Regie Hamm

{{Infobox musical artist | name = Regie Hamm | background = solo_singer | image = | caption = | birth_name = Regie Glenn Hamm | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|5|1}} | origin = Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. | genre = {{hlist|Pop|Christian music}} | occupation = {{hlist|Singer-songwriter|musician|producer}} | years_active = 1990s-present | label = Tate Records<br>Tate Music Group }}

'''Regie Hamm''' (born May 1, 1967) is an American singer-songwriter. He has credits as a songwriter, producer, musician (keys, drums, vocals), and artist.<ref name="autogenerated2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/regie-hamm-mn0000458178|title=Regie Hamm Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More ...|website=AllMusic}}</ref>

==Early and personal life== Regie Hamm's father was a traveling Pentecostal minister. He played drums in his father's band at an early age and left for college.<ref name="autogenerated2"/> He is married to Yolanda and they adopted a girl from China, whom they named Isabella. Isabella has a rare genetic disorder called Angelman syndrome, which causes severe development delays. They also have a son, Gabe.

==Singing career== After college, Hamm began to have songwriting success. He has had songs recorded by artists including Kenny Loggins, Maxi Priest, Bob Carlisle, Jaci Velasquez, and Clay Crosse. He wrote "I Surrender All," one of the most popular Christian songs of the 90s and recorded by Clay Crosse.<ref name=autogenerated2 /><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.cbn.com/700club/guests/bios/Regie-Hamm-072710.aspx|title = Regie Hamm interview on The 700 Club|website=Cbn.com}}</ref> Hamm released a solo-CD entitled ''American Dreams'' on Universal South Records in 2003, and the CD had the Top 20 AC hit entitled "Babies." The song gained mainstream popularity after it was featured on Delilah Rene's nationally syndicated love-songs program.

SESAC's website reports that Hamm's new EP, titled ''Starlight'', was released in conjunction with the ''American Idol'' finale on his website and shortly afterwards on iTunes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sesac.com/news_detail.aspx?news_ID=445|title=SESAC – News Content|website=Sesac.com}}</ref>

==Songwriting career== In 2008, Hamm wrote a song called "The Time of My Life" at the encouragement of his wife, Yolanda, an avid ''American Idol'' fan. He submitted the song for the ''American Idol'' Songwriting Competition, and won. It was the song David Cook sang as his finale and the first single for Cook, the winner of the show's seventh season.<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite news| url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2008-05-20-idol-songwriter_N.htm | work=USA Today | first=Edna | last=Gundersen | title='Time' is now for American Idol Songwriter winner | date=May 21, 2008}}</ref> The RIAA certified "The Time of My Life" as platinum on December 12, 2008 meaning it sold over 1 million digital downloads.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=&artist=Cook,%20David&format=&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2008&sort=Artist&perPage=25%22 |title=RIAA - Gold & Platinum Searchable Database - November 02, 2015 |website=Recording Industry Association of America |accessdate=May 28, 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151102102629/http://riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=&artist=Cook%2C%20David&format=&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2008&sort=Artist&perPage=25%22 |archivedate=November 2, 2015 }}</ref> The song was particularly successful on U.S. adult radio and reached number one on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart.

Hamm has written for Clay Aiken and Lonestar.<ref name=autogenerated1 /><ref name=autogenerated2/> He has had over 400 cuts as a songwriter and has been named SESAC songwriter of the year four times.<ref name="autogenerated2" /> Hamm has a solo album titled ''Set It on Fire'' and a book titled ''Angels & Idols'', which were to be released on June 15, 2010.<ref>[http://www.cbn.com/cbnmusic/interviews/Carpenter_regiehamm_angelsidols.aspx Regie Hamm on Angels and Idols], ''CBN.com''.</ref>{{Update after|2018|2|20}} In February 2016, he wrote "We Got Lucky", a song with Army veteran Scott Sullivan, a physician assistant who served in heavy combat in Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq at a front-line aid station whch received multiple combat patients.

==Discography== ===Albums=== *''American Dreams'' (Universal South Records, 2003) *''Set It On Fire'' (2010)

==Awards and nominations== {| class="wikitable" ! Award !! Year |- | SESAC Writer of the Year || 1995 1996 1997 2000 |- | American Idol Songwriter || 2008 |- | Dove Award Nomination || 1995 1996 2002 |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140105203609/http://www.regiehamm.com|title=Official site|date=January 5, 2014}}

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