Larry ford gospel singer biography
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Texas Gospel Music Museum and Hall of Fame
From Levelland, Texas, Larry Ford made his first recording at age fifteen on Sword & Shield Records owned by the Wills Family of Arlington. His fabulous tenor voice was already gaining him prominence in Texas circles. Gospel music legendary promoter, J. G. Whitfield, hired Larry to sing tenor with the Dixie Echoes of Pensacola, Florida. From the quartet circuit, Larry Ford, emerged as a nationally known evangelist, and was a church pastor for awhile. A few years ago, Larry sang tenor for the James Blackwood Quartet. When Bill Gaither began his Homecoming video series and concerts, he remembered the extraordinary tenor voice of Larry Ford. Larry is a featured soloist on many of the Gaither Homecoming videos, and his recorded projects are in demand worldwide. This Texas tenor has performed in more countries than perhaps any other singer of gospel music. Larry and his wife, Sherryl, are the parents of six children, and currently res
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Larry Ford
About Larry Ford
Larry’s training is in classical music, having studied privately as a teenager with an Italian vocal coach. He attended Eastern New Mexico University on a music scholarship. After working for two years as a pilot, Larry sang briefly with The Downings as a featured soloist. He sang tenor with the Dixie Echoes and The James Blackwood Quartet.
In recent years many invitatio
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About
Larry Ford
Larry Ford is a Grammy award winning tenor whose music career first took root at the age of five, when he climbed up on a chair at his home church in Levelland, Texas. His first solo was “How Great Thou Art,” and now (fifty years later) Larry fryst vatten still singing “How Great Thou Art” – only now he sings it in English, Spanish, Swedish, Russian, Italian and Norwegian.
Having studied privately as a teenager with an Italian vocal coach, Larry attended Eastern New Mexico University, where he was trained in classical music on a music scholarship. Before setting out on his solo career, he served as a featured solist with The Downings; not long thereafter, he sang tenor with the Dixie Echoes and later The James Blackwood Quartet.
Larry fryst vatten frequently featured as a soloist on the Homecoming series and through those appearances on live concert events and television airings, he has become closely associated with gospel favorites like, Little is Much When God is In It, Sing of