This week we go back to look at the career of contemporary Christian music singer, songwriter, and speaker, Kathy Troccoli.
Born in Brooklyn, New York, Troccoli was raised on Long Island, New York. Troccoli's debut album, the 1982 release Stubborn Love, was reportedly the best-selling debut album by a contemporary Christian music female artist.
The title song was probably the biggest hit from this album...
A second album, Heart and Soul, was released in 1984; it led to her receiving her first Grammy nomination a year later, in 1986, in which year Images followed it. Troccoli then withdrew from her musical career returning to Long Island for a six-year sojourn, giving singing lessons and sang at weddings.
Her father died of colon cancer when she was 15; her mother died of breast cancer in 1991, shortly before the release of her album Pure Attraction and its mainstream chart selection, "Everything Changes".
Numerous hit songs came afterwards, including 1994's "My Life is in Your Hands", jointly written and composed with Bill Montvilo, which defined her career and inspired the devotional book of the same title, written in 1997, and 1995's "Go Light Your World", which began the rise of writer Chris Rice and was used for charity efforts that year. We continue to play this song in church today.
Through the course of her career, Troccoli has released over 20 albums, numerous collaborations, books, media appearances and has won 3 GMA Dove awards/
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