Hezekiah Walker

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Hezekiah Walker (born December 24, 1962 in Brooklyn ( New York )) is an American gospel singer , singer-songwriter and since 1994 pastor of the Brooklyn Megachurch : Love Fellowship Tabernacle . Walker usually appears under the name Hezekiah Walker & The Love Fellowship Crusade Choir . He has released several albums on “Benson Records” and “Verity Records”, a label specializing in gospel music.

biography

Hezekiah Walker was born in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, New York. He attended Long Island University with a major in sociology. He also attended the Hugee Theological Seminar and the New York School of the Bible.

In 2001, "Hezekiah Walker & The Love Fellowship Crusade Choir" were nominated for a NAACP Image and Soul Train Award for Best Best Gospel Artist, Traditional, based on the success of the album "Love Is Love!" The group has won two Grammy Awards in the Best Gospel Album By Choir Or Chorus Album category: once for “Live in Atlanta at Morehouse College” (1994) and once for “Love Is Live!” (2001).

Independently of The Love Fellowship Crusade Choir , Walker's Love Fellowship Tabernacle Church Choir released an album Recorded Live At Love Fellowship Tabernacle in 1998 . This LFT church choir was younger and more hip-hop oriented than the previous church choirs and its album hit the top 5 on Billboard's Gospel Charts and was nominated for a Grammy Award that same year.

Discography

Albums

  • I'll Make It (Sweet Rain, 1987)
  • Oh Lord We Praise You (Sweet Rain, 1990)
  • Focus on Glory (A&M, 1992)
  • Live in Toronto (Verity, 1993)
  • Live in Atlanta at Morehouse College (Benson, 1994)
  • Live in New York By Any Means ... (Benson, 1995)
  • Live in London (Verity, 1997)
  • Recorded Live at Love Fellowship Tabernacle (Verity, 1998) - Hezekiah Walker & The LFT Church Choir
  • Family Affair (Verity, 1999)
  • Love Is Live! (Verity, 2001)
  • Family Affair, Vol. 2: Live at Radio City Music Hall (Verity, 2002)
  • 20/85 The Experience (Verity, 2005)
  • Souled Out (Verity, 2008)
  • Azusa: The Next Generation (RCA Inspiration, 2013)

Compilations

  • Gospel Greats (Benson, 1995)
  • Nothing But The Hits (Verity, 2003)
  • Divine Voices: Pastors of Praise (Mack Avenue, 2015)

Singles

  • 99½ (Benson, 1995) cassette
  • Let's Dance (Jive / Verity, 1999) - CD single / 12 "single
  • Grateful (RCA Inspiration, 2005) (US: goldgold)
  • Souled Out (Verity, 2008) - download single
  • Every Praise (RCA Inspiration, 2013) - Download single (US:platinumplatinum)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ WK McNeil: Encyclopedia of American Gospel Music . Routledge , 2005, ISBN 0415941792 , p. 414.
  2. ↑ Tony Cummings: Hezekiah Walker: Gospel Star, Choir Leader Extraordinary & Hip-Hop Pastor . Crossrhythms (UK). January 31, 2007. Accessed February 24, 2008.
  3. ^ Bonner, Gerard: LFT Comes on Strong . GospelFlava.com.
  4. ↑ Music Sales Awards: US
personal data
SURNAME Walker, Hezekiah
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American gospel singer, singer-songwriter, and pastor
DATE OF BIRTH December 24, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Brooklyn , New York , United States