Regina Murff
When Regina Murff sings, people listen. Peple like Aretha Franklin, Cicely Tyson and Lawrence Fishburne, just to name a few. There is a power in Regina's voice that is beyond mere volume. It is the power of the Word, so eloquently expressed with passion and conviction when she sings.
It's no wonder this dynamic diva of Gospel is so blessed. Her mother was a member of the Song Birds of the South. Sometimes traveling with her mother, Regina was witness to the strength of the spirit when combined with song. And it didn't take long for Regina or her parents to realize she, too, was a songbird.
"I was three when I sang in front of an audience of 5,000 people," Regina recalls. "My mother stood me on a chair and I sang 'Come By Here, My Lord.' Everyone seemed to know I was meant for entertainment.
Regina started young to pay her dues and hone her God-given gift. While she sang in choir in school and in church, she also developed as a thespian, diong school plays and studying modern dance. In fact, for a few years, she put singing aside in school to concentrate on acting."I was a drama queen!" she laughs mischievously. "I didn't sing all though high school. I said I was going to do the graduation song when we graduated. No one could believe I could sing. But when I did the audition - singing 'Ebony & Ivory' with another girl, I blew everybody away and they wanted to know why I wasn't singing."
Regina hadn't put singing on the back burner all together. She had a family group called the New Spiritual Wonders. One day, she worked on a recording for a young man, and that's when she met Fred Hamond, who immediately approached her about joining his choir, Fred Hammond & Radicals For Christ.