Marvin Winans

Marvin Winans
Birth name	Marvin Lawrence Winans
Born	March 5, 1958 (1958-03-05) (age 53)
Origin	Detroit, Michigan United States
Genres	Gospel
Occupations	pastor,actor
Labels	with The Winans Light Qwest/Warner Bros. with the Perfected Praise Choir Sparrow Records Diamante Music Group Artemis Gospel Pure Springs Gospel
Associated acts	The Winans, Fred Hammond.
Notable instruments
piano

Marvin Lawrence Winans (born March 5, 1958)^[1] is an American gospel singer and member of the musical Winans family. He is also known for his recurring role in the hit show Tyler Perry's House of Payne.

Life and career

Personal life

Winans was born in Detroit, Michigan,^[2] the fourth of 10 children of Delores (née Ransom) and David Glenn Winans, Sr., who recorded together as "Mom and Pop Winans".^[1][3][4] His siblings David II, Carvin (his fraternal twin), Benjamin (BeBe), Daniel, Michael, Ronald, Priscilla (CeCe), Deborah (Debbie), Angelique (Angie) are also musically gifted and have careers in the music industry singing, writing and producing. Marvin met and married Vickie Bowman, to whom he was married for 16 years until their divorce in 1995. His sons, Marvin Jr. (Coconut) Josiah Winans, and stepson Mario (Skeeter) are also in the music business. Mario is a producer and R&B singer. Marvin Jr., once a member of Winans Phase 2, is now a solo artist and is also a producer, and Josiah Winans is Also a Producer featured on Marvin jr's first solo project.

Musical career

Winans sang in the 1970s with his brothers Ronald, Carvin (his twin) and Michael (the group also included others) as The Testimonial Singers. Their first performance was at a high school talent show. In 1975 the group's name was changed to The Winans. Their musical careers spanned both the 1980s and 1990s. The Winans, who were discovered by Andrae Crouch, released their first album under the new group's name, entitled Introducing The Winans, in 1981. The Winans were greatly influenced by the Queen of Gospel Albertina Walker and her group The Caravans. An organist and pianist, Marvin also wrote songs, and produced for The Winans records, for solo projects from family members, and on other gospel releases. For his vocals on the 1985 song "Bring Back the Days of Yea and Nay", Winans was awarded a Grammy for Best Male Soul Gospel Performance.^[5]

In 2007, Winans released his first solo recording, Alone, But Not Alone.

Pastor, Perfecting Church (Detroit)

Winans, a pastor, founded The Perfecting Church in Detroit, Michigan in the early 1990s, and released an album with the church's choir in 1992 entitled Introducing Perfected Praise. A second album, Friends, appeared in 2001. His 2007 release, Alone but Not Alone, was nominated for a Grammy award for Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album.

Discography

''Introducing The Winans''

• Released: 1981 (1981)
• Format: LP
• Label: Light Records

''Long Time Comin' ''

• Released: 1984 (1984)
• Format: LP
• Label: Light Records

''Tomorrow''

• Released: 1984 (1984)
• Format: LP
• Label: Light Records

''Let My People Go''

• Released: 1985 (1985)
• Format: LP
• Label: Qwest/Warner Bros.

''Decisions''

• Released: 1987 (1987)
• Format: LP
• Label: Qwest/Warner Bros.

''The Winans Live At Carnegie Hall''

• Released: 1988 (1988)
• Format: LP
• Label: Qwest/Warner Bros.

''Return''

• Released: 1990 (1990)
• Format: CD
• Label: Qwest/Warner Bros.

''All Out''

• Released: 1993 (1993)
• Format: CD
• Label: Qwest/Warner Bros.

''Heart & Soul''

• Released: 1995 (1995)
• Format: CD
• Label: Qwest/Warner Bros.

''Christmas: Our Gifts To You''

• Released: 2000 (2000)
• Format: CD
• Label: Diamante Music Group

''Introducing Perfected Praise''

• Released: 1992 (1992)
• Format: CD
• Label: Sparrow Records
• Chart position: #14 US Gospel^[6]

''Friends''

• Released: 2001 (2001)
• Format: CD
• Label: Diamante Music Group
• Chart position: #7 US Gospel, #18 US Independent^[6]

''The Songs of Marvin Winans''

• Released: 2006 (2006)
• Format: CD
• Label: Artemis Gospel

''Alone but Not Alone''

• Released: 2007 (2007)
• Format: CD
• Label: Pure Springs Gospel
• Chart position: #85 US^[6]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} http://www.perfectingchurch.org/ - "Pastor Winans"
2. ^ "Flying solo". The Detroit News. 2008-03-21. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DTNB&s_site=detnews&f_site=detnews&f_sitename=Detroit+News%2C+The+%28MI%29&p_multi=DTNB&p_theme=gannett&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=11FAE17B53BFADE8&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. Retrieved 2009-09-12. 
3. ^ "Gospel giant 'Pop' Winans dies". USA Today. 2009-04-09. http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2009-04-08-pop-winans_N.htm. Retrieved 2010-05-12. 
4. ^ Sisario, Ben (2009-04-10). "David Winans, Gospel Patriarch, Dies at 74". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/10/arts/music/10winans.html. Retrieved 2010-05-12. 
5. ^ Grammy Awards, Allmusic.com
6. ^ ^{a b c} Billboard, Allmusic.com

External links

• Marvin Winans at the Internet Movie Database

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