April 21: Texarkana’s David Crowder wins Dove Awards in 2010

Published 5:00 am Tuesday, April 21, 2020

The David Crowder Band received Gospel Music Association Dove Awards on this date in 2010. 

Led by Texarkana native David Crowder, the band’s “Church Music” was Praise and Worship Album of the Year and a finalist for Rock/Contemporary Album of the Year. It’s single “How He Loves” was a finalist for Rock/Contemporary Song of the Year. 

Crowder led the band before launching a solo career. 

Also at the that Dove Awards in 2010, The Oak Ridge Boys, featuring Lamar County native Duane Allen, won Long Form Video (“A Gospel Journey”) and was a finalist for Southern Gospel Song of the Year (“Live With Jesus”).

Grand Saline native Chris Tomlin was up for Song of the Year and Worship Song of the Year (“I Will Rise”) and Christmas Album of the Year (“Glory in the Highest: Christmas Songs of Worship”).

In the Spotlight

— 2017:  Laci Kay, who spent her preschool years in Whitehouse, is a guest on the TV game show “The Pop Game.”

— 2016: Tyler native Cassie Shea Watson is in the movie “Johnny Frank Garrett’s Last Word.”

— 2012: “Same Love” by Paul Baloche, of Lindale, peaks at No. 30 on the Billboard Top Christian Albums chart. 

— 2012: Nacogdoches native Philip Humber, playing for the Chicago White Sox, pitches a perfect game against the Seattle Mariners.  

— 2009: Texarkana native Molly Quinn appears in ”My One and Only” starring Renee Zellweger. 

— 2009: Terrell native Jamie Foxx appears on “Entertainment Tonight.”

— 2007: Grand Saline native Chris Tomlin’s “How Can I Keep From Singing” hits No. 4 on the Billboard Hot Christian Songs chart. 

— 2005 Alan Tudyk, who attended Lon Morris College in Jacksonville, has a role in the movie “Rx.”

— 2005: Paris native Beverly Leech appears in “Break a Leg.”

— 2002: Jacksonville native Deborah Yates appears in the TV movie  “Warning: Parental Advisory.”

— ZZ Top, with Frankston native Frank Beard on drums, performs on “CMT Crossroads.”

— 1992: Texarkana native Ross Perot is a guest on “Late Night with David Letterman.”

— 1990: “Soul to Soul” by The Temptations, featuring Texarkana native Otis Williams, peaks at No. 12 on the Billboard R&B singles chart.

— 1983: Honey Grove native Bill Erwin stars in an episode of “The Optimist.”

— 1979: Palestine native Gene Watson’s “Farewell Party” peaks at No. 5 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. 

— 1977: Gilmer native Johnny Mathis is a guest on “The Mike Douglas Show.”

— 1975: Tyler native Sandy Duncan is a celebrity panelist on “Hollywood Squares.”

— 1971: Journalist Bill Moyers, who grew up in Marshall, is a guest on “The David Frost Show.”

— 1966 The Newbeats, featuring Arp native Larry Henley, perform on “Where the Action Is.”

— 1962: Honey Grove native Bill Erwin has a role in “Rome Adventure” starring Troy Donahue and Suzanne Pleshette.

— 1959: Gilmer native Johnny Mathis records his hit “Misty.”

— 1955: Linden native T-Bone Walker begins recording his album “T-Bone Blues.”

— 1943: Clarence Lung, who died in Quitman, is seen in “China” starring Loretta Young and Alan Ladd.