Happy Birthday Christopher Lamont Bender, known as Chris Bender, (August 2, 1972 – November 3, 1991) was an American R&B singer who reached the national music charts in 1991 with the album entitled Draped.At the age of 16, Bender recorded his first album, titled Baby Doll, for Epic Records. Benders manager Terryl L. Calloway later stated about Baby Doll: It didnt sell. The video was never [released]. The record didnt sell anything.Bender nevertheless went on to secure a $500,000 contract with EastWest Records.He signed a seven-album contract, although only one album on that contract was released before his death.The album Draped hit No. 92 on the Billboard magazine R&B album chart. His two charted singles I Knew and Thats Not The Way broke into the top 70 on the Hot R&B Singles chart. Other songs he was known for included Who Will I Choose and Kiss and Make Up.On November 3, 1991, at 2:17 A.M.,Bender was shot and killed in Brockton while sitting in his black Mercedes Benz outside of the Crescent Court housing project where his mother lived.Eroy Kindell was convicted of second degree murder and has been recently released from prison. His accomplice Stephen Sticks Fernandes was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to life without parole.
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