Andraé Crouch was born on July 1, 1942 in Los Angeles, California, USA as Andraé Edward Crouch. He is known for his work on The Lion King (1994), The Color Purple (1985) and A Time to Kill (1996). He died on January 8, 2015 in Northridge, California.
January 8, 2015, Northridge, Los Angeles, California, United States, January 8, 2015, Northridge, Los Angeles, California, United States
Place Of Birth
Guilford, Connecticut, United States
Profession
Music Department, Soundtrack, Actor
Nationality
American, American
Parents
Catherine Dorothea Crouch, Benjamin Crouch, Let the Church Say Amen, Through It All, Soon and Very Soon, Catherine Dorothea Crouch, Benjamin Crouch, Let the Church Say Amen, Soon and Very Soon, The Blood Will Never Lose It's Power
Siblings
Sandra Crouch, Sandra Crouch, Benjamin Crouch Jr., Let the Church Say Amen, Soon and Very Soon, The Blood Will Never Lose It's Power
Grammy Award for Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album, Grammy Award for Best Soul Gospel Performance, Grammy Award for Best Gospel Performance, Contemporary, Grammy Award for Best Soul Gospel Performance, Male, Grammy Award for Best Soul Gospel Performance, Contemporary, Let the Church Say Amen, Throu...
Nominations
Grammy Award for Best Gospel Album, Academy Award for Best Original Music Score, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Gospel Album, Grammy Award for Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Gospel Artist, Soul Train Music Award for Best Gospel Album – Solo, Let the Church...
Movies
In Search of Dr. Seuss, Rejoice and Shout, Bill & Gloria Gaither: Rock of Ages, Donnie McClurkin Story: From Darkness to Light, Hallelujah Gospel, Paul Simon & Friends: A Night of Gospel Glory, Gaither and Friends: God Bless America, Gospel: Live, In Search of Dr. Seuss, Rejoice and Shout, Donnie Mc...
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Trademark
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The father of modern gospel music
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Fact
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He also won an ASCAP Award, a Billboard Music Award, and a NAACP Image Award.
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He earned a Gold Record for "Jesus Is the Answer".
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In defiance of parent Church of God in Christ's ban on the ordination of women as ministers, he named his twin-sister, Sandra Crouch, as co-minister of the church he led after the death of their father and brother. When the parent Church of God in Christ threatened sanctions, they renamed their church New Christ Memorial Church.
2007 Christian Music Hall of Fame and Museum inductee.
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His first music group, in 1960, at his father's church, was the Church of God in Christ Singers, and which included Billy Preston.
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He won four Gospel Music Association GMA Dove Awards.
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He was inducted into the Gospel Music Association's Hall of Fame, located in Nashville, Tennessee, USA, in 1978.
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After both of his parents, and his brother all died within a period of just a few months in late 1993 and early 1994, Andraé, already an ordained minister, became the senior pastor at his father's Christ Memorial Church of God in Christ of Pacoima, California, USA. Attendance at the church soon soared.
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He was the Soul Gospel Artist of the Year for Billboard Magazine in 1975 and 1977.
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In 2004, he became only the third gospel artist in history (until that time) to be awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, for music recording, at 6520 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
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Fraternal twin brother of Sandra Crouch, who sometimes referred to Andraé as her "womb mate".
Music Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Lion King
1994
choir master - as Andrae Crouch / choral arranger - as Andrae Crouch / choral conductor - as Andrae Crouch
Dangerous: The Short Films
1993
Video choir manager
Amen
TV Series composer - 111 episodes, 1986 - 1991 music director - 5 episodes, 1986 - 1987 musical director - 4 episodes, 1986 - 1987
Tall Tales & Legends
1986
TV Series conductor - 1 episode
The Color Purple
1985
music arranger and conductor: Christ Memorial Church of God in Christ Choir - as Andrae Crouch
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Christian Mingle
2014
performer: "Give it All Back to Me" - as Andrae Crouch / writer: "Give it All Back to Me" - as Andrae Crouch
Twenty Feet from Stardom
2013
Documentary writer: "Maybe God Is Trying To Tell You Something" - as Andrae Edward Crouch
Mad Money
2008
writer: "Can't Nobody Do Me Like Jesus"
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
2006
writer: "The Blood Will Never Lose Its Power" 1957
Voyage of the Unicorn
2001
TV Movie lyrics: "Faith Precedes the Miracle" / music: "Faith Precedes the Miracle"
A Time to Kill
1996
"Take My Hand Precious Lord" / arranger: "Take My Hand Precious Lord"
In Search of Dr. Seuss
1994
TV Movie music: "Yertle the Turtle" - as Andrae Crouch / performer: "Yertle the Turtle" - as Andrae Crouch
$3 Million
