Mervyn Warren

Quick Facts

Full Name	Mervyn Warren
Occupation	Composer
Date Of Birth	Feb 29, 1964(1964-02-29)
Age	60
Birthplace	Huntsville
Country	United States
Birth City	Alabama
Horoscope	Pisces

Mervyn Warren Biography

Mervyn Warren is one of the most popular and richest Composer who was born on February 29, 1964 in Huntsville, Alabama, United States. Music producer, songwriter, and composer who wrote the score for the 1996 film The Preacher’s Wife. He won the 1989 Grammy Award for Best Gospel Performance by a Duo for his song “The Savior is Waiting.”

He reinterpreted George Frideric Handel‘s “Messiah” for “Handel’s Messiah: A Soulful Celebration,” a 1992 album featuring such artists as Quincy Jones, Vanessa Williams, and Stevie Wonder.

In 1980, Warren became a member of the a cappella sextet Alliance, which in 1987 signed with Warner Bros. Records, moved to Nashville, Tennessee, changed its name to Take 6, and achieved worldwide fame in 1988. Warren produced or co-produced most of their first two albums, Take 6 and So Much 2 Say; arranged and co-wrote many of the included songs; and with the group won his first of four Grammy Awards.

In 1980, while both juniors in high school, Warren and Kibble joined a preexisting, male, a cappella vocal quartet at Oakwood University, and the resulting sextet became known as Alliance. Alliance became known for its highly unique and complex vocal arrangements, primarily of well-known negro spirituals, but of some newer songs, as well. Most of Alliance’s dazzling arrangements were created by Mark Kibble, but later, Warren contributed a few, as well. Alliance was very popular and performed not only on the campus of Oakwood University, but in various cities across the United States. In 1983, Alliance recorded an album at Sound Cell Recording Studio, entitled Something Within for Legacy Records, a custom label founded by Henry Mosley, then- professor at Oakwood University. Mosley also served as the group’s manager. Later, an unmarked, cassette copy of Something Within was given by recording artist Michael Martin Murphey to Jim Ed Norman at Warner Bros. Records in Nashville, Tennessee. Norman loved the recording but neither he nor Murphey knew the identity of the performers. In 1987, Norman finally discovered the group’s identity and promptly signed Alliance to a recording contract with Reprise Records, a division of Warner Bros. Records. Upon discovering that a rock music band had already recorded under the name “Alliance”, the vocal group Alliance was renamed Take 6, released the album Take 6, and went on to earn worldwide acclaim.

He was raised by Mervyn Sr. and Barbara Warren within the Seventh-day Adventists denomination in which pop music and rhythm and blues were forbidden. He was punished for buying “Gratitude” by Earth, Wind & Fire when he was 12.

Mervyn Warren Net Worth

Mervyn Warren is one of the richest Composer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Mervyn Warren 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He originally planned on attending medical school and even studied biology and mathematics for a time, but couldn’t resist the lure of music.

He composed and arranged the musical score for the 2001 romantic comedy ‘The Wedding Planner,’ starring Jennifer Lopez and Matthew McConaughey.

Mervyn Edwin Warren (born February 29, 1964) is an American film composer, record producer, music conductor, music arranger, lyricist, songwriter, pianist, and vocalist. Warren is a five-time Grammy Award winner and a 10-time Grammy Award nominee. Warren has written the underscore and songs for many feature and television films and has written countless arrangements in a variety of musical styles for producers Quincy Jones, David Foster, Arif Mardin, and dozens of popular recording artists, including extensive work on Jones’ Back on the Block, Q’s Jook Joint, and Q: Soul Bossa Nostra.

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In 1982, A Special Blend won the first-place trophy at the Alabama State Fair’s talent competition.

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Mervyn Ranked on the list of most popular Composer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Mervyn Warren celebrates birthday on February 29 of every year.

In 1984 A Special Blend recorded an album entitled Nowhere But Up, which Warren produced. The album was recorded at a studio in Nashville, Tennessee, for release on Mosley’s Legacy Records. To attend sessions, Warren and the group and band members made the 100-mile trip many times—often departing for Nashville after the day’s classes, recording for a few hours, then returning to Huntsville after midnight, in time for the next morning’s classes. Despite Oakwood University’s rich tradition of vocal groups, which had spanned decades, Nowhere But Up was the first student album to feature a full rhythm section plus orchestration, including a string ensemble, a big band, a pop horn section, synthesizers, and exotic percussion, all of which Warren arranged, though at the time he had received no formal training in orchestral writing. Upon its release, Nowhere But Up caused quite a stir within Oakwood University’s rather conservative community. While a small number of the most conservative faculty members expressed discontent with the album’s decidedly jazzy style, the project was highly celebrated by students, other faculty, and enthusiasts, both within the Oakwood community and around the United States. Only a few thousand copies of Nowhere But Up were pressed, and it is today considered a collector’s item. As of 2010, there are discussions of a possible re-release of the album on the iTunes Store in 2011, the 30th anniversary of the group’s formation.

Why did Mervyn Warren leave Take 6?

In 1991 Warren left Take 6 to become a full-time record producer, songwriter, arranger and film composer.

Who is Mervyn Warren?

5-time Grammy-Award winner & 10-time Grammy-nominee Mervyn Warren is a highly accomplished film & TV composer, record producer, arranger, songwriter/lyricist, pianist, & vocalist. Equally adept at many styles, Merv’s work spans the genres film score, pop, R&B, jazz, orchestral, classical, vocal, country, & more.

When did Mervyn Warren leave Take 6?

He was a founding member of Take 6, the acapella sextet that originated in Huntsville and took the world by storm in 1988, The band won four Grammy Awards, six Dover Awards, two Stellar Awards and the Soul Train Award. He left the group in 1991 to pursue a career as a producer, songwriter, arranger and film composer.

Why did Cedric Dent leave Take 6?

Dent, who joined the MTSU faculty in 2004 and teaches courses in music theory, history of black gospel music, vocal jazz ensemble and music industry, maintained an active touring schedule with Take 6 until 2011, when he stepped down to teach full-time.

Who Discovered Take 6?

When Mervyn Warren joined shortly afterward, they took the name Alliance. Yet, when they signed to Reprise Records/Warner Bros. in 1987, they found that there was another group with the same name, so they became Take 6.