Elder gold wire mcclendon biography

  • McClendon was born in Jacksonville, Florida, the son of a pianist and a singer.
  • Happy 93rd birthday to my grandfather, Elder Goldwire McLendon!!
  • Mclendon was ordained as a minister in 1967 and honored as an elder in 1978, which entailed leaving Philadelphia to pastor at St. James.

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      ELDER GOLDWIRE Mclendon could be a contender for the Guiness Book of World Records. Yet he already considers himself blessed.

      "I'm highly favored, more than a conquerer through Christ," testified the Mount Olive Holy Temple church elder in a recent chat. "But if they want to put me in the book," he added with a chuckle, "I'm all for it."

      For his great and abiding gospel vocal abilities, still enthralling at the tender age of 81, Mclendon has already earned much earthly praise.

      In 2009, he was honored as a Philadelphia "Living Legend" in a local awards ceremony alongside Chubby Checker, Dee Dee Sharp and Billy Paul. A year later, he almost made to the mountaintop in TV land — as first runner-up on Season 3 of the BET gospel -singing competition "Sunday Best." And April 24 he released "The Best of Elder Goldwire Mclendon," a seven-track mashup of traditional and contemporary gospel material for Music World Records — a release that has led the label, a pet project of Matthew Knowles, to proclaim Mclendon "the oldest American contemporary solo artist signed to a record deal." How about that?

      Among the album selections are renderings of "How Great Thou Art," "The Battle is the Lord's" and "Oh, Happy Day" — songs that elicited many a "hallelujah" and tears of joy from celebrity