Andrew Culverwell is an English

United Kingdom

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 Contemporary Christian music

Contemporary Christian music

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 artist

Artist

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 and songwriter

Songwriter

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 who recorded in the 1970s and 1980s. He is probably best remembered for writing the Christmas

Christmas

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 song "Come On Ring Those Bells", performed in 1977 by Evie

Evie Tornquist-Karlsson

Evie Tornquist-Karlsson , professionally known as Evie, is a Contemporary Christian music singer who was known in the late 1970s and early 1980s for songs such as "Step into the Sunshine" and "Four Feet Eleven"....

. He is currently living in Pompano Beach, Florida and is still singing in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Biography

Andrew was born December 19, 1944 in Somerset, England. Initially it was acting rather than music that attracted him and he studied the theater at Italia Conti Stage School in London. That changed at age 16 when he discovered a knack for playing piano by ear and for writing original tunes.

After leaving Italia Conti, Andrew's time split between his day job at a shoe factory and travel with Contemporary Christian Music group The Four Kingsmen. He was with the group for four years before leaving to do solo concerts. British record producer Norrie Paramor discovered Culverwell and signed him to Polydor Records. Polydor released his first album Where is the Love.

In 1973, Andrae Crouch

Andrae Crouch

Andraé Crouch is a seven-time Grammy Award-winning American gospel singer, songwriter, arranger, recording artist, record producer, and pastor.-Early years:Born Andraé Edward Crouch in San Francisco, California....

introduced Culverwell to Hal Spencer, president of Manna Records. He would go on to record Andrew and Born Again for the label.

In 2010 a short but delightful audio interview was recorded with Andrew Culverwell on audio format on the http://www.videosforfamily.com web site, on their Evie Karlsson page. You will also hear about this story how the popular "Come On Ring Those Bells" song came to be written, that is now made known by famous CCM artist, Evie Tornquist-Karlsson.
(Scroll down you will see the audio interview listed - "The Story of How "Come On Ring Those Bells" Came to Ring".

Partial discography

• Where is the Love? (1971) Polydor Records
• Andrew (1973) Manna Records
• Born Again (1975) Manna Records
• This is the Song (1976)
• Take Another Look (1978)-
• Everyday (1980)
• Alive Again (1982)
• He Will Be There (1991)