Harris, Larnelle

Harris, Larnelle (1947, Danville, KY) A singer of what is often called “inspirational music,” Larnelle Harris rose to prominence in the last two decades of the twentieth century, as a commercially successful performer of gospel music that tends toward the easy listening end of the adult contemporary spectrum. His mellifluous vocal style is sometimes compared to that of mainstream artists such as Johnny Mathis. His repertoire has favored hymns and ballads, though he has also recorded a sampling…