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RELIGION
GOSPEL IN
BRIEF
held at unpo nt,"
III h ve enou
clpUne to or in th roup, "
Ocr, ho i a Theolo y and
ycholo [or 1 . " I n
t m to le m om en city. We
feel mo comfo ble Ith t t
type of pe on in th choir beca
e pi n for Abundant Ufe to
round or neratio . "
Stevie Wond r, 01 dys Kni ht,
Jennifer Hollid y, the Tempta­
tio , D vid Pete on and t of
Moto nave all perro
ith Hayes, ALF, and other en­
mble he founded called I
1m ge I a fre h youth e emble
that i bre thing ne life into In-
pir tional Mu Ic, H ye ha'
opened for everyone from Minister
Loui Famkhan, leader of the a­
lion of hi m, to launchin
Detroit' Annual Than givin
P rade. Go pel's Winans, Com­
ml toned, CI rk Sisters, W nda
Nero Butler, Derrlc Brinkley and
othe have performed with Haye ,
" At one time I never had a go I
or thought about the future. All my
role models were dope dealers,
"ay Hay ,who today envi io
baving an e tabUshed career in
00 pel a producer, songwritet,
organf t and Inger."
"I believe that there' a lot of fun
in Christianity. We don't have to be
tied up. But e can be free. 'Who
the Son ets free is free indeed, ,,, he
ays. "It's important tbat we put
a .
-I
o through 1 t to let m too
I can take that kind of p we," he
Y , "and beca e He me here
He a taking me." Without a
doubt, 0 car H ye arrived.
From a ruthl kill or be killed
dru d ler, Haye is tod y being
recognized once in a enera­
tion artist, born to he m lc with
e e . He's al dy made a
name for himself in the Gospel
Mecca of Detroit. After signing
ith Tyscot Records, Oscar Haye
and ALP, h Abundant Ufe Fel­
low hip Chorale release thler
eagerly awaited debut album, "Got
2 rat It," in October. With
Thomas Whitfield nd Rance Allen
lending a hand on tudio mixing,
this project is ticking and about to
explode to the top of the go pel
charts.
"Got 2 Tell It" Is being com-
ot t thing on the
recent LeVert ur n't VIP
tl and a b ta . It
the DC John P. Kee video,
"Wa.sh Me. "
Wold got to Kee that
the super-bot secular 'nprs
couldn't get enough of the
video and played it co tandy.
Wby DOt? .. Gospel ob rver
and joumaU t Lisa Collins
declares "Kee generat the
kind of excitement that is
ually reserved for secular ar­
tis ."
Collins goes on to say the
New Life Community Clloir .
respo ible for a generation of
, youth getting back in to church
and bact into buying gospel.
(Billboatd 1/11J1JZ)
The tree were fun for youn
o car and the many other youths he
met there. H y pla blame on
traditional programs in m ny chur­
che for neglecting the needs 0
youn people, and driving them to
eek the "fal e happine and
deception" of the treets. Haye
found excitement and popularity
when he became an enterprising
drug runner.
"A runner gives the order, kind
of likt waiter or busboy," he
says. "Every other d y, it w
something-from fight with
sdcb nd b eball bats to being
EYE ON GOSPEL
I
I announcer, ,catch up
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Hollywood Fashion
Wedding B II
We've jmt "Got 2 TeU It. "
Mini ter Oscar A. Hayes,
founder of Detroit' Abundant
'Life Fellowship Chorale,
eloped right around the start of
the New Year.
According to Minister
Hayes, "it w one of those
rom ntic excursion."
Gospel' 23-year-Old up-and­
oming siftser{ftlDSicianl
reducer, �� . liS
ammy Scboonmacher, a sales
rep for K-Mart Department
Stores.
Congratulation on the
marri ge and exciting take­
off success of debut album,
Got 2 rat«
Gospel Hours
W.C.H.B. 1200 AM -7:00 a.m. - 11 :00 a.m.
Every Sunday Morning
are Mom Cot Pop Winans, the
Winans, Vicki Winans. and Bebe &
Cece ..• Recently, I reported on Mat­
tie Mo Clark's'IOO8ing a leg to
her battle against sugar diabetes. If
you!d like to drop her a note, d­
dre s it to: 18203 Sorrento
Street-Detroit, MI 48235.
rlal6 tH.t'� c""""..: "" tIIM
o " . · , /rom tlif land,
" " irwin from tIN .oU· Dr
frultfrDfll tIN tre. , '.lon,. to tIN
Lord; U b '""1 to 1M Lord, " -
lAvlllclU 21:30.
Carlton Pearson, one of the
nation's most chariamadc televan-
A recent independent survey gellsts, hopes to put the same spirit
commissioned by Sparrow Records that drives his TV-oriented Ok­
reveals that 90 percent of the lahoma-baed ministry to record.
nation's gospel announcers are He's presently in talta with both
�ow Cp or partially C�-capable. Wold and Benson Records for an
The>;. re not to.tally discarding upcoming album. Pcanon ys
vinyl, reports Vicki Mack-Latail- he'll enlist the ervtee of Bebe
1 de, director of � t Develop-Winans, John P. Kee and Carman
ment for �pano � �k �usic (who feplll1y tteDdi hla� hurch
division, but they re rCa1iy com- services Slated for reiease next
Ing to appreciate and demand tbe •.. "
technical capabilitie that CDs week is the lo�g-awai ted A
bring Reunion Celebration" album from
. the famed O'Neal Twins. The
Twenty percent of the tatlons project, originally recorded in June
will only use-CDs. These step i� of 1990, h d been delayed by the
making the indUStry itself grow by sudden death of Edgar O'Neal six
leaps and bounds. That's why monthllater.
we're seeing stations like WYLD
in New Orleans, WAOK in Atlanta,
and WDAS in Philadelphia do so
well with gospel. They're bringing
up the quality of go pel music and
helping gospel to becoming more
competitive in the music arena."
