Russ Lee

Quick Facts

Full Name	Russ Lee
Occupation	Basketball Player
Date Of Birth	Jan 27, 1950(1950-01-27)
Age	74
Country	United States
Birth City	Boston
Horoscope	Capricorn

Russ Lee Biography

Russ Lee is one of the most popular and richest Basketball Player who was born on January 27, 1950 in Boston, United States. NewSong, an American Christian contemporary music group, was established in 1981 at Morningside Baptist Church, Valdosta, Georgia. They have received twelve GMA Dove Award nominations and one Grammy Award nomination. They founded the Winter Jam Tour Spectacular in 1995, which is the largest annual Christian music tour in the United States. NewSong hosts the event, which began in 1995. Winter Jam features many contemporary artists, such as MercyMe and MercyMe, TobyMac, Hillsong UNITED Newsboys, Newsboys, Lecrae and MercyMe.

In May 1999, Bobby Apon died. Bobby Apon was honored on the album Arise, My Love, and The Very Best Of NewSong. It featured 12 of their No. 1 hits. Two new songs were also added to the album, which reached No. It also featured two new songs that became No. 1 hits, “Can’t Keep A Good Man down” and “Jesus To The World(Roaring Lambs),” which were inspired by Bob Briner, a Christian speaker and author who later died from cancer. A third song, “Like Minded, Like Hearted”, was also recorded by NewSong with Out of Eden of Gotee Records.

Russ Lee and Scotty Wilbanks left NewSong in 2000. They were replaced by soloist Michael O’Brien, Steve Reischl, and former Truth member, Matt Butler. Songwriter and electric guitarist Leonard Ahlstrom also left later to help a friend manage a recording label in Florida.

“The Christmas Shoes”, a Christmas bonus track from Sheltering Tree, became a No. 1 mainstream radio hit in a Billboard chart-record 3 weeks topping Billboard’s Adult Contemporary Chart. “Christmas Shoes” also inspired Christian author Donna VanLiere to write a book based on the song. The book was on the New York Times Bestseller List in 2002, and was later made into a TV movie by Dog Run Productions/Craig Anderson Productions/Beth Grossbard Productions for CBS, called The Christmas Shoes, starring Rob Lowe and Kimberly Williams-Paisley, which was released on December 1, 2002. The movie had nearly 17 million viewers and was the second highest-rated TV movie of the 2002–2003 seasons.

Charles Billingsley quit to pursue a solo career in 1997. NewSong released Love Revolution in 1997. It had four No. It featured four No. 1 hits, including “Miracles,” that remained at No.1 for four consecutive weeks on the CCM Adult Contemporary charts. This tied the record set by Bob Carlisle’s album “Butterfly Kisses” a few years ago.

Russ Lee Net Worth

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

NewSong independently recorded three albums. Covenant Records signed them in 1982 and they released The Son In My Eyes the following year. They signed a contract in 1984 with Canaan Records (a branch of CCM giant Word Records) and released The Word. NewSong stayed with Word Records until 1991, when they joined DaySpring Records. They released One Heart At A Time: The Best of NewSong in 1991. It featured 12 songs from their previous albums. They teamed up with Benson Music Group in 1993 to release All Around The World. It was a success, with four No. 1 hits. Eddie Middleton, the lead singer, left in 1993 to pursue a solo career. Bobby Apon moved to be closer to his family.

1994 saw the NewSong’s addition of Leonard Ahlstrom (songwriter), Charles Billingsley (soloist), Scotty Wilbanks (musician) and Russ Lee (lead vocalist in the contemporary Christian band Truth), among others. People Get Ready was NewSong’s fourth No. 1 single in 1994. The album featured four No. 1 hits and a re-recorded version “Arise My Love”, originally recorded by the original group back in 1987.

In 2000, NewSong released the album Sheltering Tree, and Carswell, along with author Donna VanLiere, released a book entitled Sheltering Trees: The Power, Promise, and Refuge Of Friendship. The book, which contained accounts of friendship from artists, singers, and speakers, won a Silver Angel Award.

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In March 2006, Michael O’Brien left to restart his solo career and Drew Cline was asked to fill in. In September, Eddie Carswell, Matt Butler, Billy Goodwin, and guest artist Drew Cline released The Christmas Hope, featuring traditional Christmas carols, NewSong originals, and three songs to complement the book trilogy by Donna VanLiere. In November, The Christmas Shoes movie was released on DVD. The Christmas Hope, the third TV movie installment of the trilogy, is planned to be released in December 2008 by CBS.

Facts & Trivia

Russ Ranked on the list of most popular Basketball Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Russ Lee celebrates birthday on January 27 of every year.

The Winter Jam 2007 Tour Spectacular featured headliners Steven Curtis Chapman and Jeremy Camp, with special guests Hawk Nelson, Sanctus Real, new artist Britt Nicole, Speaker Tony Nolan, Presidential impersonator and comedian John Morgan and was attended by over 275,000 people and 37,000 made decisions for Christ. In March 2007, Christian solo artist Nate Sallie joined NewSong. In April, The Christmas Hope album was nominated for a Dove Award, for Best Christmas Album of the Year.

What happened to Russ Lee?

As lead vocalist, Lee toured and recorded several albums with Newsong. In the late ’90s, Lee decided to pursue a solo career and moved from Atlanta, GA, back to Tennessee, this time with his wife and children.

How old is Russ Lee?

About 61 years (1961)