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Becky Wright is
an award-winning Christian singer/songwriter and Nashville
recording artist from Oklahoma.
In
May 2008 she was named "Female Songwriter of the
Year" at the Agape Fest in Texas. A gifted worship
leader and conference speaker as well, Becky performs across
the USA at churches, festivals, homeless shelters, and for
adoption events.
Singing and writing since childhood, her worldwide
acclaim began with the writing of “Child
of My Heart”, an adoption song which won her the title “Duo
of the Year” and a
Top 5 Female Horizon
Award at the 2006
Agape Fest (TX). The
song was recorded in Nashville with
Tommy Brandt,
CCMA (Christian Country Music Association) Male Vocalist &
Entertainer of the Year, and is now used by adoption and
related organizations such as the Oklahoma Department of
Human Services (Adoption Services), Arkansas Adoption
Coalition, Gift for a Child, ATTACH.org, and others.
The impact of this song has opened worldwide doors for this
school-teacher-turned-artist/songwriter,
with a 2006 recording contract with
Dove/GMA
Award-winning Lamon Records.
Becky’s “No Denying” Contemporary/ Inspirational Christian project includes
six songs penned by Wright, and the first cover of the
John Waller hit,
“Blessing/ This Day”,
who months later landed a record contract with Beach Street
Records, a branch of Rocketown Records.
The stage began to grow for this
mom of four boys (and adopting two more children in 2009!!), whose first single from the “No Denying” project, “While
It is Day”, landed a First Ballot spot for “Inspirational Song of the Year” for a 2007
GMA/Dove Award, with artists such as
Chris Rice, Darlene Zschech, Fernando Ortega, and the late
Dottie Rambo, who
took home the honor... and just this May 2008, went home
to be with the Jesus she loved so much.
Becky’s schedule skyrocketed with radio interviews in
Australia, Canada, several USA stations and syndicated
shows, television appearances, and a nationwide touring
schedule.
Becky has opened for
Christian artists such as
Salvador,
The Imperials, Charity Von,
Joanne Cash-Yates
(sister of the late
Johnny Cash), and shared stages with
Watermark,
Stella Parton, and Michele
Pillar. She has opened for
country greats
Bryan White (six
#1 Singles), Jamey
Johnson (CMA & ACM Song of the Year Co-writer), and
Jason Meadows (18
Video Tapes, 100% Cowboy, Nashville Star Finalist). With over 40 songs published and
numerous songs cut already, Becky signed a new
Publishing & Administration Agreement with
Banner
Music Publishing (Shelbyville, TN) in March of
2008.
Discography:
Fun
Trivia Facts:
*Becky's songs have been recorded by several other artists in Christian and country music, but her first "outside cut" was an instrumental composition used in an international award-winning video ("The Power of Place"), produced by her alma mater Northeastern State University (BSEd, 1994) and the Tahlequah City Chamber of Commerce. *She writes musicals for the schools in which she teaches, teaches private voice and piano, and tunes pianos--- a perfect combo for a girl who started playing the piano at the age of three! *Becky has been a member of the GMA (Gospel Music Association), the since 1991, and attended the very FIRST "GMA Academy" held in Dallas at Prestonwood Baptist Church, before the GMA acquired the Estes Park conference. She sat in a room with Wayne Watson, who listened to (and was very complimentary of) her song, "Middleman", from her first album. The following week, she sent her song, "For Such a Time as This" to Wayne's producer, Jackie Patillo. Eighteen months later, Wayne's version of "For Such a Time as This" was on radio. GREAT IDEA! *Becky made her first RECORDING days before turning SIX years old... a piano composition (long before reading music) which her father recorded on a cassette tape at their home in Tulsa, OK. *Becky wrote her first song (with words and music) at the age of 10, a sad song called "Unreachable". She used to sing it with her best friend, LaGina Shed, who also wrote songs. LaGina died of complications from Cystic Fibrosis a few weeks after they both graduated high school. Becky still owns the 45 rpm record (2-sided single) that LaGina recorded of her own songs. *Becky became a Christian at the age of 12, and began immediately writing songs about her newfound faith. Her first Christian/gospel song was a simple but powerful prayer called "Help Me". *Becky and her husband and children have a Cocker Spaniel named Buddy, a 16-yr-old cat named Furrball, and a parakeet named "Chessie". We thought she was a "Chester" and learned differently! From Becky's heart: "God has brought me through many heart-aches (and joys) that most of us will face during our short lives here on earth. Through my parent's divorce, my own divorce and abandonment by my first husband, losing a baby through miscarriage, "losing" my own children prematurely as they went to check out the "greener grass" of the other parent's home, seemingly very early deaths of many close family members, including my 35-year old little sister drowning and leaving behind five young children... the heartaches have seemed overwhelming at times. BUT GOD.... but GOD.... but GOD... praise His name... NEVER left me, never abandoned me, never forgot me! As I look back, I can see SO many times (as you probably can, too) His hand of mercy carrying me, leading me where He wanted me, continually doing the most AMAZING things in my life that NO ONE could have imagined! He's still doing that today, as I write, so that I will ALWAYS be able (by His grace) to trust Him, to worship Him for His WORTHINESS, His Majesty, His GLORY! This life is a vapor, but His Word stands FOREVER! This life is short-- I want to make every day, every breath, every effort and thought-- count for eternity. Heaven is REAL-- and JESUS paid the price to cover the debt of sin that we owed to open Heaven's doors to US-- and to give us hope and power to live this life here on earth !! WOW! Wanna' come?? Read this..." |