Born for This, BeBe Winans
Born for This, BeBe Winans
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Born for This
My Story in Music

Author: BeBe Winans

Narrator: BeBe Winans

Unabridged: 5 hr 41 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Faith Words

Published: 10/15/2019


Synopsis

BeBe Winans, six-time Grammy Award-winning singer and member of Gospel music's royal family, shares the candid and close-up journey of pursuing his dreams while holding on to his faith.
Benjamin "BeBe" Winans always knew he was born to be a Gospel singer. Growing up watching his four older brothers perform fueled his dream to be on stage, and as teenagers, he and his younger sister CeCe were offered the opportunity to move from Detroit to North Carolina and join the Praise the Lord Singers for The PTL Club, hosted by the eccentric Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker. Under the Bakkers' wings, BeBe and CeCe became the most popular televangical stars in America and soon found themselves choosing between their family values and the temptations of fame and fortune.
Like a conversation with a lifelong friend, BeBe invites readers and loyal fans alike to share in never-before-revealed details about life in the crossfires between church, Gospel music, and the mainstream recording industry. He shares personal stories about his mentor Andraé Crouch and close friend Whitney Houston, who both had a major impact on his life.
As he reflects on the obstacles, the disappointments, the victories, the surprises, the racism, and the love he has encountered, he realizes that when we understand our value before God, we can participate in a daily glory and peace for which we were all born.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Andrew

In Born for This, Bebe Winans opens up about his story and how he became a Gospel/Christian artist. He grew up in the music city of Detroit and in the book, he explains how he learned about his family roots. He grew up in a big family 10 siblings total with six brothers and three sisters. His family......more

Goodreads review by Mary

Born for This: My Story in Music is the memoir of Benjamin, “BeBe”, Winans. Born into the large Winans family of Winans Family Singers fame, BeBe was the youngest son of ten children. BeBe watched his older brothers work diligently under the tutelage of their father David, or “Skippy”, first in the......more

Born For This is an inspirational memoir by author and singer Bebe Winans. When I saw this book up for review I could hardly wait to read it. I am very familiar with Cece Winans, but not so much her brother. I did know he is Gospel music royalty, but that was about all I knew. I also didn’t realize h......more

Great read. Highly recommend it to everybody to read. Wow, this book was so enlightening and informative. To be vulerable enough to tell his story from his heart and expose family secrets but yet be inspiring to others and to allow God to use him however he choose. I have always admired and appreciat......more

Goodreads review by April

I came to read this book across the broken road of dismissing others that I had planned to read. How glad I am that my course shifted here. I had no idea how much I had in common with BeBe Winans, a person who was in my estimation, considered to be the best of male voices in contemporary Christian m......more