Биография "Calvin Richardson"
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Calvin Richardson is all about soul. Having come of age in the hip-hop era, he is nonetheless totally dedicated to carrying on great traditions of classic soul music into the contemporary era and the future.
Calvin Richardson came by his soulful style honestly. Born in Monroe, North Carolina, the fitfth of nine children, Calvin had a strong musical upbringing. His mother sang in the local gospel group, The Willing Wonders, and he sang with them as a youth, but he was able to listen to secular soul music and funk and was particularly inspired by Bobby Womack, Sam Cooke, Otis Redding and Donny Hathaway. Singing on the gospel circuit he met and became friends with Cedric “K-Ci” Hailey and Joel “Jo Jo” Hailey, who went on to form the hit-making group Jodeci in the early Nineties. Calvin launched a solo career that resulted in his debut solo album Country Boy on Uptown/Universal Records in 1999. Angie Stone heard a demo of his song “More Than A Woman” and invited him to duet with her on a version of the song for her album Mahogany Soul.
An accomplished songwriter, Calvin Richardson recently enjoyed success with Charlie Wilson’s #1 hit and Grammy® Nominated song “There Goes My Baby,” which he co-wrote and for which he won an ASCAP Songwriter of the Year Award. Calvin’s «You’re So Amazing» was a Top 20 Billboard single.
