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Donald Lawrence
12+ albums
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about
Donald Lawrence is an American gospel music songwriter, record producer and artist. Donald Lawrence studied at Cincinnati Conservatory, where he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in music. 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. Lawrence took on The Tri-City Singers after a friend vacated his position as musical director. 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. The group's follow-up release Bible Stories would top those same charts when it arrived in 1995. 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". 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. 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. When tri-city4.com was finally released in 2001,
top songs
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Healed
17,4862I Am God
13,7533Stranger
12,2634When Sunday Comes
11,9485Back II Eden
6,1486In The Presence Of A King ) (Restoring The Years new)
5,2807Deliver Me (This Is My Exodus) (feat. Le'Andria Johnson)
4,9718Restoring The Years ) (Restoring The Years Album Verison new)
3,9389Best Is Yet To Come, The (Goget Your Life Back )
3,59210Bless Me The Prayer Of Jabez (Go Get Your Life Back )
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