At an early age, Price's musical talents began to dominate her life. While most babies have to be taken from the crib and calmed from crying in the middle of the night, Price's mother has told of the times when the entire house would be awakened by the sound of a young Price singing out in her crib while the rest of the family tried to sleep. As a young child, Price knew that music was more than just something that happened on the radio, in church, or even during the commercials on TV. For her it was a part of life that quickly became a necessity. She became emotionally dependant on the music inside of her and quickly learned how to use music as an outlet to express what she was feeling even when she couldn’t speak about it. One day after experiencing deep sadness from a book she read for a Black history project in school, Kelly wrote a song to express her unexplainable emotions; this was her first song at only 7 years old.
Price sang on her first recording before the age of 10 and by the time she was 18, Price was recording and touring the world with multi-platinum pop diva Mariah Carey. Always a quick study, Kelly watched and learned the intricacies of studio and production work and soon after began to expand into areas other than just background singing. It was during these early years of her professional career that Price refers to as her formal education. While her classmates attended college to prepare for their careers, she went to work everyday and studied with the entertainment industry’s best to prepare for what would soon be her own music career. During these years and beyond, Price has shared her multiple musical gifts with many artists and reached the number one spot on Billboard several times before anyone even knew what the woman behind the voice and the pen looked like. Throughout her career, Price has sung for, recorded with, toured with, wrote songs for, arranged and produced music for George Michael, Mariah Carey, Aretha Franklin, Brian McKnight, LL Cool J, Ben Tankard, Mary J. Blige, Puff Daddy, Brandy, The LOX, Donnie McClurkin, The Williams Brothers, Faith Evans, Karen Clarke-Sheard, Yolanda Adams, MASE, Whitney Houston, Mary Mary, The Notorious B.I.G, Richard Smallwood, R. Kelly, Eric Clapton, Wynona Judd, Gerald Levert, Angela Winbush, The Isley Bros and the legendary Ronald Isley just to name a few. Though many record labels initially pursued Price as a recording artist, it was her connection with Isley and his relentless persistence that convinced her to begin to use her musical talents for herself resulting in a formal alliance between Isley and Price that birthed her solo career with the album Soul of A Woman in 1998 that featured the #1 hit women’s anthem of the year “Friend of Mine”, penned by Price herself.
She would follow with the platinum success of Mirror Mirror in 2000, One Family: A Christmas Album in 2002 and the critically acclaimed Priceless in 2003.
In October 2005, Price recorded her first live gospel project. The This Is Who I Am album was released on October 24, 2006 on her own label, EcclecticSounds Records. It debuted at #1 on the Billboard Gospel Charts and peaked at #9 on the R&B album chart.
Price was inducted as an honorary member of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. in July 2006.
In early 2007, Price kicked off a tour with the "Sisters in the Spirit 2007".
In 2006, she recorded the song "Why?" for the soundtrack Why Did I Get Married?, a film version of the stage play of the same name she once acted in, playing the role of Sheila.
In early 2009, Price was featured on Coko's gospel album entitled The Winner In Me on the track "Oh Mary".
In June 2010, Price promoted her single "Tired" on The Jazz Joy and Roy syndicated radio show as "some of the best work of my career to date."
In September 2009, it was announced she would be joining Deborah Cox and Tamia to form the super group The Queen Project. The women seek to empower women of all ages, races and backgrounds by doing a number of community service projects. In September 2010, Kelly announced via her official Twitter profile that her new solo album Kelly will be released in 2011. Her second single "Not My Daddy" debuted on R&B charts at #87.
In Love At Christmas
Kelly Price Lyrics
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A midnight clear
Was no Santa Claus
No reindeer.
Only me and you
A love brand new
We fell in love at Christmas
It wasn't Valentine's Day
Summertime may be fine
But love didn't find me.
Till the snow began to fall
That's when everything changed
Cause that's when I found you.
I remember when holidays were blue
Shopping trips, money spent.
Every year de'ja vu
But now I reminisce on a special gift
In you I found it happened one silent night.
Just one year ago when your love found me
Now my life has changed and it's amazing
Cause I prayed for something special to come
But I never dreamed it would be your love.
The lyrics to Kelly Price's song In Love At Christmas are about a new love found during the holiday season. The first stanza sets the scene by describing a peaceful, snowy night with no distractions, except for the two people falling in love. The singer reveals that it wasn't a traditional romantic holiday that brought them together, but the magic of the Christmas season. The second stanza contrasts the singer's past experiences of the holidays being "blue" with the newfound joy that their love brings. The final stanza expresses gratitude and awe for the unexpected love that came into the singer's life.
What is significant about the song is its blending of common themes in love songs (e.g. finding love unexpectedly, giving oneself fully to another person) with the unique backdrop of the holiday season. This emotionally resonant song can serve as a reminder to listeners that love can come at any time, in unexpected ways, and can also bring about important and positive changes in one’s life.
Line by Line Meaning
T'was a silent night
The night was silent and calm
A midnight clear
The night sky was clear and peaceful
Was no Santa Claus
There was no figure of Santa Claus present
No reindeer.
There were no reindeer in sight
Only me and you
Only two people were present
A love brand new
Their love was new and fresh
We fell in love at Christmas
They fell in love during the Christmas season
It wasn't Valentine's Day
Their love wasn't sparked on Valentine's Day
Or the first day of spring,
Their love didn't start in the spring
Summertime may be fine
Summer could have been their season of love
But love didn't find me.
They weren't in love before Christmas
Till the snow began to fall
Their love started when it began to snow
That's when everything changed
Their lives changed when they fell in love
Cause that's when I found you.
They found each other during the snowfall
I remember when holidays were blue
The singer remembers feeling sad during the holidays
Shopping trips, money spent.
The singer would go on shopping trips and spend money during the holidays
Every year de'ja vu
Every year felt the same
But now I reminisce on a special gift
The singer thinks back to their special gift of love during Christmas
In you I found it happened one silent night.
They found their special gift of love with each other during a calm night
Just one year ago when your love found me
Their love started just a year ago
Now my life has changed and it's amazing
Their life has changed due to their love and it's incredible
Cause I prayed for something special to come
The singer prayed for something special to happen
But I never dreamed it would be your love.
They never expected their special thing to be the love they found
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: ERICA MONIQUE ATKINS, KELLY PRICE, TRECINA EVETTE ATKINS, WARRYN S. CAMPBELL
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on Just As I Am
My all time favorite KP song ‼️