Bishop Walter Hawkins
One of gospel music’s most legendary figures, Bishop Walter Hawkins is one of the most beloved figures in contemporary Gospel Music today.  In the Thirty plus years of his career, he has created one of the most prolific and outstanding catalogs of hit gospel recordings and published songs.  Recordings and published songs that include such great hits as:  Marvelous, Going Up Yonder, Changed, Be Grateful, Thank You, He’s That Kind Of Friend, Until I Found The Lord, Jesus Christ Is the Way, I’m Not The Same, Holy One, Spirit Now, Battle, I Love You Lord, Special Gift, Set Me Free, Is There Any Way, Everybody Ought To Know, My Gratitude, It’s Right and Good, Cry On, I’m So Thankful, Just In The Nick of Time, Jesus Made A Way, Thank You Lord, I Must Go On, I’m Going Away, Lord Give Us Time, Try Christ, I Feel Like Singing, Dear Jesus, God Is Standing By, I Love Jesus More, Follow Me, All You Need Is Christ, He Brought Me, He’ll Be There, Goin To A Place, I’m A Pilgrim, Never Alone, On & On, and so many more.

Walter Hawkins has launched and/or inspired the careers of many of today’s biggest Gospel Stars through his work as a songwriter, producer, singer, musician, and as Co-Founder and Spiritual Leader of The Edwin Hawkins & Walter Hawkins Music and Arts Seminar/Love Fellowship.  Walter is the recipient of many awards that include:  1 Grammy Award and more than 8 Grammy Nominations, 3 Dove Awards, 2005 GMA Hall of Fame Inductee, 2005 Hollywood Gospel Insider’s “Living Legend Lifetime Achievement Award, Recipient of the San Francisco Chapter of the Recording Academy’s 2003 Governors Award for Creative Excellence and Outstanding Achievement, Billboard #1 Awards (the Love Alive IV album project spent an unparalleled 39 weeks at number 1 atop of the Billboard Gospel Charts), Gospel Music Workshop of America, Gospel Music’s Lifetime Heritage Award, Gospel Music Hall of Fame Museum Award, and many others.

A Song in My Heart, his new album denotes his long prayed-for musical emancipation. Inspired by his undying reverence for God, Hawkins uses all of God’s sonic possibilities, which have been laid at his feet.  “This time, with my music, I was trying to figure out what was me, at this late date in my life. I tried to do songs with a timely message. I wanted to do things that would make me stretch. I decided, I am going to sing everything that I love.”

He says of his music laden childhood, “In the Hawkins’ house, my father didn’t go to church, so we listened to a gamut of music; country western, quartets; the Staple Singers, we loved the Staple Singers; Tony Bennett, Barbara Streisand…so in terms of my writing, my history is incorporated in my style of writing.” 

In staying true to his musical past, Walter Hawkins dexterously uses the up tempo excitement of Latin music, the subtleties of jazz scatting, the splendor of classical string, the wisdom of harmonica, the youthful energy of hip hop and the intensity of dance music, bringing A Song In My Heart to a ground-breaking plateau. A Song In My Heart is a journey to the ultimate place: the freedom to worship without boundaries.

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