Andrae Crouch Becomes the Go-To Producer for Pop & Hollywood
Andre Crouch brought the gospel sound to the music of Michael Jackson and Madonna.
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Andrae Crouch Becomes the Go-To Producer for Pop & Hollywood
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Andre Crouch brought the gospel sound to the music of Michael Jackson and Madonna.
Andrae Crouch becomes the go-to producer for pop and Hollywood -- bringing the gospel sound to the music of Michael Jackson and Madonna, as well as an Oscar-nominated classic.
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Corporate support for GOSPEL was provided by Bank of America. Major funding support was provided by the Lilly Endowment Inc., Gilead Sciences, Inc., the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the Emerson...
Andrae Crouch Becomes the Go-To Producer for Pop & Hollywood
Clip: Episode 3 | 1m 26sVideo has Closed Captions
Andrae Crouch becomes the go-to producer for pop and Hollywood -- bringing the gospel sound to the music of Michael Jackson and Madonna, as well as an Oscar-nominated classic.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship(lively gospel music) - He toured voraciously, doing forty dates and forty-two nights in the South Pacific.
♪ You will see a sunny train ♪ - He would play anywhere and any time.
He felt this compulsion to spread the Word.
♪ Right now ♪ ♪ Right now ♪ (audience cheers) - He starts to minister to crowds that maybe never listened to gospel music before.
- That's when we see him partnering with Michael Jackson to do "Man in the Mirror," or him with Madonna doing "Like A Prayer."
(upbeat pop music) ♪ Just like a prayer ♪ ♪ I'll take you there ♪ ♪ It's like a dream to me ♪ - [Interviewer] What made it a hit?
- Us.
It was what we were singing.
Just like a prayer?
What?
I'll take you there.
♪ I'll take you there ♪ ♪ I'll take you there ♪ ♪ It's like a dream to me ♪ - Andraé Crouch is now a part of this media culture of the 80s.
(lively gospel music) ♪ I hear you, Lord ♪ - He had his hand in, also, the film and television industry.
Quincy Jones is over that "Color Purple" project, so he knows to call Andraé Crouch.
Everyone knows, whether the choir's in LA, call Andraé.
♪ Sing to me, Lord ♪ ♪ I'm trying to tell you something ♪ ♪ Right now ♪ ♪ Right now ♪
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Corporate support for GOSPEL was provided by Bank of America. Major funding support was provided by the Lilly Endowment Inc., Gilead Sciences, Inc., the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the Emerson...