^ '25th Annual Stellar Award Results (2010)'.

The Daily News Journal - Murfreesboro, Tenn. ^ Mercy Mercy Mercy: The Ben Tankard Story.Thicker Than Water-The Church Picnic (2013).Let's Get Quiet: The Smooth Jazz Experience (2007).Raize Da Praise by Tribe of Benjamin (1999).Git Yo Prayze On w/Tribe of Benjamin (1997).In 2012, Ben Tankard/ Full Tank was nominated by the Soul Train Music Awards for Best Contemporary Jazz Artist. He won Stellar Awards' Best Instrumental Album in 2010 for Mercy, Mercy, Mercy. He credits her voice for helping to bring his production style and keyboard playing to a large audience. They collaborated on over 40 compositions. He produced her albums Through the Storm, Save the World, More Than A Melody, and Yolanda. Tankard discovered a third-grade school teacher named Yolanda Adams and signed her to his indy Tribute label. Kee, Shirley Murdock, Kelly Price, and Take 6.

He followed with He has worked with Gerald Albright, Twinkie Clark, Fred Hammond, John P. He began playing keyboards, recorded Keynote Speaker (1990) for Tribute, and started to learn about arranging and record production. During a period of homelessness, he went to church and was inspired by a revival service to turn his life around. Although he was selected in the NBA draft, he hurt his knee before the season started. He played tuba in school and received a basketball scholarship. In church, he played drums at an early age. Tankard's father was a minister and his mother a missionary. The Ohio Coalition on Black Civic Participation/Ohio Unity Coalition has partners across the state representing Civil Rights organizations, Faith, Community, Labor, The Divine Nine sororities and fraternities, Voting Rights Organizations, Community Organizers and more and works to educate, engage and empower black voters continuously to remind them of their power and to demonstrate it to policymakers at the local, state and federal levels.Ben and Jewel Tankard receiving Stellar Award ONE VOTE and not allow the loser to take home the trophy. This process is not easy, nor should it be, but DEMOCRACY should be fair and allow majority rule of ONE PERSON. According to information provided on the Ohio Secretary of State’s website, Ohio has had 76 citizen initiative petitions on the ballot, with only 20 that have passed. The process to amend the Ohio constitution by a simple majority has been in place for more than 110 years.

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