Ann McCrary

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2021}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Ann McCrary | image = | caption = | image_size = | birth_name = Beverly Ann McCrary | alias = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1950|8|24|mf=y}} | birth_place = Nashville, Tennessee | origin = | instrument = vocals | genre = Gospel, Christian R&B, Christian pop, urban contemporary gospel, traditional black gospel | occupation = Singer, songwriter | years_active = 1988–present | label = Daywind | associated_acts = The McCrary Sisters, CBS Singers | website = }}

'''Beverly Ann McCrary''' (born August 24, 1950) is an American gospel musician and Christian R&B singer, who is a traditional black gospel, urban contemporary gospel, and Christian pop recording artist. She started her music career, in 1988, and released one studio album, ''Ann McCrary'', in 2002.

==Early life== She was born Beverly Ann McCrary,<ref name="AM Credits">{{cite journal |author=AllMusic |author-link=AllMusic |title=Beverly Ann McCrary : Credits |journal=AllMusic |access-date=February 19, 2016 |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/beverly-ann-mccrary-mn0002749293 |archive-date=March 14, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314211606/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/beverly-ann-mccrary-mn0002749293 |url-status=live }}</ref> on August 24, 1950, in Nashville, Tennessee's General Hospital, to father Reverend Samuel H. "Sam" McCrary, a founder of The Fairfield Four. McCrary was taught the song, "Since I Met Jesus", by Bessie Griffin, where this would come in handy at an impromptu concert that she got attendees to throw money at the stage, and this got herself and her father enough money to get home. Her youth and teenage music career was in the local Baptist, Catholic, and Methodist Mass Choirs. She got married in 1968, which derailed her music career, for her husband was in the military, making her a homemaker, until her psychological breakdown in Italy, during 1974. Her husband did not want her to attend church services, even threatening her with a gun, saying he was suicidal and would take his life. This left her without a church family, until their divorce in 1988.<ref name="GE">{{cite journal|title=Uncloudy Days: The Gospel Music Encyclopedia|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|first=Bil|last=Carpenter|access-date=February 19, 2015|year=2005|pages=[https://archive.org/details/uncloudydaysgosp00carp/page/286 286]–7 |url=https://archive.org/details/uncloudydaysgosp00carp|url-access=registration|quote=Ann McCrary Uncloudy Days.}}</ref>

==Music career== Her professional music career began in 1988, when she joined, The CBS Singers (Cousins, Brothers, Sisters), that her family members were a part of during this timeframe.<ref name="GE"/> This would obtain her session work with other gospel musicians, eventually leading to a recording contract. She released, ''Ann McCrary'', on November 19, 2002,<ref name="AM Rating">{{cite web |author-link=AllMusic |title=Ann McCrary – Ann McCrary |website=AllMusic |access-date=February 19, 2016 |date=November 19, 2002 |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/ann-mccrary-mw0000228362 |archive-date=March 14, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314211548/http://www.allmusic.com/album/ann-mccrary-mw0000228362 |url-status=live }}</ref> with Daywind Music Group.<ref name="CR Review">{{cite journal|first=Brian|last=Carr|title=Review: Ann McCrary – Ann McCrary |journal=Cross Rhythms |access-date=February 19, 2016 |date=July 1, 2003 |url=http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/products/Ann_McCrary/Ann_McCrary/7154/}}</ref><ref name="GF Review">{{cite web |first=Stan |last=North |title=Reviews – Ann McCrary |publisher=Gospelflava |access-date=February 19, 2016 |date=November 19, 2002 |url=http://www.gospelflava.com/reviews/annmccrary.html |archive-date=December 25, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241225022818/https://www.gospelflava.com/reviews/annmccrary.html |url-status=live }}</ref> They would eventually start a group, The McCrary Sisters, in 2010.<ref name="HS">{{cite news |first=Rob |last=Adams |title=Ann McCrary on how sisters got in on the act |journal=The Herald |url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts_ents/13114241.Ann_McCrary_on_how_sisters_got_in_on_the_act/ |access-date=February 19, 2016 |date=July 17, 2013 |archive-date=March 2, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160302104900/http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts_ents/13114241.Ann_McCrary_on_how_sisters_got_in_on_the_act/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Discography== ;Studio albums * ''Ann McCrary'' (November 19, 2002, Daywind)

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/artists/Ann_McCrary/6438/ ''Cross Rhythms'' artist profile]

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