Labels Blackberry, Compendia Name Melvin Williams | Occupation(s) Singer, songwriter Role Musician Years active 1988–present | |
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Instruments vocals, singer-songwriter Albums Hand In Hand, Trust In The Lord, Duets, Love Like Crazy Similar People Harvey Watkins - Jr, Lee Williams, Kirk Franklin, Andy Williams | ||
Birth name Melvin LeVarn Williams Music group The Williams Brothers | ||
Melvin LeVarn Williams (born July 21, 1953) is an American gospel musician. He started his solo music career, in 1988, with the release of, Back to the Cross, that was released by Compendia Music Group. His second album, Never Seen Your Face, was released in 1998, with the backing of Blackberry Records releasing the project. His third album, Crazy Like Love, and fourth album, Love Like Crazy, was released on the same date in 2007. All of these albums, charted on the Billboard Gospel Albums chart.
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Early life
Williams was born on July 21, 1953, in Smithdale, Mississippi, as Melvin LeVarn Williams, the son of Leon "Pop" Williams (November 24, 1908/1909 – September 6, 1989), he died in a car accident, and Amanda "Mom" Williams (1909/1910 – August 30, 2014), she died at the age of 94. His older brother is Leonard, his younger brother is Doug Williams, and his other brother was the late Frank Williams. Together Melvin and Doug operate Blackberry Records, Inc., The Williams Brother's record label.
Music career
He is one part of The Williams Brothers, that was founded in 1960 by his father. He started his solo music career in 1988, with the release of Back to the Cross by Compendia Music Group, which charted at No. 6 on the Billboard Gospel Albums chart. His second album, 1998's Never Seen Your Face, was released by Blackberry Records on April 7, 1998, and this would chart on the Gospel Albums chart at No. 34. Tony Cummings, indicating in a ten out of ten review by Cross Rhythms, recognizes, Williams is "a brilliant singer able to wrench every last piece of emotion out of songs that defy the depressing obsession with cheap sex of much secular R&B preferring instead lyrics of transcendent love of God." The third and fourth albums came out on the same date in 2007, Crazy Like Love and Love Like Crazy, that was released on February 6, 2007 by Blackberry Records. Both of these albums would chart on the Gospel Albums chart, with the former charting at No. 17 and the latter at No. 32.