Cynthia Clawson
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Cynthia Clawson, born October 11, 1948, in Houston, Texas, is an American gospel singer who began performing at age three in her father's church. She graduated from Howard Payne University in 1970 and gained prominence after headlining the CBS Newcomers show in 1971, which led to a recording contract with Buryl Red. Clawson released several albums, including In the Garden (1974), The Way I Feel (1977), and A Private Showing (1980). In 1981, she won a Grammy Award for Best Gospel Performance, Contemporary Or Inspirational for "The Lord's Prayer" with Andrae Crouch. Her rendition of "Softly and Tenderly" was featured in the soundtrack of the Academy Award-winning movie The Trip to Bountiful in 1985. Clawson has received five Dove Awards and fifteen nominations, along with an honorary degree from Howard Payne University in 2007.
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- Softly And Tenderly
- Spirit Shine
- Suite: For The Beauty Of The Earth/This Is My Father's World/Then I Saw You
- Nativity Suite: Good Christians All Rejoice/Angels We Have Heard On High/Away In A Manger/The First
- How Far Is It To Bethlehem/O Little Town Of Bethlehem
- O Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go
- If All I Know Is Love
- Let Me Get Lost In Your Love
- Oh
- Unbelievable
- Carols
- Precious Memories by Cynthia Clawson
- Church In The Wildwood featuring Cynthia Clawson
- Softley And Tenderly
- Go Rest High On That Mountain featuring Tanya Goodman-Sykes
- Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence
- Hot Fire
- My Faith Has Found A Resting Place
- Words Will Never Do
- One More Dayspring
- Send The Fire
- Suite: There Is A Balm In Gilead/Day By Day/I Need Thee Every Hour/There Is A Balm In Gilead (Repris
- Go Rest High On That Mountain by Cynthia Clawson
- Tell Me The Story Of Jesus featuring Cynthia Clawson
