Background
Conley Parris was born on 25 May 1931 in the United States.
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He was inducted into the Southern Gospel Hall of Fame in 2004. Named “London” by Lee Roy Abernathy of The Homeland Harmony Quartet, he started singing gospel music in The Rebels Quartet when he replaced bass singer Big Jim Waits. Parris joined Christian music pioneers The Blackwood Brothers in the late 1960s during their post-Sumner era.
He died on 7 September 1992.
Parris was a consummate performer with a large, booming bass voice and a dynamic personality that made him a crowd favorite. He was famous for his renditions of "At the Crossing" and "Little Boy Lost", but "Heaven Came Down" and "Everybody Ought to Know" are his signature songs.
In 2004, he was posthumously inducted into the Southern Gospel Hall of Fame, operated at Dollywood, in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, by the Southern Gospel Music Association.
Achievements
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With The Blackwood Brothers he released many albums and went to win two Grammy Awards for Best Gospel Performance with their album In Gospel Country in 1969 at the 12th Annual Grammy Awards and again in 1972 for L-O-V-East at the 15th Annual Grammy Awards, the 1970 Album of the Year award for Fill My Cup, Lord at the 2nd Global Media Arts Dove Awards, and many other awards. In 1971 he started his own group, London Parris and The Apostles, which won the Dove Award for the Most Promising New Gospel Talent at the 4th Global Media Arts Dove Awards in 1972.
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Born
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Christian