Something Within Me - Music

Take 6 Is An Influential American A Cappella Gospel Music Sextet Formed In 1985 On The Campus Of Oakwood College In Huntsville Alabama. The Group Sings In A Contemporary Style Integrating R&B And Jazz Influences Into Their Devotional Songs And Has 10 Grammy Wins 10 Dove Awards One Soul Train Award And Two NAACP Image Award Nominations. They Won Grammy Awards In 1989 1990 1991 1995 1998 And 2003 And Have Collaborated With Stevie Wonder Whitney Houston Don Henley Ray Charles Queen Latifah Joe Sample Quincy Jones Marcus Miller And Gordon Goodwin. In 1980 Claude McKnight Formed An A Cappella Quartet The Gentlemen's Estate Quartet At Oakwood College In Huntsville Alabama A Seventh-Day Adventist College Where He Was A Freshman. He Auditioned Fellow Students For The Hobby Group. The Gentlemen Were Rehearsing In A Campus Bathroom Later Said To Be In Peterson Hall Getting Ready For A Performance When Mark Kibble Walked By And Heard Them Singing. He Joined The Harmonizing Adding A Fifth Part And Ended Up Singing With Them Onstage That Very Night. 1 Mark Later Invited Mervyn Warren To Join The Group. The Group Performed Under The Moniker "Alliance".
The Group Performed In Local Churches And On Campus Over The Next Years With Members Changing Due To College's Inevitable Comings And Goings. In 1985 The Lower Half Of The Group Bass Baritone And Second Tenor Left Upon Graduating. At That Time Alvin Chea Cedric Dent And David Thomas Joined. The Group Was Signed To Warner Brothers In 1987 And Quickly Changed Its Name To "Take 6" After A Name Search Revealed That "Alliance" Was Already Being Used. Their Eponymous Debut Album Released In 1988 Won Them Two Grammy Awards And Resulted In Top Ten Appearances On Both The Billboard Contemporary Jazz And Contemporary Christian Charts. Take 6's Swinging Harmony-Rich Gospel Sound Attracted A Flurry Of Attention And The Group Went On To Record Or Appear With A Number Of Luminaries Including Quincy Jones Ella Fitzgerald And Stevie Wonder. In 1991 After The Release Of Their Second Album So Much 2 Say Mervyn Warren Left The Group To Pursue A Career As A Producer. Joey Kibble Mark's Younger Brother Was Invited To Round Out The Vocal Lineup. The Group Added Instrumentation To Their Purely A Cappella Sound Beginning With The Record He Is Christmas Join The Band And Brothers Continued Their Streak Of Success And Take 6 Amassed A Total Of Seven Grammys And Eight Dove Awards As Well As Topping The Downbeat Magazine's Reader's And Critic's Poll For Seven Years' Consecutively. Take 6's 1998 Release So Cool Brought The Group Back To Its A Cappella Origins.
In 2006 The Group Launched Take 6 Records And The 2006 Release Feels Good Was Released On That Label.
The Group Currently Lists Nashville Tennessee As Its Home. 2 All Members Grew Up Seventh-Day Adventist. read less