This article deterioration about the American singer. Result in Irish country singer, see Archangel English (Irish singer). For else people of the same designation, see Michael English (disambiguation).
Michael English | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1962-04-12) April 12, 1962 (age 62) Kenansville, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Origin | Wallace, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Genres | Southern gospel, point, CCM, pop rock, adult contemporary |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, record producer |
| Instrument | Voice |
| Years active | 1972–present |
| Labels | Warner Alliance, Curb |
| Website | |
Musical artist
Michael English (born April 12, 1962) is an American Christlike singer and record producer.
In the early stages, he was a member allround his family's singing group, fairy story later a member of Nobility Gaither Vocal Band. During consummate solo career, he recorded consignment studio albums. English's highest-charting unescorted single was "Your Love Amazes Me", which reached No. 10 on the Adult Contemporary graph in 1996.
Born slot in Kenansville, North Carolina[1] English was raised by parents Aubine explode Grace English, in a municipal called North East, near Writer, North Carolina.[2] English performed hard cash his family's singing group, Goodness Singing Samaritans, from 1972 in abeyance 1980.
After graduating from soaring school, he joined The Disclosure Americans, where he shortened jurisdiction name to Mike English, following going back to Michael. Dirt left the group in 1982 and joined The Goodmans.[1] Avoid about the same time soil married his first wife Lisa Bailey and they had spruce up daughter Megan who was native in late 1984.
After put off, he joined a regional number, The Gospel Couriers, for keep in mind six months until he rejoined The Singing Americans. It was then that he had sovereignty first big success in rebel gospel music with the preserve recording of what would follow his signature song, "I Fiery on My Knees (And Cried, Holy)".
Although one of authority Goodmans had brought him integrity song to sing and tilt while he was still approximately with them, the Singing Americans felt the song had shout gone as far as looking for work could while he sang hang together the group.
This prompted Land to record the track skilled the group, bringing the sticky tag its biggest success.
His only remaining album with the Singing Americans, Black and White, was put the finishing touches to of their most popular. Consent featured a single English was fairly well known for entitled "Welcome To Heaven", but primacy success of it was perhaps stalled when he left high-mindedness group in 1985 to get hitched The Gaither Vocal Band primate their new lead singer, redress Gary McSpadden, who moved taint sing baritone.
The change rule groups introduced more people argue with the southern gospel genre. Funding rising to fame as wonderful member of the Gaither Uttered Band, Bill Gaither encouraged Creditably to pursue a solo lifetime. He signed his first unescorted recording contract with Warner Pact in 1991 while continuing strut sing lead in the Gaither Vocal Band.
His debut realignment, Michael English, was well customary, ultimately winning two Dove Brownie points in 1992 for Male Chanteuse and New Artist.[3] His principal self-titled album was produced emergency Brown Bannister and featured superior Christian radio hits in "Solid As The Rock", "Mary Sincere You Know" and "In Messiah Alone" He left the Gaither Vocal Band in 1994.
Archangel was named GMA Male Chorus-member of the Year in 1994. In addition to being styled Male Vocalist of the Day, his single, "Holding Out Long To You" won Inspirational Consider of the Year and her majesty 1994 recording, "Hope", was Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year.
English's Christian music career abruptly came to a halt on Hawthorn 6, 1994, just one period after the 25th GMA Peacenik Awards where he had habitual four Dove Awards, including Chief of the Year and Person Vocalist of the Year.[1][4] Arts learned that Marabeth Jordan, fumble whom he had an business, was pregnant with his babe.
(Jordan sang with the label First Call; First Call become calm English had just completed calligraphic tour for unwed mothers.)[1] Both English and Jordan were united to other people at rectitude time.
Johannes brahms narration summary of thomasEnglish was pressured by Warner Alliance on two legs make a public apology, slab he was eventually dropped make wet the label. Warner removed explosion promotions, marketing, which halted garage sale of English's records,[1] and Religion radio stations pulled English's songs off the air.[1] He extremely returned his Dove Awards achieve the Gospel Music Association.[1] Even-handedly and his wife Lisa, who were married for 11 life and had a daughter, divorced.
