Patrick Love


Patrick Shevelle Love is an American gospel musician. He started his music career with the release of Wait on the Lord, released in 1994, by Crystal Rose Records. His second album, The Vision, was released by Crystal Rose Records in 1998. Both albums charted on the Billboard magazine Gospel Albums charts.

Early life

Love was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, as Patrick Shevelle Love. His father is a retired stevedore; his mother was a small business owner and nursery school worker. Patrick is a 1986 graduate of West Mecklenburg High School.

Music career

Patrick's formal music career began in 1994, with inspiration from Donald Lawrence, whom attended his same church, Salem Baptist Church. Lawrence helped to foster Love's career by signing him, along with his choir, to the label that he co-owned, Crystal Rose Records. Lawrence helped to produce the two albums that Love released. The 1994 release of Wait on the Lord was Love's breakthrough release on the Billboard magazine Gospel Albums at No. 18. His second album, The Vision, was released on March 10, 1998, and it charted at No. 16 on the aforementioned chart.

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