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Jaime Murrell

There is something that does not change with the years: Jaime Murrell started singing as a child in the choir of his church in Panama, and ended up recording in Zambia, Mexico and Jerusalem. The seventh of thirteen siblings, he was born in Panama City on October 31, 1949, and music found him early. At 18, he won a singing contest, and that prize opened a whole year of Panamanian television.

During the 1970s, he was part of the group Skorpio, where he sang for five years and recorded several songs that played strongly on Panamanian radio. After that, he continued as a solo artist and also passed through The Mozambiques. He reached the top positions of the country's radio stations, in the midst of secular popular music. Later, at 28, he had a personal turn that led him towards Christian faith, and that reoriented everything that came after.

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In 1979, he joined Kyrios, a Christian group with whom he recorded several songs. Without access to his own church to sing, he went out to evangelize in schools, gyms and places where he had previously performed. From that period came the song Entrégale tu vida a Cristo, composed by himself. He also recorded a second album and started appearing on television programs. In 1981, he moved with his family to Miami, where he pastored the Cathedral of the People church for 13 years.

In 1993, he returned to the recording studios with Marcos Witt to record Grandes Son Tus Maravillas. Soon after came Cristo Reina, his first work as a praise director. That same year he recorded Te pido la paz, a song that won the AMCL Awards in the categories of Song of the Year, Album of the Year and Composition of the Year. In 1997, he recorded Déjame que te alabe with the label Vida in El Paso, Texas, and participated in Preparad el camino, a live production of Marcos Witt recorded in Jerusalem. The following year he recorded Quiero alabar in Torreón, Mexico, and his English version, I Want to Praise, in Lusaka, Zambia. In 2001, he received a nomination in the Dove Awards for Prometo Amarte as Best Latin Album, and in 2004 he was nominated as Best Male Vocalist in the Arpa Awards. He died on February 4, 2021, in Miami.

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31 oct 1949
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🇵🇦 Panama

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