James Hall

James Hall (born James Suggs on October 1, 1971) is an American gospel musician, organist, and music producer. Known as the “Duke of Gospel”. He started his music career, in 1994, with the release of God Is in Control with Intersound Records, and this charted on the Billboard magazine Gospel Albums chart. Hall has released six more albums with various labels that have charted on the Gospel Albums chart, and these were with Worship & Praise, which is the name of his choir he founded. He released an album with Voices of Citadel in 2010, Won't It Be Wonderful, that charted on the Gospel Albums chart.

Early life Hall was born James Suggs on October 1, 1971, in Brooklyn, New York, the youngest of eight siblings. He began singing at age five. He formed the choir Worship & Praise while he was in secondary school.

Music career In 1987, he founded Worship & Praise, (WAP) his own gospel singing ensemble. In 1992, the opportunity to perform a five minute spot on TV’s Bobby Jones Gospel came. It was just the break they had been looking for, as earlier that year WAP recorded their first project on the Tehilah Records label.

His music recording career began in 1994, with the release of two albums by Intersound Records, God Is in Control and King of Glory (1995), and those both placed on the Billboard magazine Gospel Albums chart at No. 10 and No. 12. The third album, According to James Hall, Chapter 3, was released on July 15, 1997 by CGI Records, The album, Trip Down Memory Lane, was released in 2012 by Entertainment One Music, and it placed upon two Billboard charts, the Gospel Albums at No. 6 and No. 49 on the Independent Albums chart.

Discography With Worship & Praise + List of selected studio albums, with selected chart positions Title Album details Peak chart positions USGosUSIndieUSHeatGod Is in Control Released: 1994

CD, digital download 10 – –King of Glory Released: 1995

CD, digital download 12 – –According to James Hall, Chapter 3 Released: 1997

CD, digital download 8 – –Live from New York at Lincoln Center Released: 1998

CD, digital download 10 – –We Are at War Released: 2001

CD, digital download 7 24 39Live at Foxwoods Released: 2007

CD, digital download 19 – –Trip Down Memory Lane Released: 2012

CD, digital download 6 49 –New Era Released: October 30, 2015

CD, digital download 2 23 – With Voices of Citadel + List of selected studio albums, with selected chart positions Title Album details Peak chart positions USGosUSHeatWon't It Be Wonderful Released: 2010

CD, digital download 5 46