REVIEW: Tramaine Hawkins “I Never Lost My Praise: Live” (CMT)
March 14th, 2007 | 
Reviews | Source: ChristianMusicToday.com (110)
With such an expansive legacy, you just can’t do Tramaine Hawkins justice with a paragraph of biography. She participated in the recording session of the gospel standard (and mainstream hit) “Oh Happy Day,” traveled the world with the newly-christened Edwin Hawkins Singers (married to Walter Hawkins, Edwin’s brother), and even sang for secular celebrities. Such crossover appeal rubbed off onto her solo years as one of the first gospel artists signed to Columbia Records—a period marked by criticism from her gospel peers who refused to accept that dance beats and gospel music could work hand-in-hand. […read more]
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