The Tri-City Singers

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Encourage Yourself 05:49 Tools
You Encourage My Soul 04:05 Tools
I Walk with the King 05:54 Tools
Holy 04:09 Tools
The Mender (Reprise) 03:32 Tools
Giants 05:17 Tools
Dance In The Spirit 05:02 Tools
The Blessing of Abraham 06:10 Tools
The Storm Is Over 06:16 Tools
The Best Is Yet To Come 08:53 Tools
Shut De' Do' 03:30 Tools
The Mender (Radio Edit) 04:35 Tools
The Mender 06:46 Tools
Never Seen the Righteous 04:40 Tools
U Don't Have 2 Be Lonely 06:47 Tools
It's Your Time 11:40 Tools
Encourage Yourself (live) 03:32 Tools
Call On Jesus 11:40 Tools
Seasons 07:30 Tools
Personal Friend of Mine 04:04 Tools
And Yet I'm Still Saved 04:44 Tools
Encourage Yourself - Live 05:48 Tools
When the Saints go to Worship 07:07 Tools
Bless Me (live) 03:24 Tools
Miracles 09:57 Tools
The Blessings Of Abraham (live) 04:30 Tools
Never Seen The Righteous - Live 05:28 Tools
Blessing Of Abraham 06:12 Tools
Glory Glory 05:06 Tools
Oh Peter 05:10 Tools
I Am God 04:25 Tools
When Sunday Comes 07:37 Tools
The Blessing Of Abraham - Live 04:38 Tools
Stranger 03:25 Tools
In The Presence Of A King 04:52 Tools
Personal Friend 04:01 Tools
God 00:00 Tools
The Best Is Yet To Come - Live 04:43 Tools
These Nails 05:28 Tools
Praise Break 05:56 Tools
Giants (Intro) 05:51 Tools
When The Saints Go To Worship - Live 00:00 Tools
Seasons - Live 00:00 Tools
And Yet I'm Still Saved - Live 00:00 Tools
Giants - Live 01:34 Tools
You Are An Heir 05:51 Tools
What A Time 04:38 Tools
These Nails (Intro) 05:51 Tools
Never Seen the Righteous - Tri-city 4.com album version 04:40 Tools
Never Seen The Righteous (Tri-city 4.com album version) 04:40 Tools
Medley: Cast Your Cares 05:51 Tools
God Is (live) 05:51 Tools
Medley: I Am God 05:51 Tools
Medley: Stranger 00:00 Tools
Medley: When Sunday Comes 00:00 Tools
The Best Is Yet To Come (Live) 00:00 Tools
When the Saints Go to Worship - Tri City 4.com Album Version 07:10 Tools
Medley: I Walk With The King 01:34 Tools
Giants [Intro] 00:00 Tools
God's Favor 07:10 Tools
Medley: Never Seen The Righteous 00:00 Tools
Medley: Personal Friend Of Mine 00:00 Tools
Blessed 04:43 Tools
When The Saints Go To Worship (Tri City 4.com Album Version) 04:43 Tools
Never Seen the Righteous (Live) 04:43 Tools
Medley: O' Peter 04:43 Tools
Cast Your Cares 04:43 Tools
These Nails [Intro] 00:00 Tools
Superman 06:19 Tools
Giants (Live) 06:19 Tools
Testify 06:19 Tools
Testify (Junior's Radio Mix) 06:19 Tools
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Donald Lawrence (musical director and leader of this choir) was born on May 4, 1961. He studied at Cincinnati Conservatory, where he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in music. While in Cincinnati, he was also the Minister of Music at the Southern Baptist Church on Reading Road. To his credit, Donald's musicality has seen many incarnations, as vocal coach to the R&B group En Vogue, musical director for Stephanie Mills, songwriter for The Clark Sisters, and producer for a host of artists including Peabo Bryson and Kirk Franklin. Donald Lawrence has been an inspiration to many.Lawrence took on The Tri-City Singers after a friend vacated his position as musical director.[1] (NOTE: The three cities that The Tri-City Singers come from are Spartanburg, SC, Gastonia, NC, and Charlotte, NC.[2]) The group debuted in 1993 with A Songwriter's Point Of View on a then-brand-new independent record label called GospoCentric Records. The set debuted at #2 on the Billboard Top Gospel Charts.[3] The group's follow-up release Bible Stories would top those same charts when it arrived in 1995.[4] It was the first to be billed as Donald Lawrence & The Tri-City Singers and featured black church-ubiquitous hits such as "A Message For The Saints", "I Am God" and "Stranger". The album was released on Lawrence's newly minted label Crystal Rose Records which was distributed through Sparrow Records. In 1997, Donald Lawrence produced the live portion of Karen Clark Sheard's Grammy-nominated Finally Karen debut. Lawrence & Tri-City also released the seasonal Hello Christmas the same year. Later, Lawrence signed a contract with the Island Records imprint Island Inspirational. Though a live recording did take place for release,[1] the album never materialized. In 2000, Donald Lawrence & The Tri-City Singers signed to EMI Gospel. To promote the new album, a maxi CD of the lead single "Testify" to the mainstream. House remixes by Junior Vasquez sent the song to #33 on Billboard's Mainstream Dance Charts.[5] When tri-city4.com was finally released in late summer 2000, the set peaked at #2 on Billboard's Top Gospel Charts and #13 on Billboard's Heatseekers Charts.[3] The album also got a profile boost from the all-star standout "God's Favor", featuring vocal turns from Karen Clark Sheard, Kim Burrell, and Kelly Price. Lawrence waited almost two years before delivering the follow-up Go Get Your Life Back in early 2002. "The Best is Yet to Come", a song sonically much in the vein of the previous smash "Testify," was chosen as the album's lead single. This release featured guest appearances from Ann Nesby (formerly of Sounds of Blackness) and gospel pioneer Bishop Walter Hawkins. The momentum continued with the 2003 release of Restoring The Years, a greatest hits album featuring two new songs. The next album would mark a fresh start for Donald Lawrence. I Speak Life was his first solo album, the debut for his newly inked recording contract with Verity Records, and also the first release under his new sublabel Quiet Water Entertainment. Though the album was without The Tri-City Singers, guest appearances were plenteous. Donnie McClurkin, Hezekiah Walker, Faith Evans, Richard Smallwood, and Carl Thomas all contributed to the album. Even jazz notables Ramsey Lewis and Lalah Hathaway were on hand for a remake of the Bible Stories classic "Don't Forget To Remember". The effort earned Lawrence a total of 7 Stellar Award nominations, and 6 wins.[6] In March 2006, The Tri-City Singers announced that they would retire, but not before one last live recording.[7] Finale: Act One and Finale: Act Two were released simultaneously on April 4, 2006. Each release was a CD/DVD set that chronicled the audio and video of one half of the concert, with packages that locked into one another respectively. A special edition of Finale was later released with both CDs and DVDs. The blowout concert included guest appearances from Bishop Walter Hawkins, Karen Clark Sheard, Vanessa Bell Armstrong, Daryl Coley, LaShun Pace, Darwin Hobbs, and many other gospel luminaries. The album's lead single "The Blessing Of Abraham" was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Gospel Performance in December 2006.[8] His sophomore solo album, The Law of Confession Part I was released in February 2009. Donald said in an interview that The Law of Confession, Part II will be released soon, but he's focusing on other projects.[9] Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.