Heritage Singers are an American gospel group founded by Max 0Mace and his wife Lucy, with their two children, Val and Greg. Based near Placerville, California, the group has traveled to over 65 countries, performed over 7,000 concerts, produced 200 television programs, and recorded over 100 albums. In 2014 the Loma Linda Broadcasting Network began re-playing their 30-minute shows three times each week with the new title of Heritage Singers Classics.
History
After four years of performing with a patriotic/folk singing group to promote Portland-based United Medical Laboratories named Rose City Singers, the Maces decided to resign and form a Christian group in 1971. Jerry Leiske named the group based on Bible scripture equating saints with God's "Heritage ... objects of His special care."The first year, they released two albums (Come Along with the Heritage Singers and Hymns We Remember), and performed their first public concert in June. Early accompanists included Bob Silverman on piano and Pete McLeod and Jeff Wood on guitars. In 1974 the Heritage Singers collaborated with Ron Huff, who arranged their first albums with full orchestration.As their popularity grew (along with a television series, Heritage Singers Presents), they formed a second group in September 1974, dubbed Heritage II, (subsequently named New Creation) to perform mostly at cities located in the eastern half of the United States; and a third group, Heritage Singers en Espanol, which tours South America singing Spanish versions of the group's signature songs. More than 250 people (including Chris Willis) have performed as members of Heritage Singers; however, the Mace family has remained at its core. As for the religious affiliation of its members, Max Mace has stated that while a majority of them are Seventh-day Adventists, that's not in itself a requirement. "They have to be a born-again Christian and receptive to the Adventist message."
Reunions
Celebratory reunion concerts have been held in 1979 (Swing Auditorium), 1986 (Anaheim Convention Center), 2001 (Ontario Convention Center), and 2005 (Crystal Cathedral). A final 45th anniversary reunion was held at the Citizens Business Bank Arena on July 30, 2016 with 126 singers on stage.
Discography
Studio albums
Live albums
Videos
Recent members
Singers
Typically 7 to 10 singers perform at each concert, and the line-up varies depending on the location and availability.Denar Almonte
Ted Atwood
Dave Bell
Rob Burkey
Tim Calhoun
Marcelo Constanzo
Melody Davis
Tim Davis
Kevin Dumitru
Garth Gabriel
Cindy Haffner
Lisa Jensen
Shani Judd Diehl
John Lomacang
Adriane Mace
Amber Mace
Max Mace
Val Mace Mapa
Chloe Mallory
Darrell Marshall
Jaclyn Pruehs
Shastin Rains
Scott Reed
Frank John Salas
Becki Trueblood Craig
Miguel VerazasBand
The recording musicians vary on each CD, and the band usually does not perform at concerts except for special occasions.Gary Hemenway - keyboards
Art Mapa – guitars
Austin Mapa – drums
Art Munar – keyboards
Nino Ocampo – bass
Dani Stromback – keyboards
Joel Umali – keyboardsTechnicalTim Davis – vocal arranger and producer
Greg Mace – sound engineer
Lucy Mace - tour manager
Max Mace – director
Art Mapa – arranger, producer, programmer Source:
External links
Official website
Firsthand biography by Dan Shultz in 2009-2010
Heritage Singers Classics programming schedule on LLBN
Heritage Singers discography at AllMusic.com
Heritage Singers discography at CrossRhythms.com
Heritage Singers discography at Discogs.com
Me and My House
- Heritage Singers
He Touched Me
- Heritage Singers
God's Wonderful People
- Heritage Singers
Redeemer
- Heritage Singers
Side By Side
- Heritage Singers
Jesus Makes Everything Good
- Heritage Singers
Because of Love
- Heritage Singers
We Are All HIs Children
- Heritage Singers
I Surrender All
- Heritage Singers
There Is A River
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Maranatha!
