|
William Suggs Jr.
|
Q. What is the nicest thing anyone has ever said to you about your singing?
A. People tell me I am a “famous king” as a talented signed music singer. But the most important thing that people say is that my music is beautiful and makes people more inspired by God, and causes them to cry and causes their heart to be touched.
Q. What is your favorite church song?
A. My favorite is “How Great Thou Art,” but some people like “Holy, Holy, Holy” and Bishop Peggy Johnson likes “Sweet Little Jesus Boy.”
Q. Do you sing in the shower?
A. Don’t sing in shower but I often sign sing when I lay down on my mattress. Before I was blind I worked at Social Security Administration and I would often sing in the restroom. I sing in people’s cars … anywhere.
Q. What song is most fun for you to sign (karaoke is not a deaf experience for him)?
A. “Worthy True”
|
Enrique Sanchez-Jeffery:
 |
Q. What is the nicest thing anyone has ever said to you about your singing?
A. After a Christmas concert, this lady came up and said, “I was having a really horrible day.” Her mother died. When I sang “The Angel Song,” she felt I was singing the song directly to her. It gave her peace. It made her realize God was still on the throne and he didn’t make any mistakes.
Q. What is your favorite church song?
A. “He looked beyond my fault and saw my need.”
Q. Do you sing in the shower?
A. You know what, no, I don’t, actually.
Q. Who would you compare yourself to as a singer?
A. If I were to compare myself to anyone, it would be a (gospel) singer named Darryl Coley.
Q. What song would you choose at a karaoke party?
A. “You and I” by Stevie Wonder. It just flows. The words are very beautiful
|
the Rev. Charlene Harris Allen:
 |
Q. What is the nicest thing anyone has ever said to you about your singing?
A. I think, probably one of the nicest things was that they felt closer to God.
Q. What is your favorite church song?
A. “It is well with my soul.”
Q. Do you sing in the shower?
A. No, the bathtub.
Q. Who would you compare yourself to as a singer?
A. I always loved Barbra Streisand, and did her music for a while and still do. People have compared me to Barbra Streisand and Sandi Patti. I think I sound like me.
Q. What song would you choose at a karaoke party?
A. There’s a song that’s my husband and my song for a number of years. That’s Bryan Adam’s “Everything I do, I do it for you.”
|
Greta Oglesby
 |
Q. What is the nicest thing anyone has ever said to you about your singing?
A. Wow. I really can’t think of any one thing someone has said. I have been told many times that I am a good singer.
Q. What is your favorite church song?
A. “Great is Thy Faithfulness”
Q. Do you sing in the shower?
A. All the time! I have to vocalize everyday because I am in a production right now that is all singing.
Q. Who would you compare yourself to as a singer?
A. I don’t compare myself to anyone but I love CeCe Winans.
Q. What song would you choose at a karaoke party?
A. “Proud Mary” by Tina Turner
|
Fran Wilson
 |
Q. What is the nicest thing anyone has ever said to you about your singing?
A. When I was in the little boy’s trio for 4H we won a blue ribbon so that made me think we were pretty good. People tell me all the time that I have a good voice.
Q. What is your favorite church song?
A. “Beautiful Savior,” “ It is Well With My Soul,” “What a Friend We Have in Jesus”
Q. Do you sing in the shower?
A. Don’t really sing in the shower, the water gets in my way.
Q. Who would you compare yourself to as a singer?
A. I don’t really compare myself to any singer but I admire George Beverly Shea, Tennessee Ernie Ford, the Gaither Show.
Q. What song would you choose at a karaoke party?
A. I doubt they would have the background music, but I would choose “Don’t Wait for the Hearse to Take You to Church” by James Dean Hicks.
|
|