The seventh of twelve children, Vickie was born in Detroit, Michigan to Mattie A. Bowman, a housewife, and Aaron Bowman, a father who worked at various times as a laborer, contractor, carpenter and mason. She began singing in church – the International Gospel Center –, at the age of eight, and as a teenager she sang with a group known as the International Sounds of Deliverance. Some of her siblings include Beverly Bouldes, Sandi Tyler, Irma Crockett, Annette Tharpe, Aaron Bowman, Jr. (deceased), Carleen Riley, Cathy Williams, Tim Bowman, Mary Sturdivant, Bryan,and Lorne Bowman .
After high school, she married Bishop Ronald Brown of Faith Tabernacle Deliverance Temple in Orangeburg, South Carolina. Together they had a son Mario Brown, now known as Mario Winans. In June 1978, she married Marvin Winans of popular gospel group, The Winans. With Marvin she has son Marvin Jr (Coconut, Vickie Also Has talented relatives, named Richard Richardson, Thomas Richardson, Alissa Richardson.
At the end of 2003, Vickie married businessman Joe McLemore. Vickie lost her mother Evangelist Mattie Bowman on December 12, 2006.
In 1995 Vickie and Marvin Sr. divorced after almost 17 years of marriage. The stress of the divorce caused her to develop ulcers on her esophagus, diabetes and to gain weight. "I was sick from the stress of the divorce." Eventually, Vickie regained her health and re-energized her career.
How I Got Over (Destiny Joy Records) is the name of Winans' self-produced CD that was released on August 25, 2009. The eleven-song project is a well-blended collage of traditional and urban contemporary songs. Her first radio single, “How I Got Over” is Winans’ personal testimony. Taking a line from an old hymn classic favorite, Winans creates a brand new song that celebrates her victories, faith and trust in God. It opens with an upbeat, but old school church flavor and breaks down into a contemporary vamp before she slams a closing with her nephew, Tim Bowman Jr. who lays down some jazzy scats. The song's music video was shot in the basement of Winans' home. The project is rounded out with another brilliant dance song “Heyyy” (featuring Tye Tribbett and her goddaughter La'Niece Bridgeforth), “Release It” (a tear-jerking ballad), “Swoop” and others. Also Vickie's Single Release it from the album how i got over, was made into a powerful video, from the help of her son's mario Yellow Man Winans, and her nephew Richard Richardson.
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