- Heritage Singers
Just a Little More Time
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God Will Take Care of You
- Heritage Singers
Heaven is for Kids
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Thank You For Your Love
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Heaven's Mountain Band
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One Fine Day
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I Tremble
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Alone In His Presence
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A Song Was Born
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Adonai
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Without Him
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The King Is Coming
- Heritage Singers
I Bowed On My Knees and Cried Holy
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He Is Able
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I Am Willing Lord
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Your Grace
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Be Strong
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I Will Glory In The Cross
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At The Cross
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I Touched His Garment
- Heritage Singers
Yes I Am
- Heritage Singers
Live for Jesus
- Heritage Singers
What God Can Do
- Heritage Singers
I'm Gonna Get Up
- Heritage Singers
Mansion Over The Hilltop
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Peacespeaker
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When Sparrows Fall
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One More Song for You
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His Strength Is Perfect
- Heritage Singers
Somebody Sing Me a Gospel Song
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I Can Only Imagine
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Because I'm Forgiven
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Mi Corazon
- Heritage Singers
Break Me Lord
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No More Night
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Tears Are a Language
- Heritage Singers
Renew Me
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Hide Thou Me
- Heritage Singers
So Amazing
- Heritage Singers
Jesus Is All I Need
- Heritage Singers
Special Delivery
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Breathe On Me
- Heritage Singers
Bryan's Hymn (When I Turn To You)
- Heritage Singers
Through The Fire
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Go
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We Are The Reason
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My Lord and I
- Heritage Singers
Surely The Presence
- Heritage Singers
Do You Remember The Time
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Forgive Me
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Whatever It Takes
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Song of Glory
- Heritage Singers
Because He Lives
- Heritage Singers
Little Flowers
- Heritage Singers
Can You Reach My Friend
- Heritage Singers
Farther Along
- Heritage Singers
What a Day That Will Be
- Heritage Singers
Pass Me Not
- Heritage Singers
One Day At A Time
- Heritage Singers
Come Along With Me
- Heritage Singers
You Saved Me
- Heritage Singers
I Need A Miracle
- Heritage Singers
He Still Speaks
- Heritage Singers
Does Jesus Care
- Heritage Singers
I Got Jesus Right Here in My Heart
- Heritage Singers
Give It Away
- Heritage Singers
I Am Not Ashamed
- Heritage Singers
Total Praise
- Heritage Singers
Jesus Will Still Be There
- Heritage Singers
A Quiet Place
- Heritage Singers
I Believe In A Hill Called Mount Calvary
- Heritage Singers
Learning To Lean On Jesus
- Heritage Singers
Come Holy Spirit
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Hosanna
- Heritage Singers
I Give You Worship
- Heritage Singers
Holy Ground
- Heritage Singers
Plenty of Room in the Family
- Heritage Singers
Strike Up The Band
- Heritage Singers
It Is Finished
- Heritage Singers
You Gave Me Love
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Beulah Land
- Heritage Singers
Where Could I Go But To The Lord
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I Am Not Alone
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Sinner Saved By Grace
- Heritage Singers
Child Forgiven
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Moment of Mercy
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Loving God, Loving Each Other
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We Are the Band, But He Is the Music
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Set Me On The Rock
- Heritage Singers
Oh Happy Day - Nothing But The Blood
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My God's Really A Big God
- Heritage Singers
The Word Is Mercy
- Heritage Singers
Holy Spirit Come Fill This Place
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Holy Spirit Rain Down
- Heritage Singers
There's Always A Place At The Table
- Heritage Singers
These Are They
- Heritage Singers
Savior Came
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Depend Upon His Love
- Heritage Singers
It Is Well With My Soul
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In Awe
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Grandma's Bible
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God Keeps A Candle
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When I Get Carried Away
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Great Is Thy Faithfulness
- Heritage Singers
I Give You Praise
- Heritage Singers
Hey
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It Is No Secret
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The Savior Is Waiting
- Heritage Singers
Ho, Ho, Ho
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Nobody Knows Me Like You
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When We All Get Together With the Lord
- Heritage Singers
Albums & Songs
- What a Precious Friend Is He
- Something Beautiful
- The Lighthouse
- Because He Lives
- How Rich I Am
- Great Is Thy Faithfulness
- Gentle Shepherd
- I Know Who Holds Tomorrow
- Sheltered in the Arms of God
- The King Is Coming
- I’ll Be Home for Christmas
- Sleep Well Little Children
- (There’s No Place Like) Home for the Holidays
- Mary, Did You Know?
