“In 1968 we released the first
Andraé Crouch album on the Light Records labeL. It was
the first black gospel record, to my knowledge, ever released
by a white gospel label...but could they (the sales reps) sell
it? Well, they did, and the rest is history.”
-- RALPH CARMICHAEL
From Ralph Carmichael’s
autobiography He’s Everything
To Me, Word Books 1986,
Out-of-Print
SONGS WRITTEN BY
ANDRAÉ CROUCH INCLUDE:
Keep On Singin’
It Won’t Be Long
I Don’t Know Why
My Tribute (To God Be The Glory)
The Blood Will Never Lose It’s Power
Through It All
Jesus Is The Answer
PARTIAL DISCOGRAPHY:
(Click on an album title for more
information from ChristianBook.com)
Keep On Singin’ 1971
Take The Message Everywhere 1969
This page modified May 2006.
Andraé Crouch and his twin sister Sandra were born on June 1,
1950 in Los Angeles, California.
There he started singing and playing the
piano in the church where his father, Benjamin, was the pastor,
and formed his first singing group.
Andraé studied at Valley Junior
College in California for a career in teaching. During this
time he was called to the ministry and formed The Disciples in
1965, along with Perry Morgan and Billy Thedford.
While attending LIFE Bible College, he
worked at the Los Angeles Teen Challenge Center and formed the
Addicts Choir.
In the late 60s, Tim Spencer of Manna
Music introduced Andraé Crouch to arranger/conductor and
then Light Records president, Ralph Carmichael. And in 1968, Take The Message Everywhere, Andraé’s first album on the newly
formed Light label was released.
ANDRAÉ CROUCH & RALPH
CARMICHAEL
They wondered if a black gospel record on
a white label would sell. Well, it did, and the rest is
history.
Andraé was given a “Dove
Award” by the Gospel Music Association for Soul Gospel
Record of the Year 1977 and 1978, also Contemporary Black
Gospel Album (1985) which he co-produced and performed.
