Marvin Winans

Marvin Winans
Background information
Birth name	Marvin Lawrence Winans
Born	March 5, 1958(1958-03-05)
Origin	Detroit, Michigan United States
Genres	Gospel
Occupations	pastor
Labels	with The Winans Light Qwest/Warner Bros. with the Perfecting 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.

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 Viviane Bowman and they were divorced in 1995 after 16 years. His stepson is Mario (Coconut) and Marvin Jr. (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.

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's 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. 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 Perfect 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

References

External links

• Marvin Winans at the Internet Movie Database