An awesome mix of original Contempary and Traditional Gospel songs that will lift your spirit and encourage you to rejoice in the goodness of the Lord.

14 MP3 Songs
GOSPEL: Contemporary Gospel, URBAN/R&B: Soul



Details:
LENARD HINDS
BORN: MARCH 6, 1951
ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI
MINISTER LENARD HINDS, MUSIC DIRCTOR AT THE CHURCH OF PHILADELPHIA, HAS BEEN SINGING SINCE EARLY CHILDHOOD. AS A YOUNG BOY, HE WAS INFATUATED WITH MOTOWN MUSIC, ESPEPECIALLY, SMOKEY ROBINSON. LENARD NOTICED HIS NICHE FOR SONGWRITING AT THE AGE OF TWELVE. HE TAUGHT HIMSELF TO WRITE SONGS AND SING BY LISTENING TO MOTOWN RECORDS. LITTLE DID HE KNOW THAT ONE DAY HE WOULD BE RECORDING WITH THEM.

WHILE HE WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL HE FORMED A RHYTHM AND BLUES GROUP CALLED THE CONCEPTS. HE LATER JOINED A GROUP CALLED THE EARLS INC., WHICH CUT A RECORD IN 1972. NOT LONG AFTER THAT HE BECAME A MEMBER OF IMAGE, A SINGING GROUP THAT LANDED A MOTOWN SINGING CONTRACT IN 1980. HE HAS PERFORMED WITH MUSCICAL GREATS SUCH AS THE DELLS, MARTHA AND THE VANDELLAS, THE FIVE STAIR STEPS, THE ELGINS AND OLIVER SAIN.

IN 1993 LENARD BECAME DEATHLY ILL. WHILE CLOSE TO DEATH THE LORD SPOKE CONCERNING HIS AILMENTAND HE WAS HEALED. IT WAS AT THIS TIME THAT LENARD DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO THE LORD JESUS CHRIST AND BEGAN COMPOSING GOSPEL MUSIC.

LENARD IS NOT ONLY A SINGER AND COMPOSER BUT ALSO THE FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF BIG-LEN PRODUCTIONS: A LOCAL MUSIC PRODUCTION COMPANY THAT HAS WRITTEN AND PRODUCED SONGS FOR MANY OF THE LOCAL GOSPEL ARTISTS. HE HAS WRITTEN, AND PRODUCED CDs SUCH AS "I SURRENDER" HIS FIRST CD AND " SUDDENLY" SUNG BY NIKKI BANKS. HE HAS JUST COMPLETED HIS THIRD CD, "LENARD HIND MINISTER OF MUISC", FEATURING THE HIT SONG "KEEP YOUR MOUTH OFF THE PREACHER" WHICH IS CURRENTLY ON SALE AT MUSIC STORES THROUGHT THE ST. LOUIS AREA AND PLAYED ON "KATZ" THE NUMBER GOSPEL RAIDO STATION IN ST.LOUIS.