Song:The River
Album:After My Time
I loved this song when I first heard it in early 2007. But it looked like Sony was never going to release Noel Gourdin's album or do a video. Now The River is a #1 R & B hit. Gourdin was born in Mississippi and grew up in Brockton, MA listening to his father's R & B record collection. He performed in local talent shows and clubs and eventually a demo got the attention of Kay Gee of Naughty By Nature. Of course Kay Gee also discovered R & B superstar Jaheim. Gourdin performed a song on the soundtrack of the 2004 film The Cookout and signed with Sony in 2005. The River was released as a single in 2007. It's a great gospel influenced song but it looked like Sony wasn't going to do anything with it. Steve Harvey started playing it regularly on his radio show and by early 2008, it started picking up steam and topped the R & B charts. Finally the album After My Time and the video were released in August. So it was a long road but Noel Gourdin is a great singer and has a bright future ahead of him. Here's the video for The River by Noel Gourdin.
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