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{{Notability|Music|date=May 2008}} |
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{{Infobox musical artist |
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|name = Maxx Frank |
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|background = solo_singer |
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|birth_name = Clarence N. Frank |
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|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1966|06|25}} |
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|origin = [[Hammond, Indiana]], [[USA]] |
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|genre = [[Gospel music|Gospel]],<br>[[Contemporary Christian music|Contemporary Christian]], <br> [[Worship music|Inspirational/Worship]], [R&B], [Pop] |
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'''Maxx Frank ''' is a keyboardist, songwriter, arranger, and a former member of the award-winning gospel performing group [[Commissioned (gospel group)|Commissioned]].<ref name="Carpenter2005">{{cite book|last=Carpenter|first=Bil|title=Uncloudy Days: the Gospel Music Encyclopedia|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=tDYftTBTFyEC&pg=PA98|accessdate=11 May 2011|year=2005|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|isbn=978-0-87930-841-4|page=98}}</ref> |
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==Early years== |
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Maxx Frank was born Clarence N. Frank on June 25, 1966 in [[Hammond, Indiana]]. He is the son of a 6th grade school teacher and [[U.S. Marine Corps|Marine]] and a [[Church of God in Christ]] [[pastor]]. Maxx began playing the piano at the age of 3 years old and by the age of 12 was the main organist at his father's church. He is the 5th child of 7 siblings. He is happily married to the lovely and talented Sonya Renee Frank and together they are the parents of seven children: Torrence, Amillio, Bryce, Alexx, Arielle, Ashlee, and Carrington Frank. Maxx has a love for music that expands across culture and genre. He plays drums, organ, piano, and saxophone. |
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==Musical career== |
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Maxx began his professional career with the [[Gospel music]] group, [[The Winans]] 1985-1989. Later he joined the gospel group [[Commissioned (gospel group)|Commissioned]] 1990-1997. |
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He has produced and written songs for Commissioned, [[Fred Hammond]], [[Carman]], [[The Winans]], [[98 Degrees]], Handel’s Messiah, Jesse Campbell, Dawkins & Dawkins, The Whispers, and [[Yolanda Adams]]. He has also produced and written over 700+ jingles for television and radio commercials. {{Citation needed|date=December 2007}} |
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==Influences== |
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His influences are Organist/Pastor Elder David Blakely his son David Allen Blakely, [[Thomas Whitfield]], [[The Winans]], George Shearing, [[Duke Ellington]], [[Count Basie]], [[Quincy Jones]], [[Twinkie Clark]], Charles Guyger, [[Stevie Wonder]]. {{Citation needed|date=December 2007}} |
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He has founded the production company named “Rock You 1 Entertainment.” |
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==Footnotes== |
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| NAME =Frank, Maxx |
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| DATE OF BIRTH =June 25, 1966 |
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Frank, Maxx}} |
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[[Category:American gospel singers]] |
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[[Category:Urban contemporary gospel musicians]] |
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[[Category:American Christians]] |
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[[Category:American Pentecostals]] |
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[[Category:Members of the Church of God in Christ]] |
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[[Category:People from Hammond, Indiana]] |
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[[Category:Living people]] |
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[[Category:1966 births]] |
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