Friday, June 16, 2006

Yahoo LAUNCHCAST song of the day

Artist:Yolanda Adams
Song:Fragile Heart
Album:Mountain High, Valley Low




Yolanda Adams is a gospel singer from Houston who crossed over significantly into mainstream R & B with 1999's Mountain High, Valley Low. She had been recording since 1988 and though criticized by the church for looking too glamourous, she had a big fanbase in the Christian market. So what happened? Elektra Records president Sylvia Rhone signed Yolanda and basically told her to make a great gospel record and Sylvia would take it mainstream. It worked. She uses plenty of great producers on the record including the great song Fragile Heart which Yolanda wrote & produced with Buster & Shavoni. Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis produced the big hit Open Your Heart and Mary Mary & Kelly Price also appear on the record. So Yolanda Adams stepped up and gospel music became more mainstream as a result.

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