James Hall (musician)

James Hall (born James Suggs on October 1, 1971) is an American gospel musician, organist, and music producer. Known as the “Duke of Gospel”. He started his music career, in 1994, with the release of God Is in Control with Intersound Records, and this charted on the Billboard magazine Gospel Albums chart. Hall has released six more albums with various labels that have charted on the Gospel Albums chart, and these were with Worship & Praise, which is the name of his choir he founded. He released an album with Voices of Citadel in 2010, Won't It Be Wonderful, that charted on the Gospel Albums chart.

Early life

Hall was born James Suggs on October 1,^[1] 1971 in Brooklyn, New York,^[2] as the youngest sibling in an eight sibling household. He commenced singing at the age of five years, while he formed his choir, Worship & Praise, while he was in high school.^[2][3]

Music career

In 1987 he founded Worship & Praise, (WAP) his own gospel singing ensemble. In 1992, the opportunity to perform a five minute spot on TV’s Bobby Jones Gospel came. It was just the break they had been looking for, as earlier that year WAP recorded their first project on the Tehilah Records label.

His music recording career began in 1994, with the release of two albums by