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noreen crayton: the artist

the artist

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This native New Yorker from North Babylon, NY is a recording artist with deep roots in gospel.  Her prayer is that the music she has been able to create will uplift, inspire and encourage others....particularly to those who have ignored or stifled their own dreams so that they can find their way back to themselves. 

When she's not traveling, or writing and recording, Noreen can be found most Sundays singing with the praise and worship team at the Convent Avenue Baptist Church in Harlem.

Notable Awards Received:

  • The 9th Annual Independent Music Award for best gospel song, ‘Walking In The Faith’
  • The Legros Cultural Arts’ 2010 Vocalist of the Year Award
  • Billboard World Music Honorable Mention for the song ‘There’s Nobody Like Jesus’


Songwriting Credits include:

  • 'Walking In The Faith' an IMA winner
  • ‘Up To Zion,’ the stand-out track on Grammy winning artist, Ronnie Milsap’s gospel album, ‘Then Sings My Soul’ (co-written)
  • ‘Talk To Me,’ the club single release in Europe on Scorpio/Sony (co-written)
  • 'Like That' recently released by pop artist Aquilla (co-written)
  • 'Hold Your Head Up High' released by pop group ReJimE on Marlboro IDE (co-written)


Recording Credits include:

  • Subtle Touch single release of ‘When You Leave’ produced by Arnold ‘Maddog’ Rodriguez on Polygram
  • The Golden Gospel Singers album project ‘Beyond Y2k’ on Koch International Records
  • Switch project release of ‘Talk To Me’ on Scorpio/Sony
  • Culture Beat featuring Kim Sanders album ‘Metamorphosis’ on Columbia
  •  ‘Mississippi’ cast recording which was composed by Gregory James Tornquist, produced by Rob Galbraith.

Arrangements include:

  • background vocal arrangements on Ronnie Milsap's album 'Then Sings My Soul'
  • all vocal arrangements on her solo debut album 'a diary of deliverance'
  • music arrangements on 8 tracks of 'a diary of deliverance'
  • music and vocal arrangements on 11 tracks of the second cd release 'sanctuary'


Tours (National & International) include:

  • background vocalist for retro pop diva Minnie Dee        http://www.minniedee.com
  • performer national tour of the musical 'Corduroy'
  • performer usa/canada tour of the broadway show 'Rent'
  • background vocalist for dance phenomenon 'La Bouche' with Melanie Thornton and Lane McCray
  • featured vocalist for the broadway review 'The Best Of Broadway'
  • featured vocalist for the international gospel group 'The Golden Gospel Singers'
  • performer usa/switzerland/italy tours of 'Mama I Want To Sing' 


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The stereotype of "preacher's kids" includes images of rebellious young people whose wild and adventurous lifestyle is the exact opposite of what their parents teach and represents. Preacher's kids often find themselves living under constant pressure and scrutiny while all the time wrestling with the expectations of others. Closer to reality is the fact that preachers and the children who grow up in parsonages or pastor homes, make meaningful contributions to the body of Christ and the work of the church.

For the last 50 years, one of the outstanding icons of the church community has been that of Dr. Spurgeon E. Crayton of the Mt. Ollie Baptist Church of Brooklyn, New York. Dr. Crayton's pastoral career includes that of the Calvary Baptist Church of East Hampton, the Holy Trinity Baptist Church of Amityville, NY and the Mt. Ollie Baptist Church where he recently retired from. He has served as Moderator of the Eastern Baptist Association, President of the Empire State Baptist Convention Congress of Christian Education and a highly sought after pulpiteer on the national circuit.

From the seed of Dr. Crayton comes his daughter, Noreen Crayton, a superb singer and gospel artist who has recently released a gospel video entitled "Nobody Like Jesus". The gospel video is apart of her new CD project, "Diary of Deliverance", and is rapidly becoming a favorite for those who are following new artists on the horizon.

The musical accomplishments of Ms Crayton turns the traditional negative stereotype of "pk's" on its head and goes a long way to demonstrate that great talent and contributions still come from the parsonage of pastors.

by, Bishop AC Lewter - Gospel Today (Apr 21, 2009)