Tramaine Hawkins - Tramaine Hawkins Live 1990 2xLP - The Clark Sisters Era

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Tramaine Hawkins - Tramaine Hawkins Live 1990 2xLP - The Clark Sisters Era.

Both LP’s are in Very Good Plus (VG++) condition.

Hits include “The Potter House” with Walter Hawkins and “Praise the name of Jesus”.

Tramaine Hawkins (brief bio)

Tramaine Aunzola Richardson , (nee’ Davis) known professionally as Tramaine Hawkins (born October 11, 1951), is an American award–winning Gospel singer whose career spans over five decades. Since beginning her career in 1966, Hawkins has won two Grammy Awards, two Doves, and 19 Stellar Awards.

Hawkins was born in San Francisco, California to Roland and Lois (Cleveland) Davis. She grew up in the Ephesians Church of God in Christ located in Berkeley, California, pastored by her grandfather, the late Bishop E.E. Cleveland.

Hawkins also briefly sang with Andraé Crouch and The Disciples, singing lead on their Grammy-nominated 1970 release "Christian People."[3] Hawkins is both famous and infamous for her mainstream success as a gospel artist. In the mid-1980s, she signed with A&M Records and released a pair of dance-oriented contemporary gospel albums. Her 1985 A&M debut The Search Is Over yielded dance chart singles such as "Child of the King," "In the Morning Time," and the monster club hit "Fall Down (Spirit of Love)". The latter topped the Billboard Dance Charts to A&M's delight

While married to Walter Hawkins from 1971 until 1994 (23 years), the couple had two children, a son, Walter "Jamie" Hawkins (Sunny) and a daughter, Trystan Hawkins, with five granddaughters and three grandsons. Hawkins now refers to herself as "Lady Tramaine". She lives outside of Sacramento, California, with her husband Tommie Richardson Jr. She has one stepson, Demar (Chastity), and two step-grandsons.

Albums

1966: I Love the Lord (Gospel Records) (as member of the gospel group The Heavenly Tones)

1979: Tramaine (Light)

1983: Determined (Light) – #6 Gospel[5]

1986: The Search Is Over (A&M)T – #2 Gospel,[6] #33 R&B[5]

1987: Freedom (A&M)T

1988: The Joy That Floods My Soul (Sparrow/Capitol) – #5 Gospel, #33 Christian[5]

1990: Live (Sparrow) – #2 Gospel, #25 Christian[5]

1994: To a Higher Place (Columbia) – #4 Gospel[5]

2001: Still Tramaine (GospoCentric)T – #5 Gospel, #31 Heatseekers[5]

2007: I Never Lost My Praise: Live (GospoCentric) – #12 Gospel[5]

T Denotes albums released as Tramaine only, as opposed to Tramaine Hawkins.

Compilations

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1986: Tramaine Treasury (Light)

1994: All My Best to You (Sparrow) – #38 Gospel[5]

2001: All My Best to You, Vol. 2 (EMI Gospel)

2002: Mega 3 Collection (Light)

2008: Gospel Legacy (Light)

2015: 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection - The Best Of

Singles

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1966: "He's Alright" (Music City) (as member of the gospel group The Heavenly Tones)

1986: "Fall Down (Spirit of Love)" (A&M) – #1 Dance,[7] #7 R&B,[8] UK #60[9]

1986: "Child of the King" (A&M)

1986: "In the Morning Time" (A&M) – #21 Dance,[10] #26 R&B [11]

1987: "The Rock" (A&M) - #22 Dance[12]

1987: "Freedom" (A&M)

1992: "Do Not Pass Me By" (MC Hammer with Tramaine Hawkins) (Capitol/EMI) – #62 US, #15 R&B, #14 UK

1995: "I Found the Answer" (Columbia)

1995: "Who's Gonna Carry You" (Columbia)[13]

2001: "By His Strength" (GospoCentric)

2007: "Excellent Lord" (GospoCentric)

2007: "I Never Lost My Praise" (GospoCentric)

2014: "My Past" (duet with Donnie McClurkin) (EMI Gospel)

File under

Black Gospel, funk, soul, Andre Crouch, Bebe CeCe Winans, Shirley Caesar, the LA Mass Choir, James Cleveland, Keith Pringle, John P. Kee, The Winans, Commissioned, Olanda Draper, Hezekiah Walker, Cece Winans, The Clark Sisters, Inez Andrews, Lashun Pace, Albertina Walker, The Anointed Pace Sisters, Twinky Clark, Dorothy Norwood, Vanessa Bell Armstrong, Yolanda Adams, The Williams Brothers, Thomas Whitfield, Milton Brunson, Kirk Franklin, Richard Smallwood, Bobby Jones, Marvin Sapp, Dottie Peoples, Bishop Paul S. Morton, Sr, Donnie McClurkin, Mary Mary, Norman Hutchins, Tramaine Hawkins, Edwin Hawkins, Walter Hawkins, Fred Hammond, Take 6, Mattie Moss Clark, The Barrett Sisters, The Rance Allen Group, The Mighty Clouds of Joy, The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir, The Staple Singers, Aretha Franklin, Willie Neal Johnson, Canton Spirituals, Rev James Moore.