According to Lataillade, the
latest survey reflects rapid growth.
"Just one year earlier, only 40 per­
cent of the stations were CD­
capable. For the first time, we're
leading with CD promotional
materials to gospel radio an­
nouncers."
By MARGARET
SFIELD
Rev, Wilmore Allen
Rev. A.J. Rogers
Joe Ella Ukely
Catherine Robinson
Gloria Parker
Lorraine Walker
Bro. Dunkin
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Working on
n w project
Kinnection, the nation's
youngest gospel rap singers,
are in the studio on a
sophomore project. Tes­
timony, the 1990 release by
Nate and Kieno Scott and
co\llins, Iren and Devon "Little
D." Golder broke records at the
1991 Gospel Excellence
AwaJds with five nominations.
Michael Houston of con-
. temporary ensemble Michael
Houston and Ministre is busy
in the studio on a new project
for Ministre,
"How Marvellous," their
debut, is hailed as a creative
work in urban contemporary
gospel.
No Grammy
"I felt the choir should have
been nominated for a Gram­
my," says '''The Prince of
Gospel," John P. Kee.
"New Life wa excited.
TIley thought this was going to
be their year." The names of
the New Life Communi ty
Choir, who many hail as the
most exciting young artists to
hit gospel, and John Kee, who
many compare to the late
James Cleveland, were con-
picuously missing from this
year's Grammy list of nomina­
tions.
Especially hard to believe .
in light of the group's record­
setting six wins at the 1991
Gospel Excellence Awards of
the G.MW.A. in Salt Lake
City.
They just picked up two
more awards in L.A at the
1991 Stellars for Contem­
poniry Cloir of the Year and
Traditional Albwn of the Year
for WIJSh Me. "Jesus Is Real"
w aisQ nominated Song of
the Year. .
"The gospel industry is still
very political," ays Kce. Itl
continue to tell the choir not to
put importance on awards.
Ministry has to be first, more
than any thing e e."
PlGylIW King: A major movie
studio is wooing John P. Kee to
play the part of James Cleveland in
a Hollywood movie. Kee, nick­
named the Prince of Gospel, wu
inspired by Cleveland, to whom
many say he owes his charisma.
Says Kee, "from the time I walk
into a faciUty to the time I hit the
stage I'm centere,d on the altar call.
Whatever I have to do to get
your trust I will do it. Some gospel
artists are so deep and so important,
just to look at them almo t makes
me desire DOt to do this. But I like
what Pal aald. He said he had to
become all things to all men in
order to win souls to Christ.
Congratulation, to recent
G1'tUII1IIl winn,,.,: Bebe & Cece
Winans (Contemporary Soul
Go pel Album- "Different Life­
styles"); The Sounds of Blackncs
(Gospel album by a choir of
chorus- "tb« Evolution of
Gospel"); and the Mighty Clouds
of Joy (Traditional Soul Gospel
Album- "Pray For Me") ..• Rev.
Ju. B"'Jll: This faU, Sparrow
Records hopes to release a solo
album from Cece Winans.
Meanwhile, the Winans family is
all set to kick off their national tour
April 24 in Chicago. Scheduled
-Bapti ts lead voter
registration drive
SHRBVBPORT, LA -National
Church leaders, ministers of
various denomination and
high-profile African-Americans
acros the country are vigorous­
ly supporting Dr. E. Edward
Jones in hi efforts to intensify
voter registration through
African-American churches.
The president of the 4.5 mil­
lion member National Baptist
Convention of America Inc.,
and pastor of Galilee Baptist
Church, ha worked assiduously
for the past few months plan­
ning what he believes will be the
most successful voter registra­
tion campaign ever launched by
African-American nationally.
Dr. Jones has initiated a mas­
sive crusade to have every mem­
ber of every church registered to
vote in time fot the 1992 elec­
tions.
The machinery to effect thi
goal i being put in place else-
wbere.
THE NBCA, along with
other nation,al religious
denominations and in concert .
with high profile African­
American leaders, InchJdlng the
Reverend Jease Jackson, are 'ex­
changing ideas with partners
and constituents on how they
can work in concert to make this
effort a rousing succe .
"Together to we can make a
difference in the live of untold
people of all race , both for our
time, and for generations to
come," Dr. Jones stated.
In a letter mailed to every
pastor under the auspices of the
NBCA, he said, "It i imperative
that the voice of African­
Americans are heard resound­
ingly in future elections.
"Progress, Uke charity, begins at
home," he noted.
If all your children deserved to go to college,
but you could only send one, how would you choose?
UNITED EGRO COLLEGE FU D
A Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Waste.
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