Ashley Cleveland, born February 2, 1957, in Knoxville, Tennessee, is an American singer-songwriter and gospel musician. She sang on the soundtrack for the film Ernest Goes to Camp (1987) before releasing her studio albums Big Town (1991) and Bus Named Desire (1993). Her album Lesson of Love (1995) earned a Grammy Award for Best Rock Gospel Album in 1996. She won the same award for You Are There (1998) in 1999 and for Before the Daylight's Shot (2006) in 2008. Her other studio releases include Second Skin (2002), Men and Angels Say (2005), and God Don't Never Change (2009). Cleveland contributed vocals to Rich Mullins' album The Jesus Record (1998), performed as part of John Hiatt's band on national television, published her memoir Little Black Sheep in 2013, and serves as a pastoral associate in Nashville.
