Donald Lawrence & the Tri-City Singers

Come Lay Your Head On Me - Donald Lawrence & the Tri-City Singers


Come Lay Your Head On Me 2 - Donald Lawrence & the Tri-City Singers


Praise and Worship - Donald Lawrence & the Tri-City Singers


I Am God - Donald Lawrence and the Tri-City Singers

Donald Lawrence was born on May 4, 1958. He studied at Cincinnati Conservatory, where he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in music. While in Cincinnati, he was also the Minister of Music at the Southern Baptist Church on Reading Road. To his credit, Donald's musicality has seen many incarnations, as vocal coach to the R&B group En Vogue, musical director for Stephanie Mills, songwriter for The Clark Sisters, and producer for a host of artists including Peabo Bryson and Kirk Franklin. Donald Lawrence has been an inspiration to many.

Lawrence took on The Tri-City Singers after a friend vacated his position as musical director. The three cities that The Tri-City Singers come from are Spartanburg, SC, Gastonia, NC, and Charlotte, NC. The group debuted in 1993 with A Songwriter's Point Of View on a then-brand-new independent record label called GospoCentric Records. The set debuted at #2 on the Billboard Top Gospel Charts.
The group's follow-up release Bible Stories would top those same charts when it arrived in 1995. It was the first to be billed as Donald Lawrence & The Tri-City Singers and featured black church-ubiquitous hits such as "A Message For The Saints", "I Am God" and "Stranger". The album was released on Lawrence's newly minted label Crystal Rose Records which was distributed through Sparrow Records.

Donald Lawrence & The Tri-City Singers - Encourage Yourself


God's Favor- Donald Lawrence and Tri City

LeJuene Thompson - Cast Your Cares


And Yet I'm Still Saved- Donald Lawrence & Tri City


It's Your Time- D Lawrence & Tri-City Singers Finale- Part 1


It's Your Time- D Lawrence & Tri-City Singers Finale- Part 2

In 1997, Donald Lawrence produced the live portion of Karen Clark Sheard's Grammy-nominated Finally Karen debut. Lawrence & Tri-City also released the seasonal Hello Christmas the same year. Later, Lawrence signed a contract with the Island Records imprint Island Inspirational. Though a live recording did take place for release, the album never materialized.
In 2000, Donald Lawrence & The Tri-City Singers signed to EMI Gospel. To promote the new album, a maxi CD of the lead single "Testify" to the mainstream. House remixes by Junior Vasquez sent the song to #33 on Billboard's Mainstream Dance Charts. When tri-city4.com was finally released in late summer 2000, the set peaked at #2 on Billboard's Top Gospel Charts and #13 on Billboard's Heatseekers Charts. The album also got a profile boost from the all-star standout "God's Favor", featuring vocal turns from Karen Clark Sheard, Kim Burrell, and Kelly Price.
In March 2006, The Tri-City Singers announced that they would retire, but not before one last live recording. Finale: Act One and Finale: Act Two were released simultaneously on April 4, 2006.

Brenda Lowe - Somebody Somewhere Was Praying For Me

KIRK FRANKLIN(GOD'S PROPERTY) - LOVE(REARRANGED)

Prayer - Secret Garden

My Prayer For The World