John P. Kee to Be Feted

Gospel track pioneer and pastor John P. Kee shall be venerated as a Trailblazer of Gospel on the 2025 BMI Trailblazers of Gospel Track Awards, to be held at Flourish Atlanta on Thursday, April 3.

All through the rite, BMI may even acknowledge the songwriters, manufacturers and track publishers of the previous 12 months’s 25 maximum carried out gospel songs in the US. The personal tournament shall be hosted via Mike O’Neill, BMI president & CEO, and Catherine Brewton, BMI vice chairman, inventive, Atlanta.

“John P. Kee is a real visionary within the style, and his track continues to have an have an effect on in gospel track for over 40 years and counting,” Brewton mentioned in a remark. “It’s an honor to acknowledge his willpower and the unwavering dedication he’s made thru his artistry and evangelism.”

Kee, referred to as the Prince of Gospel Track, is widely known for his contributions to recent gospel track. Within the mid Eighties, he began a group choir in Charlotte, N.C., that finally become referred to as the New Existence Group Choir (NLCC). Over the process his skilled profession spanning nearly 4 many years, he has written track for Hallmark, Inc., The Hawkins Circle of relatives, Daryl Coley, Billy Preston, Dorinda Clark Cole, Rev. James Cleveland, Bishop Rance Allen, Florida Mass Choir, Mississippi Mass Choir, Vanessa Bell Armstrong, and for the mythical Dr. James Cleveland’s Gospel Track Workshop of The usa, amongst others.

His track has been featured in movie, tv, ads and on Saturday Evening Are living. All through his solo profession and his paintings with NLCC, he has accrued 37 GMWA Excellence Awards, 27 Stellar Awards, 3 BMI Awards, two Billboard Track Awards, a Soul Teach Track Award, a Trailblazer Award from former President Invoice Clinton and gained 8 Grammy nominations. Including to his listing of accolades, Kee used to be inducted into the Global Gospel Corridor of Popularity in 2005 and used to be up to now venerated on the BMI Trailblazers of Gospel Track Awards in 2001 and 2005.

As well as, Kee has been the full-time pastor of the New Existence Fellowship Middle in Charlotte since its inception in 1995.