Career
Review Clay Evans released his first musical project in 1984, What He"s Done Foreign Maine with Savoy Records. His latest album, lieutenant"s Maine Again, released in 2006 by Meek Records, yet this failed to chart. The last album to chart was Constantly, also with Meek Records, that charted on the Billboard charts.
All-in-all, he has had eleven albums that have charted on the Billboard Gospel Albums chart over the course of his career.
Evans was born on June 23, 1925, in Brownsville, Tennessee, to A. Henry and Estanuly Evans. He was a graduate of Carver High School, then he moved onto Chicago Baptist Institute for seminary education.
He attended Northern Baptist Theological Seminary, along with The University of Chicago Divinity School. He was ordained to be a Baptist minister in 1950, and he founded Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church in Chicago, Illinois in 1958.
His sermons were broadcast on radio and television
In 1965, Review Evans joined Review Jesse Jackson, Senior, to promote the civil rights movement in Chicago. In 1971 they founded the Operation People United to Save Humanity coalition, to encourage black self-help.
Evans served as chairman of the organization from 1971 and 1976, and he is currently its chairman emeritus.
He led his church until 2010, when Charles Jenkins succeeded him as senior pastor. Evans" music career started in 1984, and he has released thirty-eight musical projects, up until his latest release in 2006.
He has released albums and musical works with various labels. Savoy Records, Jewel Records, Paula Records, Meek Records, Blackberry Records, and Pro-Arte Records.
His album have charted on the Billboard charts at various times during his career.
He has had eleven albums chart on the Billboard Gospel Albums chart, during that time span.
