Ashley Cleveland

Ashley Cleveland (born 2 February 1957) is an American singer/songwriter perhaps best known as a background vocalist and Grammy-winning gospel singer. Ashley Cleveland was born in Knoxville, Tennessee. She was married to Kenny Greenberg on 27 April, 1991 and has three children.

Career

Her career includes vocal contributions to more than 300 albums, including the Dove Award winning albums "Songs From the Loft" (1994), "The Jesus Record" by Rich Mullins' and A Ragamuffin Band, 1998.

As part of John Hiatt's band, Ashley Cleveland has also made several widely-seen television appearances including , "Austin City Limits", "Late Night with David Letterman", "The Arsenio Hall Show" and "Saturday Night Live".

Steve Winwood contributed duet vocals and played the Hammond B3 organ for the song "I Need Thee Every Hour" on Cleveland's 2005 album, "Men and Angels Say".

Awards and recognition

As the Grammy Award's first female nominee in the Best Rock Gospel category, Ashley Cleveland won this award in 1996 for her album "Lesson of Love", in 1999 for "You Are There", and in 2008 for "Before the Daylight's Shot." She is the only artist to be nominated three times and to win three times in this category.

"Lesson of Love" also won a 1996 Nashville Music Award ("Nammy") for Best Contemporary Christian Album.

Was the only female vocalist to sing lead on a song for the television special, "Stone Country: A Tribute to the Rolling Stones" on the defunct "The Nashville Network (TNN)". The tune was "Gimme Shelter," which has also been covered by Merry Clayton.

Discography

* "Big Town" (Atlantic, 1991)
* "Bus Named Desire" (Reunion, 1993)
* "Strong Hand of Love", tribute to Mark Heard, 1994
* "Lesson of Love" (Reunion, 1995)
* "Orphans of God", tribute to Mark Heard, 1996
* "You are There" (Warner, 1998, Reviews: " [http://web.archive.org/web/20010713013004/www.hmmagazine.com/issue75/75Reviews.htm HM Magazine] "cite journal |last=McGovern |first=Brian Vincent |year=1999 |month=January/February |title=Album Reviews: Ashley Cleveland "You Are There" |journal=HM Magazine |id=ISSN|1066-6923 |issue=75 |pages= |accessdate=2007-04-24] , " [http://www.tollbooth.org/review99/ashley.html The Phantom Tollbooth] ")
* "The Jesus Record", Rich Mullins & a Ragamuffin Band, 1998
* "Second Skin" (204 Records, 2002, Review: " [http://www.tollbooth.org/2002/reviews/ashleyc.html The Phantom Tollbooth] ")
* "Men and Angels Say" (Rambler, 2005, Review: " [http://www.tollbooth.org/2005/reviews/acleveland.html The Phantom Tollbooth] ")
* "Before the Daylight's Shot" (204 Records, 2006)

References

External links

* [http://www.ashleycleveland.com Ashley Cleveland official website]