“My hometown is Anniston, Alabama. There, I grew up watching my dad singing
with gospel groups. When I was in elementary school, I can recall my mother
and father taking me to gospel shows where my dad would perform on the same
show with Shirley Caesar, The Mighty Clouds of Joy and others. I always
enjoyed hearing their beautiful harmonies
One day, I decided to join my brothers in a gospel group. What made me know
that I had a great voice was the request that we received to perform in
Gadsden, Alabama, along with the Mighty Clouds of Joy. At that time, Paul
Beasley had left The Gospel keynotes and joined The Mighty Clouds of Joy.
On the day of the performance, our gospel group sang one of the songs from
The Gospel Keynotes’ album that featured Paul Beasley. To the surprise of
all in attendance, we sang that song extremely well. In fact, when our
performance was heard by the other professional artists scheduled to perform
that night, Joe Ligon and the rest of the Mighty Clouds of Joy left there
dressing room to hear us sing. After that performance, our gospel group was
asked to travel with them. But, my father and mother refused because they
wanted us to attend college.
I continued singing and became a member of the choir at Alabama A&M
University for one year. The choir director encouraged me to continue
singing in the choir, but I later left to join a band.
I once auditioned for a well-known songwriter, now deceased, from New York
who loved my voice. He thought that my style was similar to Smokey
Robinson’s. He wanted to write for me. However, my stay in Jacksonville
Florida was short-lived. I moved to Tampa, Fl., in 1989 and later began
writing songs along with James White who composed a song that appears on my
debut CD. Also, I teamed up with Harold F. Washington who composed several
songs on my debut CD and briefly accompanies me on one of the songs we
co-wrote and produced together.”
- - Samuel Bullock
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