LaShun Pace
LaShun Pace | |
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| Birth name | Tarrian LaShun Pace |
| Born | September 6, 1961 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
| Died | March 21, 2022 (aged 60) |
| Genres | Gospel |
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| Instrument | Vocals |
| Years active | 1976–2022 |
| Labels | |
| Website | singlashun |
Tarrian LaShun Pace (September 6, 1961 – March 21, 2022),[1] sometimes credited as LaShun Pace-Rhodes or Shun Pace-Rhodes, was an American gospel singer–songwriter. Pace was also a Stellar Award winner[citation needed] and evangelist.
Biography
Born to Bishop M.J. Pace and Bettie Ann Pace in Atlanta, Georgia, Pace was raised in a small community called Poole Creek. Pace first emerged during the mid–1970s, performing solo and later alongside her siblings in the group The Anointed Pace Sisters (Duranice, Phyllis, June, Melonda, Dejuaii, Leslie, Latrice, and Lydia).
Pace's singing and ministering skills were further honed while she toured with the Rev. Gene Martin and the Action Revival Team, and in 1988 she recorded In the House of the Lord with Dr. Jonathan Greer and the Cathedral of Faith Church of God in Christ Choirs for Savoy Records. The label signed Pace as a solo artist soon after, and in 1990 she issued her debut He Lives, which reached the number two spot on the Billboard gospel charts and featured her signature song "I Know I've Been Changed"; the follow-up, Shekinah Glory, appeared in 1993. Three years later in 1996, Pace returned with Wealthy Place; with well known song “Act Like You Know” featuring Karen Clark Sheard, from the legendary Clark Sisters. In addition to successive releases including 1998's Just Because God Said It, she also enjoyed a career as an actress, most notably co-starring as the Angel of Mercy in the 1992 Steve Martin film Leap of Faith.[2]
In 2003, Pace authored an autobiography entitled For My Good But For His Glory in which she discussed a wide range of topics, including the death of her first-born daughter, Xenia who died of a literal heart break [citation needed]. Pace was inducted into the Christian Music Hall of Fame[3] in 2007. She was to be at the official presentation ceremony with numerous other guests to be formally inducted, but fell ill and was unable to attend. In 2009, LaShun was nominated for Urban Performer of the Year in the Visionary Awards. Winners were to be announced live during the 2009 Christian Music Hall of Fame Awards Show[4] on November 14, 2009.
Illness and death
Pace had been on dialysis for several years and was awaiting a kidney. She died of organ failure according to her family on March 21, 2022 at the age of 60.[5]
Discography
- In the House of the Lord with Dr. Jonathan Greer and the Cathedral of Faith Choir (1988)
- He Lives (1990)
- Shekinah Glory (1993)
- A Wealthy Place (1996)
- Just Because God Said It (1998)
- God is Faithful (2001)
- It's My Time (2005)
- Complete (2007)
- Reborn (2011)
- "By Your Word" (2014)
- "Joy" (2019)
- "The Spirit" (2021)
References
- ^ The School of Arizona Dranes: Gospel Music Pioneer - By Timothy Dodge
- ^ AOL Music[permanent dead link]
- ^ Official Christian Music Hall of Fame web site Archived 2010-12-29 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 2009 Christian Music Hall of Fame Awards Show Archived 2012-05-15 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Renowned gospel singer-songwriter from Atlanta dies, family says
External links
- Official website
- The official Christian Music Hall of Fame and Museum page announcing both her induction into the Hall of Fame and the 2009 Awards Show information page.
- LaShun Pace discography at Discogs
- LaShun Pace at IMDb
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- 1961 births
- 2022 deaths
- African-American women songwriters
- American gospel singers
- American autobiographers
- Musicians from Atlanta
- Writers from Atlanta
- American Pentecostals
- Members of the Church of God in Christ
- Women autobiographers
- Songwriters from Georgia (U.S. state)
- American women non-fiction writers
- 20th-century African-American women singers
- 21st-century African-American women singers