New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Coined the Renaissance Man of Gospel by Word Network's Dr.
Bobby Jones, DeWayne
Harvey makes his triumphant return to Gospel music through the release of his first solo project, DeWayne
Harvey &
Friends - �What The Lord Allows�. The title track, which is the first single from the album, features Grammy, Dove, and
Stellar Award winning artist,
Fred Hammond - who recently had a number one Gospel smash with �Alright�, is known for countless hits as a solo artist as well as being one of the founding members of the iconic Gospel group Commissioned.
The upbeat single, �What The Lord Allows�- written and produced by DeWayne
Harvey - is destined to be a Gospel staple. With an official release date of April 2021 to broadcast radio, the tune has already drawn a large viewership and listenership across social media platforms since its posting earlier this year. On Facebook, the music only video earned over 918,000 views with the official video featuring DeWayne and Fred achieved over 50,000 views. With YouTube, the music video posted gathered a total of over 310,716 views (lyric video -170,000 views; official video � 100,551 views) with Spotify coming in with 120,630 streams.
An inductee in the Florida Gospel
Music Hall of Fame, DeWayne
Harvey is known for his previous body of work as a singer, songwriter and producer. He led the groups, DeWayne
Harvey & Unrestrained Praise as well as Pastor DeWayne
Harvey & the Greater Blessings Praise Team. With the group Unrestrained Praise they enjoyed the following hits - �Tell It�, �I Can See My Storm�, �Shine A Lil Light�, �Keep Looking Up� and �God Will Deliver� - while the Greater Blessings Praise Team is known for the album �The Report of The Lord� (their first Billboard charting hit album - #16/Gospel Albums) which produced such smashes as �Whose Report�, �Celebrate�, �All To Him� and �So Great".
Based in Tallahassee, Florida - Mr.
Harvey is a pastor and label owner of Innovative Records. While he is indeed well known in Gospel music thanks to prior works with larger groups, �What The Lord Allows� is his first solo release. Mr. Harvey�s aim through Innovative Records and his music is to capture the attention of a broad audience, across all ages, races and religious denominations through his works in urban music.
