Smokie Norful - Nothing Without You - released October, 2004 on EMI Gospel.
(Courtesy of EMI Gospel) - Smokie, the son of an African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) minister, grew up surrounded by the best of both Gospel and the sweet soul music of the time. As early as the age of two, Smokie had begun to pick out melodies on the piano, and by the time he was four he was playing and singing in his father’s church. Smokie spent the first 14 years of his life in Muskogee, Oklahoma, where he performed in A.M.E. churches throughout the area. His recording debut came at the tender age of 10, when he was asked to be a featured artist on a custom album by a regional music director.