Michael English

English had learned that Marabeth Jordan, with whom he had an affair, was pregnant with his child. (Jordan sang with First Call, a group he had been on tour with.) Jordan was dismissed from First Call, and two weeks later, English says, she miscarried. First Call and English had just completed a tour for unwed mothers, and each was married.

English was pressured by Warner Alliance to make a public apology, and he was eventually dropped by the label. Warner removed all promotions, marketing, which halted sales of English's records, and Christian radio stations pulled English's songs off the air. He also returned his Dove Awards to the Gospel Music Association. English and his wife Lisa, who were married for 11 years and had a daughter in common, divorced. Read Less

A lot of the material English had previously recorded on his spiritual albums was now being re-released as pop music. Read Less