He was the First African-American Executive to be employed by Word Records, Light Records and Benson Records.
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In the early 70’s, Word Records hired the Oakland native as its Director of Promotions for Black Radio
Their first full length recording was "I’m Too Near Home", initially released in 1963 and later re-released on Canaan/Word Records in 1965.
2007 also marked Grant's departure from her long-time Contemporary Christian Music record label, Word Records, and her new deal with EMI's Sparrow Records.
Released in late 1995, "WOW 1996" was the first in the WOW series and the first recording put together by the three major Christian record companies of the time: Word Records (now Word Entertainment), Sparrow Records (now part of EMI Christian Music Group), and Reunion Records (now part of Sony's Provident Label Group).
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They have toured with Jeremy Camp and Audio Adrenaline on the strength of independent albums, then rode the popularity of their first Word Records release, These Simple Truths, to a Dove Award for Best New Artist and a nomination for Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year.