Falling In Love With JESUS by DrsWoodard

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Aug 17, 2024 04:05pm

<ul><li> </li></ul><h1>Jonathan Butler</h1><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Jonathan_Butler_2.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Jonathan_Butler_2.jpg/220px-Jonathan_Butler_2.jpg" alt="Jonathan Butler in 2007" height="330" width="220"></a>Jonathan Butler in 2007Background informationBirth nameJonathan Kenneth ButlerBorn10 October 1961 (age 62)<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athlone,_Cape_Town" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Athlone</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Town" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Cape Town</a>, South Africa<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Butler#cite_note-soul-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[1]</a>Genres<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhythm_and_blues" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Rhythm and blues</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz_fusion" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">jazz fusion</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemporary_worship_music" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">contemporary worship music</a>Occupation(s)Musician, songwriterInstrument(s)Vocals, guitarLabels<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artistry_Music" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Artistry</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mountain</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jive_Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jive</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rendezvous_Music" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Rendezvous</a>Website<a href="http://www.jonathanbutler.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.jonathanbutler.com</a>Jonathan Kenneth Butler (born 10 October 1961) is a South African singer-songwriter and guitarist.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Butler#cite_note-soul-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[1]</a> His music is often classified as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhythm_and_blues" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">R&B</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz_fusion" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">jazz fusion</a> or <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemporary_worship_music" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">worship music</a>.Biography[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jonathan_Butler&action=edit&section=1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">edit</a>]Born and raised in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athlone,_Cape_Town" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Athlone</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Town" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Cape Town</a>, South Africa, during <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apartheid" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Apartheid</a>, Butler started singing and playing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acoustic_guitar" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">acoustic guitar</a> as a child. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racial_segregation" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Racial segregation</a> and poverty during Apartheid has been the subject of many of his records.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Butler#cite_note-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[2]</a> His first single was the first by a black artist played by white radio stations in the racially segregated South Africa and earned a Sarie Award, South Africa's equivalent to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Grammy Awards</a>.He began touring at the age of seven when he joined a travelling stage show, and was later signed up to perform on a string of hit recordings, turning him into a local <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teen_idol" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">teen idol</a>. In 1975, his cover of "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Please_Stay_(Burt_Bacharach_song)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Please Stay</a>" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Drifters" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">the Drifters</a> reached number 2 in South Africa.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Butler#cite_note-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[3]</a> The same year his cover of "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Love_How_You_Love_Me" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">I Love How You Love Me</a>" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Paris_Sisters" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Paris Sisters</a> reached number 4. "I'll Be Home" reached number 16 in 1976.In 1978, he found the inspiration and encouragement to begin expressing himself as a composer and songwriter when he joined Cape Town's best known jazz/rock outfit, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pacific_Express" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">the Pacific Express</a>. Two albums were recorded with the Express personnel, and some Pacific Express songs were later released on the 1988 7th Avenue album. All three releases were issued by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mountain Records</a>.Butler was signed to CCP Records, a predecessor to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jive_Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jive Records</a> in 1977. He left the label to join Mountain Records after a few years. The manager of Mountain Records, Paddy Lee-Thorp was also Butler's manager and in the early 1980s they signed Jonathan to Jive Records and he moved to the United Kingdom, where he remained for seventeen years. His international breakthrough came in 1987 with his <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Nominees" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Grammy-nominated</a> hit single, "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lies_(Jonathan_Butler_song)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Lies</a>" which reached #27 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart, and his <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cover_version" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">cover version</a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staple_Singers" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Staple Singers</a> song "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_You%27re_Ready_(Come_Go_with_Me)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">If You're Ready (Come Go with Me)</a>" which he performed with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_Turner" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ruby Turner</a>. His single "Lies", also reached the UK Official Singles Chart, peaking at number 18, spending 12 weeks, in total, in the top 100.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Butler#cite_note-uk-4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[4]</a>In 2001, Butler was featured in a compilation album that was a jazz tribute to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Marley" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bob Marley</a> produced by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Ritenour" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Lee Ritenour</a>, A Twist of Marley. Butler's contribution to the album was a jazz cover of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Woman_No_Cry" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">No Woman No Cry</a>.Butler maintained a loyal following in the 1980s and 1990s, in South Africa, the United States and Europe.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wayman_Tisdale_%26_Jonathan_Butler.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Wayman_Tisdale_%26_Jonathan_Butler.jpg/220px-Wayman_Tisdale_%26_Jonathan_Butler.jpg" height="146" width="220"></a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayman_Tisdale" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Wayman Tisdale</a> & Jonathan Butler CD release party at the AllStar Rendezvous Concert in 2006.In 2006, Butler was a featured vocalist on the album Gospel Goes Classical, produced by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Alabama_at_Birmingham" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">University of Alabama at Birmingham</a> music professor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Panion" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Henry Panion</a>. This recording, featuring <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrangement" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">arrangements</a> by Panion, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Stewart_(trumpeter)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Tommy Stewart</a>, Michael Loveless, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Reach" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ray Reach</a>, rose to No. 2 on the Billboard Gospel chart, and No. 3 on the Classical Crossover chart.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Butler#cite_note-5" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[5]</a> He was also nominated for a Grammy Award for his single "Going Home".Also in 2008, Butler guest-starred on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Duke" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">George Duke</a>'s Album Dukey Treats, alongside the late <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teena_Marie" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Teena Marie</a> on the track Sudan, talking about the disasters of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darfur" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Darfur</a>. <iframe class="ql-video" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="true" src="https://youtube.com/embed/SR_cblUj8hY" width="100%" height="100%"></iframe> <a href="https://www.singsnap.com/#/d/listen/13255335" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="ql-size-large">DrsWoodard///</a><a href="https://www.singsnap.com/#/d/listen/13255335" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="ql-size-large">Falling In Love With JESUS/// kirk whalum - jonathan butler</a><a href="https://www.singsnap.com/#/d/listen/13255335" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="ql-size-large">https://www.singsnap.com/#/d/listen/13255335</a> For that they hated knowledge, And did not choose the fear of the LORD: They would none of my counsel obey: They despised all my reproof. Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, And be filled with their own devices.<a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/1/PRO.1.29-33.KJV#:~:text=29%2D33%20KJV-,For%20that%20they%20hated%20knowledge%2C%20And%20did%20not%20choose%20the,filled%20with%20their%20own%20devices." rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(26, 13, 171);">Proverbs 1:29-33 KJV - Bible.com</a><a href="https://www.bible.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(26, 13, 171);">https://www.bible.com</a><a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/1/PRO.1.29-33.KJV#:~:text=29%2D33%20KJV-,For%20that%20they%20hated%20knowledge%2C%20And%20did%20not%20choose%20the,filled%20with%20their%20own%20devices." rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(95, 99, 104);"> › KJV</a> YOU SHALL REAP WHAT YOU SOW. <img src="https://singsnap-cdn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/message-board/threads/DXDJ/2a35f71350_DZ7O_media.gif">