- Christmas Time Is Here
- We Need a Little Christmas
- Who Would Imagine a King
- All Is Well
- Silent Night
- O Holy Night
- I'm Forgiven
- Gotta Get to Jesus
- In Christ Alone
- He's Been Faithful
- Working on a Building
- More Than Anything
- Bread Upon the Water
- That Sounds Like Home to Me
- Through It All
- Praise the Lord
- Medley: Come Along with Me / Gentle Shepherd / Just a Little More Time / I Am Willing Lord (Live)
- Medley: He Touched Me / There's Just Something About That Name / Sheltered in the Arms of God / Because He Lives (Live)
- Sometimes It Takes a Mountain (Live)
- Medley: I Got Jesus Right Here in My Heart / God's Wonderful People / Plenty of Room in the Family / The Family of God (Live)
- Medley: My Tribute / When the Time Comes / It Takes Everything to Serve the Lord / Little Flowers (Live)
- Daystar (Live)
- Medley: I Just Feel Like Something Good Is About to Happen / Let's Just Praise the Lord / Something Beautiful / Through It All (Live)
- You Gotta Do Right (Live)
- Medley: Morning Prayer / Part the Waters / Maranatha / Forever Is a Long, Long Time (Live)
- Medley: Happiness Is the Lord / Amazing Grace / If Heaven Was Never Promised to Me / Never Say Goodbye (Live)
- Plenty of Room in the Family
- We Are the Reason
- Little Flowers
- I Am Willing Lord
- Jesus Is the Lighthouse
- Can You Reach My Friend
- I Just Feel Like Something Good Is About to Happen
- Someone Is Praying for You
- Peacespeaker
- Side By Side
- Because He Lives
- Something Happened to Daddy
- I Got Jesus Right Here in My Heart
- More Than Wonderful
- Come Along With Me
- Maranatha!
- God's Wonderful People
- Me and My House
- Tears Are a Language
- The King Is Coming
- Jesus Is All I Need
- Come Holy Spirit
- The Savior Is Waiting
- The Word Is Mercy
- Does Jesus Care
- In Awe
- Surely the Presence
- Whatever It Takes
- Savior Came
- Without Him
- Song of Glory
- I Tremble
- Give It Away
- I Am Not Ashamed
- Oh Happy Day-nothing But the Blood
- There's Always a Place At the Table
- I Give You Worship
- Redeemer
- Because I'm Forgiven
- I Will Glory In the Cross
- Hey
- What God Can Do
- Child Forgiven
- I Need a Miracle
- God Keeps a Candle
- Moment of Mercy
- Strike Up the Band
- God Will Take Care of You
- Through the Fire
- When Sparrows Fall
- Grandma's Bible
- I'm Gonna Get Up
- I Believe In a Hill Called Mount Calvary
- Holy Ground
- Great Is Thy Faithfulness
- These Are They
- At the Cross
- He Is Able
- Set Me On the Rock
- Pass Me Not
- Jesus Will Still Be There
- It Is Finished
- Because of Love
- Alone In His Presence
- Total Praise
- Be Strong
- So Amazing
- Bryan's Hymn (When I Turn to You)
- Breathe On Me
- You Saved Me
- No More Night
- I Surrender All
- A Quiet Place
- Mi Corazon
- Your Grace
- Thank You for Your Love
- I Give You Praise
- A Song Was Born
- We Are All HIs Children
- Depend Upon His Love
- We Are the Band, But He Is the Music
- I Am Not Alone
- Forgive Me
- Loving God, Loving Each Other
- It Is No Secret (What God Can Do)
- Yes I Am
- Hide Thou Me
- There Is a River
- Sinner Saved By Grace
- Somebody Sing Me a Gospel Song
- Mansion Over the Hilltop
- Beulah Land
- Renew Me
- Holy Spirit Come Fill This Place
- I Can Only Imagine
- Adonai
- One Fine Day
- Do You Remember the Time
- Holy Spirit Rain Down
- His Strength Is Perfect
- Hosanna
- Break Me Lord
- When We All Get Together With the Lord
- I Touched His Garment
- My Lord and I
- Where Could I Go but to the Lord
- Learning to Lean On Jesus
- I Bowed On My Knees and Cried Holy
- When I Get Carried Away
- He Still Speaks
- Farther Along
- What a Day That Will Be
- It Is Well With My Soul
- You Are Holy
- I Will Never Be
- I Give You My Heart
- Shout to the Lord
- Draw Nigh
- My Heart Sings Praises
- Love You so Much
- Show Me Your Ways
- Power of Your Love
- High and Exalted
- You Are Holy (Reprise)
- This Old House / When the Saints Go Marching In
- Ten Thousand Angels Cried
- I'll Fly Away
- Going Home
- Without You, I Haven't Got a Prayer
- He Washed My Eyes with Tears