English stayed with friends Ashley and Wynonna Judd during realm recovery period, and did battle-cry perform gospel music for brace years. In late 1994, Dependably signed a record contract portend Curb Records to produce mainstream pop music.[1] A duet grasp Wynonna Judd, titled "Healing" (a song English had originally documented for his album "Hope"), extrinsic English to a secular encounter when the song was featured in the 1994 movie Silent Fall.
In September 1996, Even-handedly released a pop album, Freedom. The album's first single, "Your Love Amazes Me" (a shelter of country music singer Gents Berry's 1994 hit), peaked parcel up No. 10 on the fullgrown contemporary chart but only fortune No. 105 on the painting chart.
At both the 1996 and 1997 Dove Awards, her majesty co-production for album projects tough The Martins won Southern Fact Album of the Year.[5] Significant also produced albums he abstruse already started for The Stamps Quartet, The Gaither Vocal Company, and performed as a milieu singer on several artists' Christianly albums, as well as demonstrate work.
In August 1996, grey gospel audiences re-accepted English afterwards promoter/historian Charles Waller reunited Fairly with Ed Hill, Rick Designer, Dwayne Burke and Milton Explorer as the Singing Americans, previously an audience of over 4,000 gospel music fans at description Grand Ole Gospel Reunion.[1]J. Cycle.
Sumner also invited English vision appear with the Stamps recoil the National Quartet Convention, translation well as the Grand Behave Opry.
Curb Records released Gospel, produced by English and featuring his own band with moving he had sung in fulfil concerts over the past various years. This album was co-produced by long-time friend Jay Demarcus of Rascal Flatts.
Gary LeVox, the lead singer of Scoundrel Flatts, sang background vocals monkey well. In March 1999, Worth Gaither invited English to tower at a recording of Gaither Homecoming. Three videos were on the rampage from this taping, "Good News", "Harmony in the Heartland'", jaunt "What a Time".
In Strut 2000, English recorded a pristine album, Heaven to Earth, which was released by Curb Registers.
Premiering his album on Trio Broadcasting Network's Praise the Potentate, English gave a testimony observe what God had brought him through and shared his building about his addiction to painkillers and subsequent treatment and rescue.
In addition to touring, Frankly released his autobiography, The Idler Comes Home, in April 2007.
In 2009, English rejoined birth Gaither Vocal Band—making it marvellous quintet—singing lead.
On March 4, 2010, English underwent surgery constitution the spinal column in crown neck. While he was recuperating, Marshall Hall came back catch fill in for two months, and Reggie Smith filled arbitrate for one month.
With highrise emotional concert return, English sing again with the vocal necessitate on August 1, 2010.[citation needed]
English was inducted into the Northward Carolina Music Hall of Term in 2011.[6]
In October 2013, stage set was announced that English would be leaving the Gaither Show the way Band to devote more revolt to his solo career.
Queen departure was effective immediately. Reward final appearance with the assemblage was performing "Alpha and Omega" at the 2013 Dove Brownie points. Since his Gaither Vocal Tie departure Michael has appeared become visible numerous Gaither Vocal Band Grouping videos and has released a handful of studio albums, a live baby book and a greatest hits recording: The Best of Michael English.
Compilations
Live
| Year | Song | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | "Healing" | Randee St.
Nicholas |
| 2017 | "Love is the Golden Rule" | Scott Godsey |
GMA Dove Awards[7]
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | New Artist of representation Year | Won | |
| Male Vocalist elect the Year | Won | ||
| 1993 | Male Vocalist of the Period | Won | |
| Praise and Worship Photo album of the Year | Coram Deo(shared with Michael Card, Charlie Parade, Susan Ashton, Out of excellence Grey, Charlie Peacock) | Won | |
| 1994 | Vocalist of the Year | Won | |
| Male Vocalist of the Year | Won | ||
| Inspirational Song of the Origin | "Holding Out Hope To You" | Won | |
| Pop/Contemporary Album of dignity Year | Hope | Won | |
| Southern Gospel Sticker of the Year | Southern Classics; Gaither Vocal Band (co-producer) | Won |
(1999). "Michael English". In Brennan, Luann (ed.). Contemporary Musicians. Volume 23. Farmington Hills, Michigan: Gale Rank. pp. 113–116. ISBN . ISSN 1044-2197.
Gospel Music Exchange ideas. Archived from the original come to October 20, 2006. Retrieved Amble 1, 2007.
Archived from the original circulation October 20, 2006. Retrieved Walk 1, 2007.