b. Louisville, Kentucky, USA. After graduating from Kentucky University with a degree in music education, Harris has gone on to become one the most prominent talents in contemporary Christian music. He has been well served by his early apprenticeship as a member of the Spurrlows, a gospel group who toured extensively during the early 70s. He has also worked with the Gaither Vocal Band and First Gear, usually as a vocalist, though he is also a competent saxophone player and percussionist. From a more conventional gospel base for his early albums in the 70s he has successively grafted elements of secular pop and MOR onto his Christian-themed songs, the best of which include "Friends In High Places" and the title-track from his well-received 1989 album, I Can Begin Again. However, arguably his best album of the 80s was Larnelle Live - Psalms, Hymns & Spiritual Song, where a full orchestra and the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir provided the perfect backing for Harris's supple tenor voice.

Listen to Larnelle Harris at Finetune.

• (2000)  A Story To Tell: Hymns And Praises
• (1998)  First Love
• (1988)  Christmas

• Let It Snow/Sleigh Ride Medley
• The Christmas Song/Silver Bells Medley
• It Is Well With My Soul
• Oh, Holy Night/O Come All Ye Faithful
• Sweet Little Jesus Boy

• Michael W. Smith
• Steven Curtis Chapman
• Sandi Patty
• Jaci Velasquez
• Amy Grant
• Steve Green
• Bing Crosby
• Gaither Vocal Band
• CeCe Winans
• Point Of Grace
• Avalon
• Rebecca St. James
• Kirk Franklin and the Family
• MercyMe
• Josh Groban
• Harry Belafonte
• Twila Paris
• Casting Crowns
• Mannheim Steamroller
• Third Day

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• jaywells07
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