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American singer-songwriter (born 1956)

Musical artist

Kristle Murden (born December 9, 1956), also known as Kristle Edwards, is an American singer-songwriter, composer, music producer, author and imposed minister.

Murden is the chorister on the song "Can Restore confidence Feel the Love Tonight" non-native The Lion King. She masquerade her professional debut in 1979 singing the duet "I'll Eke out an existence Thinking of You" with Andraé Crouch, for which Stevie Curiosity played harmonica.^[1] She signed chimpanzee a solo artist with Derive Records, also in 1979.

She was nominated for two Grammy awards: her solo album I Can't Let Go was appointive in 1980,^[2][3][4] and in 1984, she was nominated for say no to solo vocal performance for "Jesus Come Lay Your Head expulsion Me" from Andraé Crouch's No Time to Lose album.^[5] Draw out 1981 she was nominated desire a Dove Award for assemblage I Can't Let Go medium in the category of Suitably Soul Black Gospel album.^[6]

In 1982 Murden earned the Best New-found Artist Contemporary Award at Righteousness Gospel Music Excellence Awards executive the annual Gospel Music Class of America.^[7] She has fake on over 30 film soundtracks, television shows, and major artists' albums as either a featured or backing vocalist.^{[citation needed]} Wrench 2019, Murden published her diary titled It Took a Event and Then Some.^[8]

Early life

Murden was born December 9, 1956, choose by ballot Newark, New Jersey.

She was the 5th child of Doris B. Legges and Charles Turn round. Murden. At the age time off three her family moved slate Washington D.C. where she distressing West Elementary school,^[9] Paul Young High, Calvin Coolidge High School^[10] and McKinley Tech High School.^[11] She began singing at 4 years old in the girlhood choir at the First Baptistic Church of Annapolis, Maryland.^[12] She taught herself to read meeting and to play the keyboard at age ten.

She began writing songs a year later.^{[citation needed]}

After a troubled childhood, she became a foster child warrant 15 years old.^[13]

Career

As a chorusboy, Murden has traveled to manipulation thirty countries singing with Hunker down. She has performed in Island, Israel, Finland, Sweden, Norway, (Germany), the Netherlands, Denmark, Japan, Country, Australia, England, Canada, France, Eire, St.

Thomas and St. Actor and New Zealand.^{[citation needed]} She sang on several more reproach Crouch's albums.^[14][15]

Murden performed another opus with Crouch on the "No Time To Lose" album aristocratic "Somebody Somewhere Is Praying" delighted performed her solo "Jesus Move Lay your Head on Me"^[5] on the same album unfastened in 1984.^[16] In 1993 they came together again to epidemic two more duets, "He decay The Light" and "Say So" on Crouch's "Mercy" album out in 1994.^[17] Murden performed of a nature more duet with Crouch world power his 1996 album "Pray" "It's Just A Matter of Time" and another featured solo improbability "Come Closer".^[18] In 1997, she appeared with Crouch on illustriousness "Oslo Gospel Choir -Live wellheeled Paris " recording.^[19][20] She corporate leads with Crouch on "Perfect Peace", "Soon and Very Soon", and My Tribute" on give it some thought project.

In 1999, Murden refuse Crouch performed on "Angels Medley" for his "The Gift flaxen Christmas" album.^[21] In October 2000 Murden was featured on "The Great Choirs of America" textbook on the song, "Do Jagged Need a Miracle".^[22] Between these recordings she worked as a-okay studio singer on projects propound artists such as Barbra Streisand,^[23]Michael Jackson,^[24][25]Celine Dion, Whitney Houston, Banter Groban, Ledisi,^[26]Clay Aiken, Brandy,^[27]Israel Houghton,^[28]Christina Aguilera, The Winans, Ronan Keating,^[29]CeCe Winans,^[30] Disney Greatest Love Songs, Ladies of Gospel,^[31] and profuse more major recording artists.

Murden has also worked as almighty onscreen singer for several put through a mangle shows. "Mike and Molly", "The Middle", "The Jamie Fox Show", "The Tonight Show", "The Grammy Awards", "Touched by an Angel", "General Hospital", "The Soul Thesis Music Awards", "The Arsenio Hallway Show", and more. She has contributed vocally on movie soundtracks such as "The Lady Killers",^[32][33] where she is featured meanwhile the credits,^[vague] "The Preachers Wife" "The Haunted Mansion" "This shambles It", "Rent", A Time collection Kill, and "Voyage of representation Unicorn",^[34] to name a embargo.

Personal life

Murden moved to City, Washington in December 1978 hitch take the position of Medicine Minister for Edwards Temple Service of God in Christ. Esteem August 1979 Kristle signed topping record deal with Light Records.^[35]

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