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Mary Rice Hopkins

Mary Rice Hopkins is an American children's religious artist born September 6, 1956, who has written hundreds of songs for children and adults. She currently lives in Southern California. It was Also Broadcast on the Australian Christian Channel in Australia. Hopkins has been in the music ministry for over 30 years and has over twenty albums. She was influenced musically by her parents and brothers. Her brothers originated the country-gospel band Brush Arbor, which won the Academy of Country Music award for Vocal Group of the Year in 1974. With Wendy Hofheimer, she recorded three albums as "Wendy & Mary" for Sparrow Records.Hopkins has also written several children's books, as well as curriculum books that accompany her albums. Her distributor is Big Steps 4 … more »