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Mason taught music at East Cobb Middle School in the early 1980s. She went on to pen chart-topping singles such as "Each One, Reach One" and "A World of
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found among the regular song line ups in weekly church worship services. Her song "All Rise" was one of the most-recorded contemporary
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Mason has always blended pop and contemporary praise, inspirational ballads, and soulful gospel into her music style. However, Mason had longed to record a 1940s-era project à la
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pastor and she hails from at least five generations of ministers. Mason started playing as church pianist in 1964 and was the choir director for the church her father pastored.
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