Mario Winans

Mario Winans (born August 29, 1974) is a Grammy Award-winning producer, singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist.

Early life

Born Mario Brown, he is the son of gospel recording artist Vickie Winans (née Bowman) and her first husband, Bishop Ronald Brown. He is also the stepson of his mother's second husband, gospel singer, Pastor Marvin Winans whom she married in 1978. Marvin and Vickie Winans had twos sons, Josiah Winans, and Marvin Winans Jr. Vickie and Marvin Winans divorced in 1995 and she has since remarried.

Mario Winans began learning piano, keyboards, and drums while still in grade school in Detroit and learned how to work in a recording studio at an early age. He began producing gospel music professionally after graduating high school, eventually working with gospel music artists Fred Hammond, The Clark Sisters and various members of the Winans gospel music family. But unlike the rest of his family who stuck with gospel, Mario also delved into secular music.

Musical career

21 (disambiguation)

Twenty-one or 21 may refer to:

  • 21 (number)
  • 21 BC, 21 AD, 1921, 2021, etc., common years of the Julian/Gregorian Calendars
  • Films

  • 21 (1918 film), starring Bryant Washburn and Gertrude Selby
  • 21 (1923 film), starring Richard Barthelmess and Dorothy Mackaill
  • Twenty-One (1991 film), a 1991 film starring Patsy Kensit
  • 21 (2008 film), starring Kevin Spacey, Laurence Fishburne, Jim Sturgess, and Kate Bosworth
  • Music

    Albums

  • 21 (Adele album)
  • 21 (Hunter Hayes EP)
  • 21 (Omarion album)
  • 21 (Rage album)
  • Twenty One (album), a 2008 album by Mystery Jets
  • Twenty 1, an album by Chicago
  • 21?! EP
  • Twenty One Pilots (album), an album by Twenty One Pilots
  • Songs

  • "21" (The Paddingtons song), by The Paddingtons
  • "21" (Hunter Hayes song) released in May 2015 sung by Hunter Hayes
  • "Twenty One", a song by The Shirelles
  • "Twenty-One", a song by The Eagles from Desperado
  • "Twenty One", a song by The Cranberries from No Need to Argue
  • "Twenty One," a song by Corey Smith
  • "21", a song by Corey Hart released as a bonus track on Young Man Running
  • Candy from a Stranger

    Candy from a Stranger is Soul Asylum's eighth studio album. It was released on May 12, 1998 (see 1998 in music). It is the long-awaited follow-up to the 1995 studio release Let Your Dim Light Shine.

    The band had originally planned to release an album entitled Creatures Of Habit produced by Matt Hyde. Columbia Records did not approve of the recordings and shelved the album a few weeks before it was supposed to be released. The band re-entered the studio, this time with British producer Chris Kimsey, and emerged with Candy From A Stranger. Most of the songs featured were previously recorded during the Creatures Of Habit sessions. Drummer Sterling Campbell had left the band after completing that record, rejoined briefly in order to (re-)record his parts for the final album. He was not involved in touring or promoting the album.

    I Will Still Be Laughing achieved fame after it was featured in the closing credits of the 1998 comedy BASEketball.

    Track listing

    All songs written by Dave Pirner except as noted.

    Harvard–Yale football rivalry

    The Harvard–Yale football rivalry, one of the oldest rivalries in US college football and also known as The Game by some followers, is an American college football rivalry between the Harvard Crimson football team of Harvard University and the Yale Bulldogs football team of Yale University. Although the Harvard–Yale rivalry is one of the oldest college football rivalries in the US, the first college football game was between Harvard and McGill. The Game is played in November at the end of the football season, with the venue alternating between Harvard Stadium and the Yale Bowl. Through the 2015 game, Yale leads the series 65-59-8 although Harvard has won the last 9 games.

    Before the 1916 Game, Yale coach T.A.D. Jones inspired his players to victory (6–3) when he unequivocally asserted, "Gentlemen, you are now going to play football against Harvard. Never again in your whole life will you do anything so important."

    Significance

    Not only is The Game historically significant for all college sports, but also many students and alumni of Harvard and Yale, consider The Game one of the most important days of the year. The schools are located only a few hours' travel from one another, and perhaps because they are among the nation's most prestigious and oldest universities, the rivalry is intense. Beating the rival is often considered more important than the team's season record. Since 1900, The Game has been the final game of the season for both teams, since Ivy League schools do not participate in post-season football games (the one exception occurring in 1919, when Harvard beat Yale 3–0 and then went on to the 1920 Rose Bowl Game, in which they defeated Oregon 7–6).

    Mario (film)

    Mario is a 1984 Quebec drama film, set in the Magdalen Islands, directed by Jean Beaudin and produced by the National Film Board of Canada.

    Plot

    Mario (Petermann) is a 10-year-old autistic boy who is mute and hard of hearing. He has an 18-year-old brother whom he admires greatly. One day, Simon (Reddy) becomes involved with a woman and, as a result, their relationship becomes strained. Mario finds himself without his brother and his parents who are always watching over their island during the tourist season.

    Recognition

  • 1985 Genie Award for Best Achievement in Cinematography - Won (Pierre Mignot)
  • 1985 Genie Award for Best Achievement in Overall Sound - Won (Bruce Nyznik, Richard Besse, Hans Peter Strobl)
  • 1985 Genie Award for Best Achievement in Music - Original Score - Won (François Dompierre)
  • 1985 Genie Award for Best Achievement in Art Direction/Production Design - Nominated (Denis Boucher)
  • 1985 Genie Award for Best Achievement in Sound Editing - Nominated (David Evans, Wayne Griffin)
  • Podcasts:

    PLAYLIST TIME:

    How I Made It (featuring Loon)

    by: Mario Winans

    [Intro]
    Yeah, this song right here
    Is about a young man
    Who's endured a lot of twists and turns in his life
    Cause he always kept his head up, stayed focused
    This man's name is Mario Winans, listen
    [Chorus - Mario Winans]
    What makes you think I can't make it?
    Put me to the test, I'll take it
    I've been through more trials
    But I've overcome all of them
    And I've never been one for faking
    I kept on moving and shaking
    And that's how I made it
    [Verse - Mario Winans]
    I've seen it all
    But I never let no one
    Tell me it's right, when it's wrong
    Cause I heard it all before
    And it gives me a reason to fight for
    A right for, to do what I gotta do
    [Chorus]
    [Verse - Mario Winans]
    All of my life
    I was told that you had to go through
    Just to get where you want
    And if you come across a storm
    You just gotta keep holding on, and stay strong
    And do what you gotta do
    [Chorus]
    [Verse - Loon]
    Hey yo I came from the bottom, worked my way up
    Ran wit big dudes, had to get my weight up
    Now my cake up, now it's lights, cameras, make up
    Trips to Jacob, foreign countries
    Reminisce of times when we all was hungry
    Now I made it, and all y'all niggaz can hate it
    Seeing that I sound like Mase and
    Knowning that I came from the basement
    Did my own thing, so face it
    Now they coming wit cases, now wit this hand I'm racist
    I'm so close I can taste it
    Sometimes I just wanna grab toast and take it
    But I'm a keep moving and shaking
    Stay true to my faith and
    I ain't worried about you, I'm a make it (I'm a make it)
    [Chorus]




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