Donnie McClurkin

A friendship with a Warner Alliance executive resulted in his signing to the label for his 1996 selftitled LP, with producers Mark Kibble (of Take 6), Cedric and Victor Caldwell plus Andra©Crouch. The disc which featured the perennially popular "Stand" went gold shortly after being publicly lauded by Oprah Winfrey.[2] At the 48th annual Grammy Awards, he won a grammy in the category Traditional Soul Gospel Album, for "Psalms, Hymns & Spiritual Songs".[3] In 2004, he sang at the Republican National Convention.[4] He is now the pastor of Perfecting Faith Church in Freeport, NY.