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Donnie McClurkin
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Donnie McClurkin was born and raised
in Amityville, New York. McClurkin found comfort through an
aunt who sang background vocals with gospel music musician Andraé
Crouch. After staying close to Crouch throughout his boyhood,
he began to play piano and sing with his church youth choir.
He formed the McClurkin Singers by the time he was a teenager,
and later formed another group, the New York Restoration Choir.
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Hired as an associate minister at Marvin
Winans' Perfecting Church in 1989, with his vocals during
a seminar, McClurkin endured a bout with leukemia that year.
A friendship with a Warner Alliance executive
resulted in his signing to the label for his 1996 self-titled
LP, with producers Mark Kibble (of Take 6), Cedric and Victor
Caldwell plus Andraé Crouch. The disc, which featured
the perennially popular "Stand," went gold shortly
after being publicly lauded by Oprah Winfrey. |
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At the 48th annual Grammy Awards,
he won a gramm in the category Traditional Soul Gospel Album,
for "Psalms, Hymns & Spiritual Songs".
In 2004, he sang at the Republican National
Convention. He is now the pastor of Perfecting Faith Church
in Freeport, New York.
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