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Biography:
One of contemporary Christian music's biggest stars during the 1980s, singer Kathy Troccoli was born in Brooklyn, New York on June 24th, 1958. She performed her first concert while in junior high, delivering a set of Carole King songs at her school's talent show; she became interested in CCM during the late 1970s, and in 1982 issued her debut LP Stubborn Love on Reunion Records, a label formed specifically to release her music.
Although some pundits declared Troccoli's smoky voice too "sexy" for Christian audiences, the album became the fastest-selling debut ever by a female CCM artist;
however, after just two more releases, 1984's Heart & Soul and 1986's Images, she quit the music industry, moving back to Long Island after six years in Nashville.
Some time later Troccoli resurfaced as a session vocalist, and in 1991 she released the pop best seller Pure Attraction, her first new album in five years; after signing to RCA, she issued a self-titled 1994 pop LP, followed a year later by Sounds of Heaven. Love & Mercy appeared in 1997, and a year later she returned with Corner of Eden.
Troccoli returned in 1999 with the seasonal effort Sentimental Christmas and a duet album of standards with Sandi Patty titled Together.
Written by Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide.
With thanks to David Bruce.
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