Kelly Willard / Willing Heart

It was sixteen years old when Florida native Kelly Willard moved to Nashville. She came across Harlan Rogers who encouraged her and taught her, actually having to talk he into singing solos and then joined Harlan Rogers & Friends, and toured until 1977, when she moved to Southern California. There, Willard played keyboards and sung background vocals on projects for such artists including Tommy Coomes and Roby Duke before Maranatha! Music approached her to record her own solo project. In 1979, Willard released her first solo album “Blame It On The One I Love”.
Her second solo album “Willing Heart” followed in 1981. Willard sang all the tunes with her beautiful female voice. She wrote all songs by herself except "Comfortable With You", " Faithful Love" and "Hold On" with Hadley Hockensmith, "A Million Ways" with Pita Delamater and "Only You" with Bruce Hibbard. Fabulous CCM album!

Label: Maranatha Music, USA (MM0079A)
Release: 1981
First Reissued CD Release: November 2001 (Willing Heart Music, USA, WHD0022)

Tracks:
1. Willing Heart
2. To Obey Him
3. Comfortable With You
4. Faithful Love
5. A Million Ways
6. Hold On
7. Jesus
8. Only You
9. Yesterday's Gone
10. The Narrow Way

Producers: Dan Willard, Kelly Willard

Kelly Willard: Vocals

- Musicians -
Drums: Keith Edwards
Bass: Darrel Cook, Abraham Laboriel
Guitars: Hadley Hockensmith, Anthony Dean
Keyboards: Kelly Willard
Acoustic Piano: Harlan Rogers
Steel Guitar: Al Perkins
Percussion: Alex McDougall
Sax: John Phillips
Background Vocals: Michele Pillarm, Bruce Hibbard, Bob Bennett, Hadley Hockensmith, Steve Archer, Harlan Rogers, Janice Archer
Strings Arrangement: Stan Endicott
String Players: Jonice Gower, Daniel Shindaryou, Bob Lipsett, Razdon Kuyundion, Bill Hybel, Arthur Zadinsky, Vanessa Kibbe, Glenn Grab, Gloria Strassner, Steve Gorden, Carol Landon, Pavel Farkas (Concert Master)


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