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The 2nd Chapter of Acts was a Jesus music and early contemporary Christian music group composed of sisters Annie Herring and Nelly Greisen and brother Matthew Ward. They began performing in 1972 [1] and enjoyed their period of greatest success during the 1970s. The group disbanded in 1988.
In 1980, The Archers released their only live album, Celebrate – Live, recorded en-the-round at one of America's first mega-churches, "Melodyland Christian Center" in Southern California. Rick Riso, formerly of the CCM group, "Messenger", wrote the title song and they performed a decade of previous hits. [28]
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 ]
They introduced Andrae Crouch's music to the deep south in the early 1970s. In 1973 Truth performed "The Church Triumphant" to a standing ovation at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention in Dallas, Texas. This opened doors for Truth all over the country. In 1981 Truth had its first of several number 1 songs with "Jesus Never Fails."
In the early 1970s Calvary Chapel was home to more than 15 musical groups [1] [2] that were representative of the Jesus movement.In 1971, Maranatha!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.
The short-lived America's Christian Music Awards named Petra favorite rock group or duo and named Wake Up Call favorite rock CD, [90] and the band won a Dove award for Rock Album of the Year. In the 1994 CCM Readers Awards, the band continued to clean up, winning Favorite Rock Artist/Band, Favorite Rock Album for Wake Up Call and Favorite Song ...
Pages in category "Musical groups established in 1970" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 229 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Pages in category "Musical groups established in the 1980s" The following 36 pages are in this category, out of 36 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .