SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT


ST. JUDES CHILDREN’S RESEARCH HOSPITAL IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THE ADDITION OF 10X GRAMMY® AWARD WINNING GROUP TAKE 6 TO MUSIC ‘GIVES TO ST. JUDE’S KIDS, ...which provides a platform for music enthusiasts to connect their passion for music to the mission of St. Jude to continue leading the way the world understands, treats, and defeats childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases.

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10 GRAMMY® Awards
10 Dove Awards
Gospel Music Hall of Famers
Soul Train Award

And more!

TAKE 6 (Claude McKnight, Mark Kibble, Joel Kibble, Dave Thomas, Alvin Chea and Khristian Dentley), heralded by Quincy Jones as the “baddest vocal cats on the planet!,” is the quintessential a cappella group and the model for vocal genius.

They are the preeminent and best a cappella group in the world.

With their outstanding appearance on CBS’s Homeward Bound: A GRAMMY® Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon (set for release soon), TAKE 6 thrilled the TV audience with their stunning rendition of Homeless! A few months later, the phenomenal group did it again – this time with friend Michael McDonald and Don’t Worry Baby on A Grammy Salute to The Beach Boys!

2024 will bring another recording and brand-new show by this legendary group where the art of the song will meet the art of harmony as the group takes on songs first associated with jazz that transcended the genre – Rhapsody In Blue, Come Sunday, and more!

With 10 GRAMMY® Awards, 10 Dove Awards, a Soul Train Award, and as Members of the Gospel Music Hall of Fame, this musical phenomenon has six virtuosic voices united in crystal clear harmony, against a backdrop of syncopated rhythms, innovative arrangements, and funky grooves that bubble into an intoxicating brew of gospel, jazz, R&B, and pop.

With praise from such luminaries as Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder, Brian Wilson, Ella Fitzgerald and Whitney Houston, the multi-platinum selling sextet has toured across the globe, collaborated across genres, and is recognized as the pre-eminent a cappella group in the world.

With their most recent recording ICONIC, TAKE 6 emerged on seven (7) Billboard Charts simultaneously and have seen their music played all over the country in various formats! This April 2022, the legendary group took to Capitol Hill for GRAMMYs® On The Hill to advocate for musicians rights and work.

From televised vocal to the mania over singing driven comedy-dramas like Glee and Smash, TAKE 6 is the original torchbearer. Major public and corporate events remind everyone of this as TAKE 6 has triumphed among a gathering of stars including Celine Dion, Lionel Richie, Justin Timberlake, Stevie Nicks, and Ne-Yo at Walmart’s 50th Anniversary celebration; a SOLD-OUT audience and Standing Ovation at the Songwriters Hall of Fame Awards where TAKE 6 captivated the audience with their rendition, performing with and honoring legendary singer-songwriter Ben E. King, on his classic “Stand By Me.” As a group that knows no musical bounds, they then brought the house down with their tribute to folk icon Woody Guthrie with “This Land Is Your Land.”

TAKE 6 has come a long way from their days at Huntsville, Alabama’s Oakwood College where McKnight formed the group as The Gentleman’s Estate Quartet in 1980. The group eventually became known as Alliance but when they signed to Reprise Records in 1987 they found that there was another group with the same name, so they became TAKE 6. Their self-titled debut CD won over jazz and pop critics and they’ve never slowed down. What makes the music and the group last this long? The answers are direct and simple: faith, friendship, respect, and love of music. From their exceptional Christmas Show, to their innovative Symphony show, these qualities are at the heart of the TAKE 6 phenomenon.


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