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Love Song was founded in 1970 by Chuck Girard, Tommy Coomes, Jay Truax, and Fred Field, prior to the conversion of any of the band members. [1] Field and Truax were the first two to convert to Christianity and began attending a bible study at Chuck Smith's Calvary Chapel where the other two eventually "accepted Jesus". [1]
In 1970, Girard, along with John Mehler, became founding members of Love Song, one of the first Jesus Music groups in the United States. [1] In 1975, Girard became a solo artist after leaving Love Song. He wrote and performed the songs "Sometimes Alleluia" and "Rock 'N' Roll Preacher"; [1] both were featured on his debut album Chuck Girard.
Music was founded as a nonprofit outreach of Calvary Chapel to popularize and promote a new, folk-rock style of hymns and worship songs influenced by the Jesus people. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Some of the early Maranatha! recording groups were Sweet Comfort Band , Love Song , Chuck Girard , Children of the Day , The Way , Debby Kerner , Mustard Seed ...
This is a list of notable contemporary Christian music artists from the 1970s. The Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music (2002) defines CCM as "music that appeals to self-identified fans of contemporary Christian music on account of a perceived connection to what they regard as Christianity ". [ 1 ]
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Born Alisa Noelle Girard to Karen and Christian music pioneer, Chuck Girard of Love Song, she grew up in San Fernando Valley, California. She studied gymnastics and piano at a young age. At the age of 21, she moved to New York and ran a youth center in southeast Manhattan. [1]
TV game show legend Chuck Woolery, who died this weekend at 83, had a longtime love connection with Nashville. Before he rose to fame as the original host of "Wheel of Fortune" and the long ...
In the summer of 1970 he joined Chuck Girard and Tommy Coomes in Love Song, one of the pioneers of Contemporary Christian Music (CCM). Mehler has worked with artists as far ranging as Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Lee Ritenour, Richie Furay and Phil Keaggy. [2]