Pattie Howard
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Pattie Howard born Francine Patience Howard (April 12, Cleveland, Ohio) is an American
Gospel
and R&B singer-songwriter
, producer
, and vocal arranger. She is a 30 years+ music industry veteran who has released two albums with major record labels, RCA Records
and Light Records
. Howard, who own her own full service entertainment company- PH Balanced Music,is also known for singing background for many major artists including Whitney Houston
, Andrae Crouch
, Michael Jackson
, and Diana Ross
. She has dozens of gold and platinum albums to her credits encompassing artists from almost every genre. Howard landed her most profound gig traveling the world with Whitney Houston
at the height of her career, The Bodyguard Era. During the early - 2000's after a health scare, Howard began to do more production, mixing, and mastering until she was back healthy. Now she is back to singing (solo & background), doing vocal arrangements, and producing various artists/bands.
, Pattie was offered another major record deal. Howard released her second album, The Vision, under the legendary Light Records
, which at the time was home to Andrae Crouch
, Edwin Hawkins
, Walter Hawkins
and Kurt Carr
. The album was co-produced by Keith Crouch who is known for his work with singer Brandy Norwood
. The album eventually was nominated for a Grammy Award but due to Light Records being bought out by Platinum Entertainment,The Visions masters were lost and weren't sent to the Academy therefore making it ineligible to win.
on The Bodyguard World Tour. She continued to tour with Houston and other artists throughout the 90's and Early 2000s. Howard is said to be recording a new album but no release date has been set.
Under the name Pattie Howard
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Gospel
Gospel
A gospel is an account, often written, that describes the life of Jesus of Nazareth. In a more general sense the term "gospel" may refer to the good news message of the New Testament. It is primarily used in reference to the four canonical gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John...
and R&B singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
, producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
, and vocal arranger. She is a 30 years+ music industry veteran who has released two albums with major record labels, RCA Records
RCA Records
RCA Records is one of the flagship labels of Sony Music Entertainment. The RCA initials stand for Radio Corporation of America , which was the parent corporation from 1929 to 1985 and a partner from 1985 to 1986.RCA's Canadian unit is Sony's oldest label...
and Light Records
Light Records
Light Records was a gospel record label founded in 1966 by Ralph Carmichael as a joint venture with the Waco, Texas-based Word Records.-History:...
. Howard, who own her own full service entertainment company- PH Balanced Music,is also known for singing background for many major artists including Whitney Houston
Whitney Houston
Whitney Elizabeth Houston is an American singer, actress, producer and a former model. Houston is the most awarded female act of all time, according to Guinness World Records, and her list of awards include 1 Emmy Award, 6 Grammy Awards, 30 Billboard Music Awards, 22 American Music Awards, among...
, Andrae Crouch
Andrae Crouch
Andraé Crouch is a seven-time Grammy Award-winning American gospel singer, songwriter, arranger, recording artist, record producer, and pastor.-Early years:Born Andraé Edward Crouch in San Francisco, California....
, Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson
Michael Joseph Jackson was an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. Referred to as the King of Pop, or by his initials MJ, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records...
, and Diana Ross
Diana Ross
Diana Ernestine Earle Ross is an American singer, record producer, and actress. Ross was lead singer of the Motown group The Supremes during the 1960s. After leaving the group in 1970, Ross began a solo career that included successful ventures into film and Broadway...
. She has dozens of gold and platinum albums to her credits encompassing artists from almost every genre. Howard landed her most profound gig traveling the world with Whitney Houston
Whitney Houston
Whitney Elizabeth Houston is an American singer, actress, producer and a former model. Houston is the most awarded female act of all time, according to Guinness World Records, and her list of awards include 1 Emmy Award, 6 Grammy Awards, 30 Billboard Music Awards, 22 American Music Awards, among...
at the height of her career, The Bodyguard Era. During the early - 2000's after a health scare, Howard began to do more production, mixing, and mastering until she was back healthy. Now she is back to singing (solo & background), doing vocal arrangements, and producing various artists/bands.
