio singles 1985 -1986 "Let My People Go" -#42 Billboard Hot R&B/Hip Hop Songs Previous release: Tomorrow (1984) Next release: Decisions (1987)

Introducing The Winans is the debut album by the Christian gospel vocal group The Winans . It was released in July 1981 by Light Records. The album was produced and arranged by Andraé Crouch and Bill Maxwell. The album features the gospel hit "The Question Is." The Winans earned their first Grammy nomination for Best Soul Gospel Performance, Contemporary for this album in 1982. Sibling Marvin Winans wrote eight out of the album's nine songs, with twin brother Carvin co-writing and singing lead on the track "Self." Crouch provides guest vocals on the track "I Know Someone." Track listing All songs were written by Marvin Winans, except where noted. 1. The Question Is -4:48 2. Self (Carvin Winans, Debra Winans) -3:46 3. Are We Really Doing Your Will? -4:16 4. I Know Someone (guest vocals by Andraé Crouch) -4:05 5. Goodness, Mercy and Grace -4:10 6. Fallow Ground -4:36 7. How Good It Feels to be Loved -5:38 8. Flying Away -5:31 9. Restoration -4:40 Personnel The Winans: Marvin Winans -lead vocals (tracks 1, 3, 5 -9) Carvin Winans -lead vocals (tracks 2 and 4) Michael Winans -lead vocals (tracks 5 and 7) Ronald Winans -vocals Next release: Long Time Comin'  (1983)

Kenneth Michael Marks (November 6, 1950 – October 31, 2018) was an American Christian singer. Growing up in Detroit, Michigan, Marks is the son of Yugoslavian immigrants (Marks is an Anglicized, shortened form of Mrakovitch). Marks studied classical piano and played guitar at age thirteen. He graduated from Messiah College in Philadelphia in 1971 and immediately went to work singing at crusades for Billy Graham with his Afterglow Concert Series. In 1981, Marks first recorded appearance was on a various artists album titled Premier Performance on Myrrh Records with two songs on each side. A year later, Marks released his debut album Follow Him . Right Where You Are was released in 1984. It was on this album that Marks began to find his own definitive style as an artist and wanting to sing about relationships. Marks also started to record songs about a fictitious couple named Johnny and Jeannie. They were introduced as separate, single people in the track "Growing Up Too Fast" (from Right Where You Are ) where they are dealing with emotions and impulses. They meet at a party on the track "The Party's Over" (from 1985's Attitude ). They get together in the back seat of Johnny's car and resulted in a pregnancy which robs them of their carefree teenage lifestyle. The next song "Next Time You See Johnny" (from 1989's Another Friday Night ) deals with Johnny and Jeannie separated and Johnny left Jeannie with their son. The son feels hurt since his father left. Both "The Party's Over" and "Next Time You See Johnny" were made into music videos. The final track, the title song of 1992's Fire of Forgiveness , gives the listener some resolution as Johnny looks back in his life. Marks describes the Johnny and Jeannie series as "everything John Mellencamp didn't tell you about Jack and Diane." Marks recorded his 1987 album Make It Right with the title song becoming a Top 10 hit on the Christian radio charts. From that album, the track "Say a Prayer for Me Tonight" was inspired by a true story of a young man who meets Marks after a concert for counseling and asks Marks to pray for him. The young man committed suicide a few days later. 1992's Fire of Forgiveness continues the theme of family-oriented issues from his 1989 album Another Friday Night . Marks co-wrote many songs with his then-wife Pamela Marks. They divorced in 1997. Marks died of a heart attack on October 31, 2018. More information on Kenny Marks at Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny_Marks Discography Follow Him (1982) Right Where You Are (1984) Attitude (1985) Make It Right (1987) Another Friday Night (1989) Fire of Forgiveness (1992) Absolutely Positively (1993) (compilation album) World Gone Mad (1995)

