Artist description BORN JAMES CHRISTOPHER KELLEY IN PATERSON NEW JERSEY. HE WAS RAISED, ALONG WITH ONE OF HIS SIBILINGS AS A FOSTER CHILD. FORTUNATELY HE WAS RAISED IN TWO CHRISTIAN FOSTER HOMES. ONE FROM THE AGE OF 4/months to 5yrs old. THE OTHER FROM 5yrs/6months until GRADUATING FROM EASTSIDE(THE GHOST)H.S. AT 18yrs OLD AND JOINING THE MARINES. HE CONSIDERS HIMSELF BLESSED BECAUSE HE COULD'VE BEEN RAISED IN AN ORPHANAGE, OR SHUFFLED AROUND FROM HOUSE TO HOUSE. JAMES KNEW THAT MUSIC WAS GOING TO BE APART OF HIS LIFE AT A VERY EARLY AGE. AS EARLY AS TWO YRS OF AGE. MUSIC WAS AROUND HIM ALL THE TIME. FROM THE CHURCH, TO LISTENING TO HIS FOSTER SISTERS RECORDS FROM THE 60's, 70's etc. HE ENJOYED THE SOUND OF THE CHOIR AND THE MUSICIANS MAKING A JOYFUL NOISE UNTO THE LORD, AND MANY OTHER GOSPEL ARTIST OF THE EARLY DAYS AND THE PRESENT.THE SOUNDS OF MOTOWN(THE JACKSON 5, THE TEMPTATIONS ETC...) THE MOMENTS(RAY, GOODMAN & BROWN) CURTIS MAYFIELD, CHANGE FEATURING LUTHER VANDROSS, SLAVE, SHALAMAR, SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE,EARTH WIND AND FIRE, SWITCH, DeBARGE, LIVING IN THE BOX, 5 STAIRSTEPS ELVIS PRESLEY, SONNY AND CHER, TOM JONES, ENGLEBERT HUMPERDINK, BARRY WHITE, FRANK SINATRA, PERRY CUOMO GLADYS KNIGHT AND THE PIPS etc. CLASSICAL MUSIC, COUNTRY, JAZZ AND SOME OF THE MUSIC OF TODAY. HAVING THIS LOVE FOR MUSIC, HE RECALLS, AND WAS CONSTANTLY REMINDED, AS HE GREW UP AND WOULD GO VISIT AN ELDERLY LOVED ONE, HOW HE USED TO WRITE SONGS WHEN HE BARELY COULD WRITE.JAMES KNEW THAT MUSIC HAD A VERY POWERFUL IMPACT ON PEOPLE, HE KNEW HE WANTED TO WRITE SONGS THAT WOULD HAVE A POSITIVE EFFECT ON PEOPLES LIVES. STILL INSPIRED, AND A LOVER OF ALL TYPES OF MUSIC HE CONTINUES TO WRITE INSPIRATIONAL, SONGS WITH A MESSAGE, AND POSITIVE LOVE SONGS. PEOPLE MAY ASK HOW CAN HE BE INSPIRED BY ALL TYPES OF MUSIC? JAMES BELIEVES MUSIC IS A GIFT GIVEN TO US BY GOD, AND THAT IT'S PEOPLE THAT CORRUPTS WHAT GOD HAS GIVEN US TO ENJOY. JAMES, ALONG WITH HIS WIFE VALERY, WHO BACKS HIM UP AND IS ALSO A SINGER, AND POET, HAS FINISHED HIS FIRST RECORDING PROJECT, LOVE A SPECIAL GIFT. THIS PROJECT WILL BRING YOU TESTIMONIAL LYRICS, AND DIVERSE MELODIES INSPIRED BY THE SOUNDS JAMES LISTENED TO IN THE PAST AND PRESENT. " I PRAY THESE SONGS WILL TOUCH YOUR HEART AS THEY'VE TOUCHED MY HEART WHILE WRITING THEM. GOD IS THE ALPHA AND OMEGA IN THESE SONGS BECAUSE HE'S THE ONE WHO INSPIRED MY HEART TO WRITE. THANK YOU. JAMES C. KELLEY SR.

Music Style Gospel

Instruments Vocals

Location Havelock, NC - USA

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