This is track 4 from the 1985 album "Timothy Wright Live at the Washington Temple C.O.G.I.C., Brooklyn, New York.
Lead by Timothy Wright
BY REQUEST
Known as the Godfather of Gospel Music, Timothy Wright was born on June 17, 1947 in Brooklyn, New York. He was reared in Bedford-Stuyvesant.

He started on piano at age 12, and sang and composed for his church choir as a teenager at the St. John's Fire Baptized Holiness Church of God in Brooklyn. He played piano for Bishop F. D. Washington and Rev. Isaac Douglas in the 1960s and 1970s, including on recordings, and he formed his own gospel ensemble in the mid-1970s, the Timothy Wright Concert Choir. He eventually founded and became pastor of the Pentecostal Grace Tabernacle Christian Center Church of God in Christ located in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, and issued albums regularly. He recorded the beloved "Trouble Don't Last Always" and "You Must Come In At The Door".

His 1994 album "Come Thou Almighty King", with the New York Fellowship Mass Choir, made Billboard's Top 20 chart for gospel albums and was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album, as was his 1999 release "Been There Done That".

On July 4, 2008, Wright was critically injured in a car crash on Interstate 80 in Pennsylvania, a crash which killed his wife (Betty) and 14 year old grandson as well as the driver of the oncoming car.

He died April 24, 2009 at the Bronx VA Medical Center, as a result of these injuries, at the age of 61.

"He brought people together in worship, in music and in fellowship," Mayor Michael Bloomberg said. "He was a great New Yorker and a great American who served our country in uniform and dedicated his life to helping others."

Gov. David Paterson said Wright "was a pillar to his community, rousing from the pulpit and a true representative of the bold spirit that continues to make New York great."
He is survived by five sons: Danny, Donny, David, Derrick, and Dwayne. He is greatly missed.


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