Sandy patty is a christian  singer with an outstanding voice  

and she was one of the first in her genre  to gain attention from secular tv shows  

like the tonight show she was awarded  prestigious awards such as grammys and doves  

but in the background she had a secret  sin one she lived with for years  

and when she decided to come talk about it she  fell out of favor with the christian community  

but what really happened we  will discuss it in this video  

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looking back sandra fay paddy aka sandy paddy  is a u.s singer born in oklahoma city on july 12  

1956 she has an expressive range  and a wide vocal range in soprano

christian music is what she's best known for  patty grew up in a family of musicians her  

father was a minister of music and her mother  served as the church pianist she first performed  

as a two-year-old when she sang jesus loves me  for her church at phoenix first church of god  

growing up in phoenix in san diego and later  joining her family's performing group known  

as the ron paddy family she sang at churches  all over the country during summer breaks  

after graduating from crawford high school in  san diego she attended san diego state university  

and anderson university in anderson indiana  she studied voice with soprano greta dominic  

and graduated with an emphasis  on conducting at the latter

while a student at anderson university she worked  as a studio musician for area recording studios  

she has spent her time singing background  vocals and recording commercial jingles  

including one for juicy fruit gum  in 1977 she married john helvering  

at this time her career as a performer and  studio singer has been steadily growing and  

it's during this time that she first met  legendary christian musician bill gaither  

paddy recorded her first album for my friends  an independent effort that landed in the hands  

of executives at synspiration records in 1979  she was scientists inspiration and released her  

first professional record sandy's song paddy's  career skyrocketed after she won her first two  

gma dove awards in 1982 and began singing backup  for bill gaither and the bill gaither trio

her first national tool was in 1984 and she  reached national acclaim after her rendition of  

the star-spangled banner was aired during abc's  broadcast of the rededication ceremony for the  

statue of liberty this led to a number of popular  tv appearances including nbc's the tonight show  

christmas in washington and walt  disney's 4th of july extravaganza  

the 1998 pepsi 400 clip was used  frequently on air at the end of programming  

she was invited to sing the national anthem at  the indianapolis 500 in 1987 to 1992 and 2013.  

paddy's inspirational single  release i'll give you peace  

peaked at two on the christian  billboards charts in 1990

as she progressed in her career paddy's concerts  became so popular that they were frequently sold  

out at the arena and concert hall across the  united states back in the late 80s and early  

90s paddy was playing an average of up to 200  concerts a year with the help of over 30 staff

during this time paddy's earnings were high  she often attracted criticism and was even  

seen as the highest paid singer in the christian  music industry due to a high number of tours  

public appearances and radio airtime  

averaging over 100 000 or around three hundred  and fifty thousand dollars in today's value  

after that she released many more  albums including artist of my soul 1997  

and take hold of christ 2003 paddy was inducted  into the gospel music hall of fame in 2004  

and was awarded the gma music in  the rockets summit award in 2007.  

paddy released her 30th studio album in 2008  one year later she received two nominations  

at the gma dove awards female vocalist of  the year an inspirational album of the year  

songs for the journey paddy's been releasing  tons of albums and in 2015 she announced her  

retirement from touring due to her old age and an  interest in spending time with her grandchildren  

in 2016 paddy released forever grateful  

set my whole clock wrong um it turned it upside  down and so what i took in the lies i sort of  

viewed life through that lens in 1992 the  gospel music industry was in a state of shock  

and people were surprised when they received the  news that paddy decided to divorce john helvering  

at the time the reason for the split for unknown  news later surfaced that during her marriage she  

had an extramarital affair with her backup singer  don pesslas who was also married during that time  

paddy disappointed many fellow christians  because she was previously seen as the  

ideal of a good christian wife and mother at  the height of her career she was extolled by  

the faithful as a role model for what a good  christian wife and mother should look like  

as the scandal of her personal life became  more widely known like amy grant many christian  

stores and radio stations banned her music  forcing her to step away from the spotlight  

on this topic she said in the christian  music industry divorce was just a big  

no-no there were people who in their own hurt  and brokenness couldn't come alongside of me  

i was prepared to walk away from  the christian music industry

paddy said her divorce meant that many people  stopped listening to her but she didn't want  

to stop speaking she released more than a  dozen award-winning albums from 1996-2015

after paddy divorced hellring she  married pesslers in august 1995.  

when confronted with rumors just weeks into her  marriage with him paddy made a full confession  

first to her pastor at her church congregation  and then to interviewers in both interviews and  

in her autobiography broken on the back row paddy  expressed remorse and took full responsibility for  

her past actions she revealed that she sought  forgiveness from those affected by her actions  

this was a very difficult time for patty  and thankfully she was being supported by  

charles schultz creator of the peanuts comic  strip he referenced her struggles in his cartoons  

and she's quoted in his spiritual biography  as saying he had deeply impacted her life

now she's been married to don for 20 years and  they have eight children between them still  

years after her fall some christian radio stations  continue to boycott her music and some christian  

magazines received complaints from readers who  are disturbed by ads for sandy paddy's albums  

unfortunately many christian fans have been turned  off by sandy's past missteps and are choosing not  

to buy her music they believe that the singer's  past failures are too scandalous to forget

as one of the most highly acclaimed  performers in history patty has been in  

the music industry for four decades and received  five grammy awards four billboard music awards  

three platinum records and 11 million records  sold sandy paddy is simply known as the voice  

she is one of few musicians to have performed  at three separate presidential inaugurations  

as much as paddy's music has influenced millions  of people the market's demand for it has gone down  

the now 65 year old announced her  retirement and farewell tour at  

moral wine bar in rockefeller center on monday  the 28th of september 2015. no matter what you  

do there comes a time when you should step  away paddy said and mine has finally come  

music has been my voice when i felt like i have  not had a voice paddy said paddy says she wanted  

to thank everyone that has supported her over  the years this would involve leaving them with  

something at the end of her ministry similar to  jesus's last supper she's a true inspiration for  

us all to move on from our mistakes and let  god use us regardless of the circumstances  

i am grateful for the many opportunities that  god has given in my life and for how he has  

allowed me to spread my wings said sandy singing  is my way to tell my story of hope life and love