Fred Hammonds was born in 1961,the Dove and Stellar award winner has been active both as a member of the gospel performing group Commissioned, and as a solo artist (currently for Verity Records). He is a multiple time Grammy, Dove, Stellar award winner and nominee as a performer and a producer.
Hammond gained notoriety while playing the bass guitars for the gospel group The Winans By 1985 he was one of the six original members of the group Commissioned, participating in 10 of the group's 12 albums.
After his stint with Commissioned ended, he regained fame in the gospel community after selling millions of albums with his musical group Radical For Christ.
In 2002 Hammond returned to the group Commissioned (now with members Keith Staten, Marvin Sapp, Mitchell Jones, Karl Reid, Michael Williams, and Marcus Cole) to produce the Commissioned Reunion Live album.
Hammond produced Make Me Like The Moon, a stirring gospel ballad co-written by Chanté Moore and Kenny Lattimore for their 2006 double-CD of gospel and R&B love songs entitled Uncovered/Covered (released October 10, 2006 by LaFace/Verity/Zomba Music Group). He also performs with Sean Combs on the album Thank You.

Some of his music

1986
Go Tell Somebody (Commissioned)
Light Records

1987
On The Winning Side (Commissioned)
Light Records

1988
Will You Be Ready? (Commissioned)
Light Records

1989
Ordinary Just Won't Do (Commissioned)
Light Records

1990
State of Mind (Commissioned)
Verity Records

1991
Number 7 (Commissioned)
A&M Records

1991
I Am Persuaded
Verity Records

1993
Deliverance
A&M Records

1994
Matters of the Heart (Commissioned)
A&M Records