- Will You Love Jesus More
- Search Me Lord
- On the Side of Angels
- Heaven's Bright Shore
- Healer of Broken Hearts
- When You Get Alone with My Heart
- Had It Not Been
- He Is Our Peace
- He Is There
- You Are Lord of Everything
- You Are Awesome in This Place
- I Sing Praises to Your Name
- We Worship You
- I Need You Lord
- Undivided Heart
- In the Presence of Jehovah
- Does Anybody Here Need Jesus
- Joy to the World / Angels We Have Heard on High
- Evening in December
- The First Noel
- Merry Christmas with Love
- A Star Led to Life
- Silent Night / Away in a Manger / It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
- Breath of Heaven
- Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
- Tennessee Christmas
- Still, Still, Still
- You Are My Song
- Hear My Song Lord
- Grant Me an Open Heart
- Shadow of Your Wings
- Come Ye Who Are Weary
- Praises
- I Hear Angels
- Follower of Christ
- Joy of My Desire
- Bowing My Heart
- Peacespeaker
- His Heart Is Big Enough
- New Wine
- How Could You Say No
- The River
- The Power of Praise
- Through His Eyes
- Temporary Home
- Blessed Are the Tears
- When Jesus Comes
- Make Me Like You
- Jesus the Savior Divine
- I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say
- Jesus Is the Sweetest Name I Know
- He's My Lord
- Nearer Still Nearer
- Give Thanks
- How Great Thou Art
- Softly and Tenderly
- What Will You Do for Jesus?
- Father of All
- Love of My Life
- Sail On
- Lay It All on Him
- Oh How He Loves You and Me
- Swing Down Chariot
- Closer Than a Brother
- The Rocks Shall Not Cry Out
- Don't Cry
- You Can't Take It with You
- Champion of Love
- Someone Needs to Tell Them
- Take the Name of Jesus
- Daystar
- 'Til the Storm Passes By
- Come and Worship
- It's My Desire
- I'm Yours, Lord
- Welcome Back Home
- Here Comes a Miracle
- What Is This?
- Stronger Than the Weight
- All the World Should Know
- Faithful
- Restless Heart
- Let the Love Flow
- Stand
- Gotta Have the Real Thing
- Bring It to Jesus
- One More Day
- Sleigh Ride
- Kids
- Jingle Bells
- Silver Bells
- White Christmas
- Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
- On This Christmas Night
- The Christmas Song
- Winter Wonderland
- Heirlooms
- We Wish You a Merry Christmas
- I Never Knew Love
- Dying
- He Came Down to My Level
- Rain Your Love
- More Than Wonderful
- Living Again
- Can You Reach My Friend
- Rumor Mill
- When the Time Comes
- Never Say Goodbye
- King of My Life
- We Have Come into His House
- Open Our Eyes / In His Time
- Wonderful, Wonderful One
- Me and My House
- Praise Him
- In This Very Room
- I Love Praising the Name of the Lord
- At the Mention of His Name
- Hallelujah
- Mighty Jordan Roll
- One Day at a Time
- When God Dips His Love in My Heart
- Stop and Smell the Roses
- Jesus Loves
- On the Wings of a Snow White Dove
- Heaven's Mountain Band
- Daddy Sang Bass
- Roots
- I Would Crawl All the Way to the River
- I Am Willing, Lord
- Little Flowers
- Learning to Live Like a Child of the King
- If Heaven Never Was Promised to Me
- God's Gonna Bless His Children
- Part the Waters
- When I Say Jesus
- Thank You, Jesus
- Clean Before the Lord
- It Won't Be Long
- Morning Prayer
- Plenty of Room in the Family
- Nearer Still Nearer
- Praise the Lord, He Never Changes
- Feeling at Home in the Family
- What More Could He Do
- Getting Used to the Family of God
- I Just Feel Like Something Good Is About to Happen
- Would You
- Jesus, We Just Want to Thank You / God Is so Good
- The Lighthouse
- Keep Your Hand in the Lord
- More (Than You'll Ever Know)
- I Have a Peace in My Heart
- Old Time Religion Country Style
- All About Love
- These Hands of Mine
- I Know He Loves Me
- What Color Is a Soul
- May God Be with You
- Tears Are a Language
- Growin' in Jesus
- I've Never Loved Him Better Than Today
- Something Happened to Daddy
- Come, Holy Spirit
- We've Come This Far by Faith
- Nobody Cared
- I Got Jesus Right Here in My Heart
- Take up Thy Cross
- He's the Savior of My Soul / Alleluia