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![]() ![]() When auditioning, Studdard sang Stevie Wonder's " Ribbon in the Sky." This guided him to being one of the local finalists. I was making demos and just working so hard." A back-up singer from Just a Few Cats asked him to accompany her to Nashville, Tennessee for an audition on the 2003 second season of American Idol. Years later, Studdard stated: "A lot of people don't realize how hard I was trying to get into the business before American Idol. He sang with Just a Few Cats, a popular local Birmingham jazz and R&B band founded by members of Ray Reach's UAB Jazz Ensemble, along with other local musicians. Īfter growing up listening to his mother's Donny Hathaway albums, Fred Hammond, and gospel music, Studdard began to pursue a career in the music industry, majoring in voice studies at Alabama A&M. ![]() While at Alabama A&M, he joined the Omicron Delta chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, the men's music fraternity of America. While at Huffman High School, he played football for which he received a scholarship to Alabama A&M University. He continued singing gospel in church, performing solos as a child while his mother sang in the local choir. The youngest son of two teachers, at the age of three, he sang for the first time at the Rising Star Baptist Church in his hometown of Birmingham. Army, and grew up in Birmingham, Alabama. Studdard was born in Frankfurt, Germany, to American parents, while his father was stationed there with the U.S.
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