Chris Bender
Chris Bender was born in Brockton, Massachusetts, United States on August 2nd, 1972 and is the R&B Singer. At the age of 19, Chris Bender biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Chris Bender, a.k.a. Chris Bender, (August 2, 1972 – November 3, 1991), was an American R&B musician who reached the national music charts in 1991 with the album Draped before his assassination.
Life and career
Christopher Lamont Bender was the youngest of six children to Andrew Bender, a construction worker and Betty Ann Bender, a nurse's aide. He was born on August 2, 1972, in Brockton, Massachusetts. The Bender family were active in church and at the age of 10 years old, Bender sang an emotional "Amazing Grace". Bender's musical influences were Michael Jackson, Prince, Sam Cooke, Marvin Gaye and New Edition. At the age of 12, Bender met Bobby Jones who owned a studio and helped Chris Bender develop his singing voice, and they were called The Next Generation with the late Robert L Winstead as their manager. At the recording studio called Annie Mae Recording in the city of Brockton and Major recording studio called Normandy Sounds in Warren RI and At 14 years old, Bender formed a group with his two brothers and two cousins called "Steady Life", performing in Brockton. Bender was expelled from Brockton High School at 16 for fighting in school. He went to New York City and met Earl Williams who became his manager and got him a record deal with Epic Records in 1989.
Bender was from the Boston, Massachusetts, area, growing up in Brockton and Waltham. At the age of 16, Bender recorded his first album, Chris Bender, for Epic Records. The first single "Baby Girl" was released in 1989 but limited copies of the album were released. Bender's manager Terryl L. Calloway later stated about Baby Girl: " The video was never [released]. " Bender nevertheless went on to secure a $500,000 contract with EastWest Records. He signed a seven-album contract, although only one album on that contract was released before his death. The album Draped hit No. 92 on the Billboard magazine R&B album chart. His two charted singles "I Knew" and "That's Not The Way" broke into the top 70 on the Hot R&B Singles chart. Other songs he was known for included "Who Will I Choose" and "Kiss and Make Up". His first single "I Knew" peaked at #43 on Billboards R&B singles chart, staying on there for 10 weeks. The follow-up single "That's Not The Way" peaked at #68 on the Billboards Hot R&B singles chart, staying on the chart for 5 weeks. "I Knew" was his only music video.