So Glad I Know
So Glad I Know is the first gospel album by American R&B singer Deniece Williams, released in 1986 on Sparrow Records. The album reached No. 6 on the Billboard Top Christian Albums chart and No. 7 on the Billboard Top Gospel Albums chart. So Glad I Know was also Grammy nominated in the category of Best Gospel Performance, Female.
Overview
So Glad I Know was Williams' first full-length gospel album. With this came a new recording of "They Say", originally from her 1983 album I'm So Proud, now a duet with fellow Gospel singer Sandi Patti. At the 29th Annual Grammy Awards the said duo won a Grammy for Best Gospel Performance by a Duo or Group. Williams also won a Grammy in the category of Best Soul Gospel Performance, Female for her rendition of the hymn "I Surrender All".Personnel
- Deniece Williams – vocals, arrangements, backing vocals
- Randy Waldman – keyboards, synthesizer programming
- Jay Gruska – additional synthesizers, arrangements, string arrangements
- Greg Mathieson – keyboards, arrangements
- Alan Pasqua – additional synthesizers, keyboards, synthesizer programming, keyboard solo
- Casey Young – programming
- Todd Yvega – Synclavier programming
- Richard Souther – keyboards, arrangements
- Eric Persing – synthesizers
- Dann Huff – guitars
- James Harrah – guitars
- Paul Jackson Jr. – guitars
- Nathan East – bass
- Freddie Washington – bass
- John Robinson – drums
- Michael Fisher – percussion
- Calvin Smith – French horn solo
- Steve Tavaglione – soprano saxophone
- David Boruff – saxophone solo
- Brad Westering – arrangements
- Roosevelt Christmas – backing vocals
- Josie James – backing vocals
- George Merrill – backing vocals
- Kathy Baumgardner – backing vocals
- Billie Bell – backing vocals
- Joy Burchett – backing vocals
- Esther Dekker – backing vocals
- David Flaherty – backing vocals
- Ron Gollner – backing vocals
- Angie Reed – backing vocals
- Sheila Shipley – backing vocals
- Becky Smith – backing vocals
- Deanna Trygg – backing vocals
- Rick Uhles – backing vocals
- Rob Watson – backing vocals
- Roseanne Watson – backing vocals
- Susan Westerang – backing vocals
- Sandi Patti – vocals
- Diane Brown – backing vocals
- Warren Ham – backing vocals
- Julia Tillman Waters – backing vocals
- Maxine Waters Willard – backing vocals
- Oren Waters – backing vocals
- Avah Ham – backing vocals
- John Laird – backing vocals
- Rick Logan – backing vocals
Production
- Brad Westering – producer
- Frank Wolf – engineer, remixing
- John Bolt – additional engineer
- Steve Ford – additional engineer, remix assistant
- Mitch Gibson – additional engineer
- Alan Hirshberg – additional engineer
- Larry Nefzger – additional engineer
- Steve Hall – mastering at Future Disc
- Peter Nomura – artwork, design
- Stan Everson Design, Inc. – artwork, design
- Marc Raboy – cover photography, make-up
- Danny Wintrode – hair stylist
Accolades
Grammy Awards| Year | Winner | Category |
| 1987 | "I Surrender All" | Best Soul Gospel Performance, Female |
| 1987 | "They Say" | Best Gospel Performance by a Duo or Group |