Fred Hammond Biography

Fast Facts

• Was honored by BMI as a Trailblazer of Gospel Music in 2007
• Won the Dove Award for Contemporary Gospel Album of the Year in 2010
• Started out playing the bass guitar for the group The Winans
• Was an original member of the group Commissioned
• Quote: "Man, the way I look at success is, you know, as all adults —yourself, everybody else included, we all look to be successful․ I don’t think really anybody has a dream of being average․ We do the things that makes us successful, average, or unsuccessful․"
• Gospel singer best known for his songs "Awesome God," "Take My Hand" and "Power․"
• Served as the CEO of Face to Face Productions
• Created the singing quartet United Tenors