Take 6 is an influential United States|American a cappella gospel music sextet formed in 1980 on the campus of Oakwood College in Huntsville, Alabama. The group sings in a contemporary style, integrating R&B and jazz influences into their devotional songs and has 10 Grammy Awards|Grammy wins, 10 Dove Awards, one Soul Train Award and two NAACP Image Award nominations. They won Grammy Awards in 1989, 1990, 1991, 1995, 1998, and 2003 and have collaborated with Stevie Wonder, Whitney Houston, Don Henley, Ray Charles, Queen Latifah, Joe Sample, Quincy Jones, Marcus Miller and Gordon Goodwin.
Group biography
Oakwood College Years
In 1980, Claude V. McKnight III|Claude McKnight formed an a cappella quartet, The Gentlemen's Estates Quartet, at Oakwood College, a Seventh-Day Adventist college in Huntsville, Alabama, where he was a freshman. He auditioned fellow students for the hobby group. The Gentlemen were rehearsing in a campus bathroom (later said to be in Peterson Hall), getting ready for a performance, when Mark Kibble walked by and heard them singing. He joined the harmonizing, adding a fifth part, and ended up singing with them onstage that very night.<ref>[http://www.singers.com/take6.html Primarily A Capella: Take 6]</ref> Mark later invited Mervyn Warren to join the group. The group performed under the moniker "Alliance".