Fred Hammond
Birth Name:
Fred Hammond
Birth Place:
Detroit, Michigan, United States
Profession
Soundtrack, Actor, Producer
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