Fred Hammond - Full Performance - 1VOICE 1VOTE Gospel Music Celebration - 2020

Frederick William Hammond[1] (born December 27, 1960)[2][3] is a gospel singer, bass guitar player, and record producer. He is regarded as one of the most popular figures in contemporary gospel music.[4][5][6] He is known for using a variety of different styles in his music such as R&B, hip-hop, and disco.
Hammond has been active both as a member of the gospel performing group Commissioned, and as a solo artist (currently for Verity Records). He is a multiple Grammy-, Dove-, Stellar-award winner and nominee as a performer, producer and writer.[citation needed]

Hammond first gained recognition while playing bass guitar for the gospel group The Winans.[2] By 1985, he was one of the six original members of the group Commissioned, participating in 10 of the group's 12 albums.[citation needed]

After his time with Commissioned ended, he regained fame in the gospel community after selling millions of albums with his musical group Radical For Christ.[citation needed]

In 2002, Hammond returned to the group Commissioned (now with members Keith Staten, Marvin Sapp, Mitchell Jones, Karl Reid, Michael Williams, and Marcus Cole) to produce the Commissioned Reunion Live album.[citation needed]

Hammond produced ""Make Me Like the Moon", a stirring gospel ballad co-written by Chanté Moore and Kenny Lattimore for their 2006 double-CD of gospel and R&B love songs entitled Uncovered/Covered (released October 10, 2006 by LaFace/Verity/Zomba Music Group). He also performs with Sean Combs on the unreleased album, Thank You.