Earley Life
Pattie Howard was born in Cleveland Ohio. She began studying violin at age 7 and wrote her first composition winning first place in the Cleveland public school classical competition citywide in her second year. Pattie recorded her first song at age 13 as lead singer in the gospel group "All God's Children" and began singing professionally at age 17, traveling world wide with various major artists. Her first solo recording was entitled "Second Thoughts". Many of Howard's earlier credits are listed as "Francine Howard" before she changed her stage name to "Pattie Howard".RCA Records
Pattie was offered a deal at RCA Records to release her self-titled debut album- Pattie Howard. "Selfish", was the first single released off Pattie Howard. Light Records
In 1991, after catching the attention of then-president Ralph CarmichaelRalph Carmichael
Ralph Carmichael is a composer and arranger of both secular pop music and contemporary Christian music, being regarded as one of the pioneers of the latter genre...
, Pattie was offered another major record deal. Howard released her second album, The Vision, under the legendary Light Records
Light Records
Light Records was a gospel record label founded in 1966 by Ralph Carmichael as a joint venture with the Waco, Texas-based Word Records.-History:...
, which at the time was home to Andrae Crouch
Andrae Crouch
Andraé Crouch is a seven-time Grammy Award-winning American gospel singer, songwriter, arranger, recording artist, record producer, and pastor.-Early years:Born Andraé Edward Crouch in San Francisco, California....
, Edwin Hawkins
Edwin Hawkins
Edwin Hawkins is a Grammy Award-winning American gospel and R&B musician, pianist, choir master, composer and arranger. He is one of the originators of the urban contemporary gospel sound. He are best known for his arrangement of "Oh Happy Day" , which was included on the Songs of the Century list...
, Walter Hawkins
Walter Hawkins
Walter Hawkins was an American gospel music singer, and a pastor. Hawkins was consecrated to the bishopic in 1992. He died at his home in Ripon, California, from pancreatic cancer....
and Kurt Carr
Kurt Carr
Kurt Carr is an American gospel music composer and performer. While living in the city of Hartford, Connecticut he served as Minister of Music at The First Baptist Church of Hartford located at the time on Greenfield Street...
. The album was co-produced by Keith Crouch who is known for his work with singer Brandy Norwood
Brandy Norwood
Brandy Rayana Norwood , known professionally as Brandy, is an American singer-songwriter, producer, actress, and dancer. In 2009, she introduced her rap alter-ego Bran'Nu....
. The album eventually was nominated for a Grammy Award but due to Light Records being bought out by Platinum Entertainment,The Visions masters were lost and weren't sent to the Academy therefore making it ineligible to win.
Tours & Current Events
Shortley after The Vision was released, Pattie was hired to tour the world with singer Whitney HoustonWhitney Houston
Whitney Elizabeth Houston is an American singer, actress, producer and a former model. Houston is the most awarded female act of all time, according to Guinness World Records, and her list of awards include 1 Emmy Award, 6 Grammy Awards, 30 Billboard Music Awards, 22 American Music Awards, among...
on The Bodyguard World Tour. She continued to tour with Houston and other artists throughout the 90's and Early 2000s. Howard is said to be recording a new album but no release date has been set.
Studio Sessions
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- History (1995)
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Tours & Performances
- Whitney HoustonWhitney HoustonWhitney Elizabeth Houston is an American singer, actress, producer and a former model. Houston is the most awarded female act of all time, according to Guinness World Records, and her list of awards include 1 Emmy Award, 6 Grammy Awards, 30 Billboard Music Awards, 22 American Music Awards, among...
- The Bodyguard World Tour 1993-1994 - Whitney HoustonWhitney HoustonWhitney Elizabeth Houston is an American singer, actress, producer and a former model. Houston is the most awarded female act of all time, according to Guinness World Records, and her list of awards include 1 Emmy Award, 6 Grammy Awards, 30 Billboard Music Awards, 22 American Music Awards, among...
- Whitney: The Concert for a New South AfricaWhitney: The Concert for a New South AfricaThe Whitney - The Concert for a New South Africa was the title of three concerts which American singer Whitney Houston performed in South Africa to honor President Nelson Mandela and to celebrate a newly unified South Africa in November 1994. Her first performance in Durban, Nov. 8 and final one in...
1994 - Grammy Awards
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- Pacific Rim TourPacific Rim TourThe Pacific Rim Tour was a concert tour of arenas or stadiums by American Pop/R&B singer Whitney Houston that included 10 concert dates in Japan, Taiwan, Thailand, Australia and Hawaii in 1997.-Setlist:# "I'm Every Woman"# "So Emotional"...
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