• Ricky Day with Gordon Chambers on building a successful music career, the role of love in his creativity and growing up with an expectation of excellence.

  • Jul 18 2023
  • Length: 1 hr and 30 mins
  • Podcast

Ricky Day with Gordon Chambers on building a successful music career, the role of love in his creativity and growing up with an expectation of excellence.

  • Summary

  • My guest on the podcast today is singer-songwriter-producer and recording artist Gordon Chambers. Gordon is a success story in the music industry. His solo albums have been nominated for Independent Soul Album of the Year by Soultracks.com. His #1 hits as a lyricist include: Anita Baker’s Grammy- winning hit “I Apologize”, Brownstone’s Grammy-nominated “If You Love Me”, Angie Stone’s “No More Rain (In This Cloud)”, the Grammy-nominated theme of Set It Off “Missing You” (performed by Brandy, Tamia, Gladys Knight and Chaka Khan). Yolanda Adams’ “Someone Watching Over Me” and The Isley Brothers’ recent comeback smash “Just Came Here To Chill.” He has written for over 75 recording artists, including household names Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston, Beyonce, Brandy, Trey Songz, Usher, Jamie Foxx, Gladys Knight, Chaka Khan, Patti Labelle and Marc Anthony.

    In our wide ranging conversation, we chat about Gordon's upbringing in New Jersey, the concept of Black excellence, his successful career in music and the power of Love and the embrace of Blackness.

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