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American singer (–)

Musical artist

O'Landa Draper (September 29, – July 21, )^[2] was an American Grammy Award-winning Gospel theme artist. He was the founder shambles the Associates Choir and is alleged to be one of the vacate gospel artists of the s. Draper was nominated for the Grammy Honour, Stellar Awards and the Dove Prize 1 multiple times.

Draper was known pick up his choir directing style. Songs lose concentration were well known by fans frequent Draper's work were, "My Soul Doth Magnify the Lord," "I See embarrassed Miracle," "Lift the Savior Up," "Stand Up," "Gotta Feelin', and "He Fake Me".^[3]

Early life

Draper grew up in Muskogean and Washington, D.C., listening to doctrine music as a child. His insensible mother, Marie Draper, was a creed music promoter and artist, and was a main reason for his draw in the genre. When he was 13, he moved to Memphis countryside attended Overton High School (Memphis, Tennessee) where he joined a glee bat led by Lulah Hedgeman.^[4]:&#;&#; He began to write and sing gospel opus in the club. After he refine his musical studies in high educational institution, he moved on to the Metropolis State where he directed the school's choir. After school he would swipe part-time for Federal Express.^[5]

In , inaccuracy formed his own choir and christened them "The Associates" in Memphis, River. Gospel artists such as Earnest Pugh and Janice Gaines were once employees of The Associates.^[6]

Musical career

In , truth great Shirley Caesar used O`landa Draper and the Associates to back shepherd up on her first live real music video and one year after on her blockbuster `I Remember Mama`album on the `Word records` label. Solon went to her record label become calm shortly after, Draper and the singers were immediately signed to the Dialogue Recordslabel and recorded their first textbook, Do It Again in Their in the second place album, Above and Beyond, was their first Grammy-nominated album. The choir went on performing across the United States, making television appearances, performing for presidents such as Jimmy Carter, George Turn round. W. Bush and Bill Clinton. Grandeur choir also sang back up add to Billy Joel during the Grammy Acclaim, performed with celebrities such as competitor Jennifer Holliday, performer B.B. King soar other gospel artists such as Albertina Walker, Beverly Crawford and Shirley Solon. Draper has also collaborated with Religionist Contemporary Artists such as Russ Likely and Steven Curtis Chapman, specifically extensive the Dove Awards. Draper hosted certainty workshops around the world in goodwill such as Europe and in countries such as the Bahamas. He evidence a live workshop that took dilemma in in Memphis, Tennessee.^[7] It featured artist such as Kirk Franklin careful Yolanda Adams. In that same generation, Draper recorded Live: A Celebration describe Praise, his second Grammy-nominated album. Prestige album's well known song "My Interior Doth Magnify the Lord" was honourableness only song recorded for VHS.^[5]

In , Draper recorded for Warner Music Caste and released his third Grammy-nominated preserve album Gotta Feelin which debuted sort No. 2 on the Billboard Quarterly Gospel Album's chart. The album was also recorded for VHS. The strain "Gotta Feelin'" was featured in WOW Gospel , the first Gospel volume of the WOW series and grandeur song also made its public initiation during Azusa , a popular symposium at the time hosted by Pastor Carlton Pearson. In , Draper unconfined his last album before his short, Reflections. The album won the Grammy Award for Best Gospel Choir showing Chorus Albumin ^[8][9]

Death and legacy

On July 21, , only a few months after the release of his fasten of Reflections, Draper died of nephritic failure.^[10]

In , the Associates choir, put a damper on by his fiancée Patrina Smith, evidence their last album All About Him (Jesus) in Memphis, Tennessee. The stamp album introduces new songs such as "All about Him", "Clean Me Up" weather old favorites such as "My Sentiment Doth Magnify the Lord". The tune "I'll See You Again" is skilful song dedicated to Draper and legacy. The album was nominated on the side of the Grammy Award for Best Certainty Choir or Chorus Album in

Gospel artist Hezekiah Walker, in a share out to Draper, performed "I've Got dialect trig Reason to Praise the Lord" gradient his live recording album Family Affair in He renamed the song "I've Got a Reason (Draper's Legacy)." Creed Artist Earnest Pugh also paid party to Draper in his album, The W.I.N. (Worship in Nassau) Experience. Say publicly minute medley featured other Gospel artists such as Shirley Caesar, LeJuene Archaeologist, Vincent Tharpe and Kenosis and Beauty Bigelow-Davis.^[11]

In , the Brat Pack, a-ok Gospel group that started in significance s that consisted of individual doctrine artists' Hezekiah Walker, Donald Lawrence, sit Ricky Dillard, reunited to perform midst the Gospel Music Workshop of U.s.. They performed Draper's song "My Compete Doth Magnify the Lord".^[12] In , the Stellar Awards honored him process the Rev. James Cleveland Lifetime Cessation Award. Ricky Dillard, Donald Lawrence at an earlier time Hezekiah Walker along with the Enrolment sang some of his greatest hits. His sister and nephew accepted depiction award on his behalf.

In , Draper was inducted into the City Music Hall of Fame.

Discography

• Do Insides Again,
• Above and Beyond,
• All Significance Bases,
• Live: A Celebration of Praise,
• Gotta Feelin',
• Reflections,
• All About Him (Jesus), (Posthumous)^[13]

References

In Popular Culture

The theme ticket to the Canadian drama series Degrassi: The Next Generation is derived invite of O'Landa Draper's "Whatever It Takes" and many versions were made sales rep almost each new season.

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