Gospel and praise & worship artist William McDowell grew up in Ohio. Musically gifted from the start, he was playing piano by the age of five, and by 13 he was playing drums for his church, moving to playing organ in the church at the age of 16, and he began leading his own worship sessions by the time he was 18. He relocated to Orlando, Florida in 2001, where he began serving as music director and keyboardist for Ron Kenoly. Two years later in 2003, McDowell opened his own recording studio, The Delivery Room, and tracked his debut album, The Reason I Live, there. In 2006 he accepted a worship leader position at the Gathering Place in Lake Mary, Florida, and a year later he was ordained as a pastor there. McDowell issued an ambitious two-CD set, As We Worship Live, in 2009. ~ Steve Leggett, Rovi
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Singer Coko (née Cheryl Gamble) was one-third of the R&B trio SWV, who had a string of chart hits in the mid-'90s. After the group broke up in 1998, Coko embarked on a solo career and released the single Sunshine and the album Hot Coko a year later on RCA Records. ~ Heather Phares, All Music Guide
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