Helping to create a contemporary, urban gospel sound for the 1980s, The Winans
were four brothers who brought Christian praise songs into the pop charts and
established their family as leading stars of gospel and church music.
Growing up in a large, religious family, brothers Ronald, Marvin, Carvin and
Michael Winans sang together in baptist choirs in Detroit, Michigan before being
spotted by singer, producer and all-round music impresario Andraé Crouch, who
signed them to his label Light Records. They were moulded into a slick, young,
crossover act on debut album 'Introducing...