Prolific songwriter and nationally acclaimed gospel recording artist Freda Battle’s hit song “For All You’ve Done” will be featured on the season premiere of BEVERLY’S FULL HOUSE on the OWN Network. The new hour long reality TV series premieres on Saturday, March 31st at 10pm EST & 9pm CST., which stars supermodel and business woman Beverly Johnson.
“For All You’ve Done”, written by Freda Battle was originally recorded and released in 1998 independently by her city wide recording aggregation Freda Battle and The Temple Worshippers. The song was recorded in a live setting at the then New Covenant Christian Church (now Jubilee Christian Church) in Boston for the group’s debut project FOR ALL YOU’VE DONE FOR ME.
“It was only supposed to be a one time thing”, said Battle in an earlier interview with Stellar Award nominated gospel radio announcer Liz Black, “however we’ve been together since 1997”. It was “For All You’ve Done” that garnered the group national notoriety, which resulted in the group becoming mainstays within the gospel music industry.
In 2006, “For All You’ve Done” was re-recorded by Freda Battle & The Temple Worshippers and produced by Grammy®, Dove and Stellar Award winning recording artist/producer Israel Houghton. The song was the 2nd radio single off of the group’s 3rd project HERE IS OUR PRAISE on Axiom Records. “For All You’ve Done” is considered among gospel music lovers and fans of Battle a favorite among her extensive song catalog. To date, it is still sung in Sunday morning worship church services around the country.
A third generation choir director, Battle has written over 200 songs and hold songwriting credits for her group’s 3 currently released albums FOR ALL YOU’VE DONE FOR ME (1998-Independent), SERIOUS PRAISE (2002- Axiom Records) and HERE IS OUR PRAISE (2006- Axiom Records).
Additionally, Battle secured national songwriting placements for the Thomas Dorsey (known as the father of Gospel Music) National Convention of Gospel Choirs and Choruses (If God Be For Us), Gospel Music Workshop of America: Live In Milwaukee (Here Is Our Praise), Grammy®-nominated and Stellar Award winning legendary female group Witness (It Will Be Alright), Stellar Award nominated project Daryl Coley presents: Here II Praise (Don’t Be Afraid & He Is The Way), Rodney Posey ( He’s Worthy), Patrick Lundy & the Minister’s of Music (Oh How I Love ), AS ONE (God Will Take Care of You), Leonard Burks & the Voices of Praise (Because of You), Heaven Sent (Tell It), King James Version ( Love Song & God Will See You Through), and majority of her protege Clarence Powell debut project MADE IT AFTER ALL on Axiom Records, among many others.
After a 6 year hiatus from recording, Battle is currently preparing to release her long-awaited 4th project with The Temple Worshippers this year (10th overall) entitled, HOW GLORIOUS & EXCELLENT IS OUR GOD featuring special guest appearances from Dove Award -nominated and Stellar Award winning artist Stephen Hurd, Bobby Perry (of Bobby Perry & RAIN), Rodney Posey, among others.
The show follows the family life of supermodel Beverly Johnson as she tries to bring three generations of her fragmented family together under one roof: her own. The show is produced for OWN by Good Clean Fun and executive produced by Jason Carbone, Nick Lee, and Johnson herself. Regular cast members include Beverly, her daughter Anansa (a model herself) and granddaughter Ava, Anansa’s husband David, and Beverly’s longtime friend and house manager Robert.
