Career
He started his music career, in 1981, with the release, Everything"s Alright, that was released by Savoy Records. He would release thirteen albums with ten labels, Savoy Records Word Records, Epic Records, Intersound Records, Meek Records, Utopia Music Group, Icee Records, MCG Records, Cosmo Sounds Music Group, and Grammercy Records. Hayes released five albums that charted on the Billboard magazine Gospel Albums chart, Turn lieutenant over to Jesus in 1989 with Intersound Records, 1992"s I"ll Never Forget with Savoy Gospel Records, 2002"s Rise & Sing Forever with Meek Records, The Remix in 2005 with Icee Records, and 2012"s Back Again with Cosmo Sounds Music Group.
The album, The Remix, placed on three more Billboard charts Rhythm & Blues Albums, Independent Albums, and Heatseekers Albums.
Hayes was born on December 10, 1937 in Verbena, Alabama as Charles George Hayes to parents Will Hayes and Mamie Lee Hayes. He was a graduate of Siluria Junior.
High School and Prentice High School in Montevallo, Alabama. At 18 years old, Hayes relocated to Chicago, Illinois, where he was ordained on August 31, 1957, at 19 years old to be a minister.
He founded the Cosmopolitan Church of Prayer when he was 21 on April 28, 1959, which the first service occurred at Morris Jackson"s home down in the basement.
This was at 634 Woodland Park in Chicago at this time. After a short while, he relocated the church to Cottage Grove Avenue.</ref name="Magnetic Resonance"/> He did an evening radio program to reach listeners, who could not come to his church. He got an honorary doctorate of human letters bestowed upon him from Saint Martins College and Seminary during September 1974.
He commenced his recording music career in 1981, with the release of Everything"s Alright with Savoy Records.
His thirteen albums made the Billboard magazine Gospel Albums chart, for five of those releases. Those releases are the following.
Turn lieutenant over to Jesus in 1989 with Intersound Records at Number. 12, Number. 6 for I"ll Never Forget with Savory Gospel in 1992, 2002"s Rise & Sing Forever at Number.
22 with Meek Records, The Remix with Icee Records in 2005 peaking at Number.
3, and 2012"s Back Again at Number. 21 with Cosmo Sounds Records. The album, The Remix, placed on three more Billboard charts at Number.
55 on the Rhythm & Blues Albums, Number.
25 on the Independent Albums, and Number. 15 on the Heatseekers Albums.
