Donnie McClurkin
- Actor
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Music Department
Donnie McClurkin is a gospel vocalist with the soul of Andraé Crouch
and the contemporary flair of Kirk Franklin. Born into a home filled
with domestic violence and drug abuse, McClurkin was saved by an aunt
who sang background vocals with Crouch himself. After staying close to
Crouch throughout his boyhood, he began to play piano and sing with his
church youth choir. He formed the McClurkin Singers by the time he was
a teenager, and later formed another group, the New York Restoration
Choir. Hired as an associate minister at Marvin Winans' Perfecting
Church in 1989, with his vocals during a seminar, McClurkin endured a
bout of leukemia that year. A friendship with a Warner Alliance
executive resulted in his signing to the label for his 1996 self-titled
LP, with producers Mark Kibble (of Take 6), Cedric and Victor Maxwell
plus Andraé Crouch.
