Throwback: An Evening With John P. Kee Pt. 1 John P. Kee

• 1 Turn Around 01:41
• 2 We Glorify 05:08
• 3 Right Here 02:01
• 4 We Made It (feat. Tallie Rogers) 03:25
• 5 Lily In The Valley 04:03
• 6 Grateful (feat. Crystal Smith & LeJuene Thompson) 05:07
• 7 Colorblind 03:11
• 8 Greater 04:37
• 9 Bless Your Name (feat. Ladonna Hairston Mole) 04:47
• 10 I Worship Thee 01:32
• 11 Church Medley (feat. Tallie Rodgers) [Live] 06:12
• 12 Come In 02:07
• 13 God Of Mercy (feat. Calvin Rogers) 01:46
• 14 Lord Help Me To Hold Out/Bread Of Heaven (feat. Zacardi Cortez) 05:25
• 15 Sweeter 03:11
• 16 Play Yo Tambourine (Church Version) 05:36
• 17 Play Yo Tambourine 05:31
• Total Runtime 01:05:20

Info for Throwback: An Evening With John P. Kee Pt. 1

The gold-selling, eight-time Grammy® nominated crown prince of gospel, John P. Kee, is bouncing back from two years of health challenges to release the first half of a 30+ track duology of his greatest songs. This excitingly staggering project was recorded over the course of a year, per stops of over two dozen cities. During each performance, Kee and his band musically reimagined some of his most memorable hits such as the traditional styled “Lily Of The Valley,” the Quiet Storm flavor of “Come In” and the exhilarating Top 30 radio single “Church Medley (feat. Tallie Rodgers)” and many more. The set closes with Kee’s newly created catchy “Play Yo Tambourine” which gives the church community its own nod to the 803Fresh “Boots On The Ground” line dance phenomenon. Kee sits at the piano commanding the ecstatic audiences with the combined charisma of a circus ringmaster and a singing psychologist who knows the right lyrics to sing, lifting the spirits of his patients with just enough freshening and sanctified zeal to attract new and existing fans alike!

John P. Kee

John Prince Kee
was born in Durham, North Carolina the 15th of 16 children in a family full of music and church. From a young age, John showed singing and musical talent. He began playing the piano when he was eight; inspired by the music he heard in church, he began writing songs.

When he was 13, John and bassist Clinton “Chip” Shearon began a jazz trio and a gospel community choir in Durham. Because of his musical gifts, John entered the North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem. When he was 14, he and his two brothers, Wayne and Al, moved to California where they attended the Yuba College Conservatory School of Music in Marysville. He also began performing with groups such as Cameo and Donald Byrd and the Blackbyrds and moved back to North Carolina when he became National Musical Director with Miss Black Teenage pageants.

After John moved back to North Carolina, he followed a path away from his Christian upbringing. After seeing one of his friends murdered, he knew he had to change his life. While working at the PTL network’s Buffalo Park, John Kee re-dedicated himself to Christ.

During the mid-1980s, John founded a community choir in Charlotte and street ministry, which evolved to become the New Life Community Choir. As the leader of his choir and a solo performer John Kee has received 27 Gospel Music Workshop of America excellent Awards, 21 Stellar Awards, a Soul Train Award, two Billboard Music Awards, nine Waljo Awards, seven Grammy nominations and a Trailblazer Award from former President Bill Clinton.

His songs have been recorded by Stephanie Mills, Jonny lang, The Hawkins Family, Billy Preston, Daryl Coley, Dorinda Clark Cole, Joe Walsh, Reverend James Cleveland, the Florida Mass Choir, and Vanessa Bell Armstrong.

John Kee has not only been active in music, combining traditional gospel music with contemporary gospel music, but he has also been a leader and spiritual force in his community. As a singer, he has a husky, soulful voice that delivers the gospel message with power and persuasion. As a minister, he serves the hurt and forgotten, seeking to reach people with the heart of God.

John Prince Kee was inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 2005. He has recorded a number of albums and is known as “The Prince of Gospel Music.”

In 1995 John married Felice Sampson and they have nine children; their son, Chris, is a drummer for Sean P. Diddy Combs and plays with him on tour.

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