We Will Stand/Yesterday and Today is a compilation album by Christian singer - songwriter Russ Taff . This was his final album on the Myrrh Records label released in 1994. It is a collection of Taff's favorite songs from his solo years on the Myrrh label as well as a couple of songs from his time with The Imperials . It also contains one previously unreleased track, "Your Love Stays with Me," originally recorded by Christian singer - songwriter Gary Chapman on his 1987 album Everyday Man . Track listings 1. Rock Solid (Tori Taff, James Hollihan, Jr. Raymond Brown) (from Medals ) -4:08 2. Walk Between the Lines (Dave Perkins) (from Russ Taff ) -5:30 3. Here I Am (Russ Taff, Tori Taff, Chris Eaton) (from Medals ) -4:11 4. Believe in Love (Chris Eaton) (from Russ Taff ) -4:54 5. Not Gonna Bow (Russ Taff, Tori Taff, James Newton Howard, Michael Landau) (from Medals ) -3:51 6. I Still Believe (Michael Been, JIm Goodwin) (from Russ Taff ) -4:30 7. Silent Love (Russ Taff, Tori Taff, Elizabeth Janz, Paul Janz, Chrissie Grossman Puig, Robbie Buchanan) (from Medals ) -4:45 8. We Will Stand (Russ Taff, Tori Taff, James Hollihan, Jr.) (from Walls of Glass ) -4:37 9. Farther On (Russ Taff, Tori Taff, James Hollihan, Jr.) (from The Way Home ) -3:49 10. Winds of Change (Danny Tate, Danny Wilde) (from The Way Home ) -4:17 11. I Cry (Russ Taff, Tori Taff, James Hollihan, Jr.) (from The Way Home ) -4:07 12. Trumpet of Jesus (Michael Omartian, Stormie Omartian) (from the Imperials album Priority ) -3:46 13. Praise the Lord (Brown Bannister, Mike Hudson) (from the Imperials album Heed the Call ) -3:27 14. Your Love Stays with Me (Mike Reid, Rory Michael Bourke) (previously unreleased) -3:15 Production credits Jack Joseph Puig -producer (tracks 1 -7) Russ Taff -producer (tracks 1, 3, 5, 7, 9-11 and 14) James Hollihan, Jr. -producer (tracks 9 -11 and 14) Bill Schnee -producer (track 8) Michael Omartian -producer (track 12) Chris Christian -producer (track 13) Radio singles 1994 "Your Love Stays with Me" -#39 Christian AC Previous release: A Christmas Song (1992) Next release: Winds of Change (1995)

The Best of Philip Bailey: A Gospel Collection  is a 1991 compilation album of American R&B singer - songwriter Philip Bailey on Myrrh/Word Records. It is a collection of 13 gospel tracks from Bailey's three gospel albums on the Myrrh label including five songs from his Grammy Award winning release Triumph , plus an extended remix of "Thank You" taken from a 1989 remix compilation album Adventures in the Land of Big Beats and Happy Feets . The track was remixed by Mark Heard using the alias Lee Cahuenga. Track listing 1. The Wonders of His Love (Philip Bailey, Teri DeSario, Eduardo del Barrio) (from The Wonders of His Love ) -5:47 2. He Don't Lie (Skip Scarborough) (from The Wonders of His Love ) -4:59 3. The Love of God (Oliver W. Wells) (from Triumph ) -3:15 4. All Soldiers (Patrick Leonard, Keithen Carter) (from Triumph ) -4:50 5. Lonely Broken Hearted People (Philip Bailey, Oliver W. Wells, Richard    Smallwood) (from Family Affair ) -4:11 6. Marvelous (Philip Bailey, George Duke) (from Triumph ) -4:25 7. Come Before His Presence (Margaurite Ingram) (from Triumph ) – 4:31 8. I Am Gold (Philip Bailey, Jerry Peters, Terri McFadden) (from The Wonders of His Love ) -5:06 9. I Will No Wise Cast You Out (Philip Bailey, Skip Scarborough, Tony Hanes) (from The Wonders of His Love ) -4:41 10. No Compromise (Philip Bailey, Oliver W. Wells) (from Family Affair ) -3:41 11. Call to War (Philip Bailey, Oliver W. Wells, Richard Smallwood) (from Family Affair ) -3:48 12. The Other Side (Patrick Leonard, Keithen Carter) (from Triumph ) -4:46 13. Thank You (extended remix) (Bobby Nunn) (originally from Triumph ) -5:26 Production credits Philip Bailey -producer (all tracks) Oliver W. Wells -co-producer (tracks 5, 10 and 11) Lee Cahuenga (aka Mark Heard) -remixer (track 13) Previous release: Family Affair  (1989) Next release: Philip Bailey  (1994)

