Bruce Carroll

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Bruce Carroll
Bruce Carroll leading weekly worship at Hope Church in Memphis, TN 2014-05-21 14-00.jpg
Bruce Carroll leading weekly worship at Hope Church in Memphis, TN
Background information
Origin Memphis, Tennessee
Genres Gospel music, inspirational
Occupation(s) Christian music singer, songwriter
Instrument Guitar
Years active1979–present
Labels Word Records, Benson Records

Bruce Carroll is an American CCM singer and a recording artist.

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Biography

Carroll first began performing in a trio with his siblings at age 12; he played folk music in various venues in and around Texas in the 1970s. In 1979 he became a born-again Christian and eventually moved to Nashville. Signing with Word Records, Carroll became a successful Christian music singer, releasing several albums which sold well in the genre and winning seven Dove Awards. Two of his recordings, The Great Exchange (1990) and Sometimes Miracles Hide (1992), won Grammy Awards for Best Southern Gospel, Country Gospel, or Bluegrass Gospel Album. [1]

Discography


STUDIO ALBUMS


COMPILATIONS / GREATEST HITS / LIVE ALBUMS


SINGLES

Career events

In 2012 Carroll co-wrote the piece Hands of Hope with David Meece and David L. Cook [4] which reached number one on the RadioactiveAirplay.com charts in May 2012. [3] The song was used as the theme song for Turning Point Centers for Domestic Violence. [5] On May 5, 2012 the song was nominated for a Southeast Emmy for best Arrangement/Composition. [4]

Personal life

For 15 years, Carroll was the worship leader at Hope Presbyterian Church located in Cordova, Tennessee. [6]

References

  1. ↑ Awards, Allmusic
  2. 1 2 3 Billboard, Allmusic
  3. 1 2 Carroll, Bruce. "Hands of Hope Lands at #1" (PDF). Music To Radio. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
  4. 1 2 Carroll, Bruce. "Carroll garners Emmy Nomination" (PDF). NATAS. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 May 2014. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
  5. ↑ Carroll, Bruce. "Hands of Hope". Charles Brady. Radio Active Airplay. Archived from the original on 16 June 2017. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
  6. ↑ Carroll, Bruce. "Hope Presbyterian Church". Hope Presbyterian Church. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
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