Marcus Cole (musician)
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Marcus Cole
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| birth_name = Marcus Randell Cole
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|11|9|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Saginaw, Michigan
| origin = Detroit, Michigan
| instrument = vocals, singer-songwriter
| genre = Gospel, Christian R&B, urban gospel, black gospel
| occupation = Singer, songwriter, worship leader
| years_active = 1999–present
| label =
| associated_acts = Commissioned
| website = {{URL|riverphlo.com/artist/marcus-cole/}}
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Marcus Randell Cole (born November 9, 1971) is an American gospel musician and worship leader, Christian R&B, urban gospel and black gospel recording artist and singer. He started his music career, in 1996, with the gospel music group, Commissioned until 2018. He has released two studio albums, Chillin' Up in Heaven, in 1999, with Godson Records, and, Write My Song, in 2006, from PureSprings Gospel. The second album was his breakthrough release, entering the Billboard magazine charts.
Early life
Marcus Randell Cole was born on November 9, 1971,{{cite web|title=Hey tweeps, be sure to join me on (my birthday!) Nov. 9 on TBN I'll be ministering along with host Mark Chironna. |url=https://twitter.com/TheMarcusCole/status/5233314076 |author=Marcus Cole (TheMarcusCole) |publisher=Twitter |access-date=February 4, 2016 |date=October 28, 2009}}{{Primary source inline|date=October 2019}}{{cite web|title=WRITE MY SONG Work ID No. 887941561 ISWC No. T9159070947 IPI No. 402772187 (COLE MARCUS RANDELL) |url=https://www.ascap.com/Home/ace-title-search/index.aspx |publisher=American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers |author=American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers |access-date=February 4, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130306032310/https://www.ascap.com/Home/ace-title-search/index.aspx |archive-date=March 6, 2013 }} WRITE MY SONG Work ID No. 887941561 ISWC No. T9159070947 IPI No. 402772187 (COLE MARCUS RANDELL) in Saginaw, Michigan, as the youngest in a family of five children.{{cite web |title=Marcus Cole |url=http://christianmusic.com/marcus_cole/marcus_cole.htm |publisher=Christian Music|access-date=February 4, 2016}}{{cite journal|first=Sue|last=White|title=Marcus Cole says 'We'll spark something' at 2012 Gospel Fest on Saginaw's Ojibway Island |journal=Advance Newspapers |url=http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/saginaw/index.ssf/2012/07/well_spark_something_marcus_co.html|access-date=February 4, 2016|date=July 30, 2012}} He graduated from Danville High School in Danville, Illinois, in 1989, where he wrote and performed their class song.{{cite journal|first=Mary|last=Wicoff|title=Gospel singer begins solo career |journal=Commercial-News |url=http://www.commercial-news.com/news/local_news/gospel-singer-begins-solo-career/article_4691741b-f801-5477-a976-0944b0f4418c.html|access-date=February 4, 2016|date=July 30, 2012}}
Music career
Cole's music recording career began in 1999, with becoming a member in Commissioned, and the release of his first studio album, Chillin' Up in Heaven, with Godson Records, in September of that year.{{cite journal|first=Tony|last=Cummings|title=Review: Chillin' Up in Heaven – Marcus Cole |url=http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/products/Marcus_Cole_Ftg_Terrance_Herd/Chillin_Up_In_Heaven/1088/ |journal=Cross Rhythms |access-date=February 4, 2016 |date=June 1, 2000}}{{cite web|first=Stan|last=North|title=Marcus Cole (Chillin' Up in Heaven) |url=http://www.gospelflava.com/reviews/marcuscole.html |publisher=Gospelflava |access-date=February 4, 2016}} His second studio album, Write My Song, was released in August 2006, from PureSprings Gospel.{{cite journal|first=Selwyn|last=Crawford|title=Music Reviews: 'Write My Song' by Marcus Cole |journal=The Dallas Morning News |date=February 10, 2007 |access-date=February 4, 2016|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1876&dat=20070204&id=-z4fAAAAIBAJ&pg=2940,3869697&hl=en}}{{cite web|first=Gerard|last=Bonner|title=Marcus Cole (Write My Song) |url=http://www.gospelflava.com/reviews/marcuscolewrite.html |publisher=Gospelflava |access-date=February 4, 2016}} This album was his breakthrough release upon the Billboard magazine charts, while it placed on the Gospel Albums chart, where it peaked at No. 34.{{cite magazine|magazine=Billboard|title=Marcus Cole : Awards |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/marcus-cole-mn0000954163/awards |publisher=AllMusic|access-date=February 4, 2016}}
Personal life
He currently lives with his family in West Haven, Connecticut, where he was the worship leader at Vertical Church.
Discography
- Chillin{{'}} Up in Heaven (1999)
- Write My Song (2006)
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20160204140728/http://riverphlo.com/artist/marcus-cole/ Record label website]
- [http://www.gospelflava.com/articles/marcuscoleinterview2006.html Gospelflava interview]
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Category:African-American songwriters
Category:African-American Christians
Category:Musicians from Michigan
Category:Musicians from Illinois
Category:Songwriters from Michigan
Category:Songwriters from Illinois