Philip James Bailey (born May 8, 1951 in Denver, Colorado) is an American singer, songwriter and percussionist, best known as an early member and one of the two lead singers (along with group founder Maurice White ) of the band Earth, Wind & Fire . Noted for his four- octave vocal range and distinctive falsetto register, Bailey was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Vocal Group Hall of Fame as a member of Earth, Wind & Fire. Bailey was also inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame for his work with the band. Bailey has released several solo albums. Chinese Wall from 1984, earned a Grammy nomination for Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male . This LP included the hit single, " Easy Lover, " a duet with Phil Collins , which won an MTV Video Music Award for Best Overall Performance in a Video in 1985 , was nominated for an American Music Award in the category of Favorite Pop/Rock Video, and earned a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals . Bailey has in all won seven Grammys out of twenty one nominations. In May 2008, Bailey was bestowed with an Honorary Doctorate of Music from Berklee College of Music . During the 2008 commencement ceremony at Berklee, he gave the commencement speech. He was later inducted, in November 2017, to the Colorado Music Hall of Fame . For his Gospel music contributions, Bailey was featured on Andraé Crouch 's 1979 Grammy winning album I'll Be Thinking of You and alongside Maurice White on Walter Hawkins ' 1980 Grammy nominated album, The Hawkins Family . In 1980, Bailey joined friends, Deniece Williams , Billy Davis and Marilyn McCoo to present a gospel show, called "Jesus At the Roxy," at a Los Angeles club named The Roxy . Williams later said "God did something miraculous. Over three hundred people were saved." After that, both Bailey and Williams decided to pursue careers in Christian music temporarily while still releasing their mainstream albums. During 1984, Bailey issued his first gospel album titled The Wonders of His Love on Myrrh Records . The album reached No. 13 on the Billboard Christian Albums chart and No. 17 on the Billboard Top Gospel Albums chart. The Wonders of His Love was also Grammy nominated in the category of Best Inspirational Performance . His second gospel album Triumph was released in 1986 on Myrrh Records . The LP reached No. 18 on the Top Christian Albums chart and No. 33 on the Billboard Top Gospel Albums chart. Triumph also won a Grammy for Best Gospel Performance, Male . During 1989 he released his third gospel album titled Family Affair on Myrrh Records . The album reached No. 37 on the Billboard Top Gospel Albums chart. Bailey later played percussion and sang on the King Baptist Church Mass Choir's 1990 album Holding on to Jesus' Hand . More information on Philip Bailey at Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Bailey Discography Continuation (1983) The Wonders of His Love (1984) Chinese Wall (1984) Inside Out (1986) Triumph (1986) Family Affair (1989) The Best of Philip Bailey: A Gospel Collection (1991) (compilation album) Philip Bailey (1994) Life and Love (1998) Dreams (1999) Soul on Jazz (2002) Love Will Find a Away (2019)

David Meece (born May 26, 1952) is an American contemporary Christian musician who enjoyed success in the mid-1980s, and into the early 2010s, with more than thirty Top 10 hits including several No. 1 songs. Meece was raised in Humble, Texas, with an abusive and alcoholic father. Meece found solace in playing piano, and by his mid-teens he was touring in Europe and the United States. Meece went on to study music at the Peabody Conservatory of Music where he met his wife Debbie, who played viola. While attending Baltimore, Maryland's Peabody Institute, he experienced a religious conversion, and devoted his life to Jesus. Meece became a youth pastor, and began writing songs reflecting his Christian beliefs, adding classical influences with pop melodies. Meece came to the attention of the Christian music label Myrrh Records, a division of Word Records and in 1976 they released his debut album, David . Meece would release ten albums between 1976 and 2002, becoming a major figure in the Christian music industry. Meece is perhaps best known for his song "We Are the Reason", which has been recorded by more than 200 other artists, and sung in several languages. Meece worked with Canadian singer, songwriter and producer Gino Vannelli in 1986 on two songs for his compilation album Chronology and 1987's Candle in the Rain. Possibly due to his conservatory training, Meece uses pieces of classical piano works as intros or settings for many of his songs. For example, in the song "This Time" from the album Learning to Trust , the opening section of the song (as well as the bridge and ending tag) is from Frédéric Chopin's "Étude Op. 10, No. 12" in C minor. The introductory melody for "You Can Go," from the 1985 album 7 , is taken from the "Two-Part Invention No. 13" in A minor by Johann Sebastian Bach. Also, the song "Falling Down" from his album Count the Cost is based on a sonata by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. In November 2012, Meece was given a Lifetime Achievement Award for his body of work by the Artists Music Guild. More information on David Meece at Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Meece Discography David (1976) I Just Call on You (1977) Everybody Needs a Little Help (1978) Are You Ready? (1980) Front Row (1982) Count the Cost (1983) 7 (1985) Chronology (1986) (compilation album) Candle in the Rain (1987) Learning to Trust (1989) Once in a Lifetime (1993) Odyssey (1995) (compilation album) There I Go Again (2002) The Definitive Collection (2007) (Word Records compilation album) The Ultimate Collection (2014) (Word Records compilation album)