Tamela Mann

thumb Tamela Jean Mann (née Johnson; born June 9, 1966) is an American gospel singer and actress. She began her career as a singer with the gospel group Kirk Franklin and the Family. Quotes Hi, my name is Tamela Mann. I am an artist, singer, actress, mother, wife, grandmother, songwriter, oh my goodness, entrepreneur—I’ve just started my own clothing line—but foremost, I am a true believer and I’m a child of the King. Growing up in the church, I started singing at eight years old. Well, after going to rehearsals with my older siblings doing choir rehearsal, I kind of found myself standing on the side of the choir stand on the floor. They would be up in the stand, and I’d be singing along. And I really kind of fell in love with it. And the musician heard me singing and learning the parts, so he encouraged me. And I started singing with the youth choir, even though then when I was singing it was called The Sunshine Band for the Kids. But then I started singing along with them in rehearsal. By the time I was twelve, I was in the senior choir, and I think I really found my place. It’s something that I loved. And I kind of realized at twelve that this is something that I could do. But at first, they had some older singers and a couple of them got married and they moved and went off to churches with them. So they brought me in, and then I started singing with this other group. I background sang with Willie Stewart, then I background sang with James Moore, and then every time Mattie Moss Clark and Twinkie Clark would come to town, I would always go and be a part, the director would always include me and take me to be a part of the workshop. I thank God for Him living in me and giving me the opportunity to represent Him, and my thing is always to represent Him well. And I want to make my heavenly Father—I want to be pleasing unto His sight. I just want Him to be proud of me. But even in the industry that we work in—TV, movie stuff—some of the senses can get kind of crazy. But we chose to let Him be the light in our lives and set the tone of what we would like to be around us. Creatively Bringing Hope & Joy Toward a Brighter Day: David and Tamela Mann and Laura Story External links Category:Women singers from the United States Category:Actresses from the United States Category:Living people Category:1966 births Category:Women born in the 1960s Category:Gospel singers Category:African Americans