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This Time Thru (1978)
This Time Thru is the debut album by the Christian Rock duo DeGarmo & Key . It was released in the spring of 1978 on Lamb & Lion Records and, at the time, distributed by Word Records. The album was produced and engineered by Ron Capone. This Time Thru is more of a progressive rock album featuring DeGarmo's keyboard work and Key's simple bluesy guitar solos. It contains the original recording of "Addey," a track they would revisit a near-decade later in their 1986 album Stre
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Jun 2, 20242 min read
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DeGarmo & Key
DeGarmo & Key (sometimes nicknamed D&K) was a Christian rock band/duo formed in 1977 by Eddie DeGarmo and Dana Key . The group is...
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Jun 1, 20243 min read
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United We Stand/Divided We Fall (1990)
United We Stand/Divided We Fall is the eighth and final studio album by American singer - songwriter Benny Hester . It was released in late 1990 on Frontline Records with distribution by Benson Records. The album was produced by Hester and Bill Baumgart. The title of the album is taken from the rock track "Break Out," which was sent to Christian Rock radio as the lead single, while "Rain, Rain, Rain" was the lead single to Christian AC and CHR formats. The album is pop/rock
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May 30, 20242 min read
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Perfect (1989)
Perfect is the seventh studio album by American singer - songwriter Benny Hester . Released in the summer of 1989, it was the first of two albums on the Frontline Records label with distribution by Benson Records. Hester produced the album with Bill Baumgart, who was Benson's director of A&R at the time. After the lackluster release of his previous album Through the Window , Hester returns to familiar territory, almost reminiscent of Benny From Here mixing rock, pop and bal
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May 29, 20242 min read
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Personal Best (1988)
Personal Best is a compilation album of American singer - songwriter Benny Hester , released on June 8, 1988 by Myrrh/Word Records. This collection contains 15 tracks of Hester's best known songs like "When God Ran," "Nobody Knows Me Like You," "Remember Me" and "Secret Thoughts" among them. Two out of print albums, Be a Receiver and Legacy are represented with their tracks and are available on CD and digitally for the first time. Track listing All songs written by Benny
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May 27, 20242 min read
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Through the Window (1987)
Through the Window is the sixth studio album by American singer - songwriter Benny Hester , released on January 21, 1987 by Myrrh/Word Records. The album was produced by Dan Posthuma. Released after the success of his previous album Benny From Here containing the Christian number one hit "When God Ran," Through the Window is a deeply introspective album recorded when Hester was going through a divorce from his first wife. Like his 1983 album Legacy , this album was largely
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May 27, 20242 min read
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Benny From Here (1985)
Benny From Here is the fifth studio album by American singer - songwriter Benny Hester , released on August 5, 1985 by Myrrh/Word Records. The album was produced by Dan Posthuma. It was recorded at five recording studios in California. Benny From Here was considered another breakthrough album. Hester previously had his first breakthrough in the early 1980s with Nobody Knows Me Like You and its title song. This time with this album, its lead single was the ballad "When God
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May 26, 20242 min read
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Legacy (1983) (Benny Hester album)
Legacy is the fourth studio album by American singer - songwriter Benny Hester , released on May 6, 1983 by Myrrh/Word Records. The album was produced by Hester and John Guess. After the success of his previous album Nobody Knows Me Like You , Hester returns with Legacy . The album's main theme is about the heritage that, as believers, we pass on to those before us and leave a legacy to be a part of the family of God, by walking in faith. Some of the tracks reflect that like
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May 26, 20242 min read
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Nobody Knows Me Like You (1981)
Nobody Knows Me Like You is the third studio album by American singer - songwriter Benny Hester . It was released on May 7, 1981 by Myrrh/Word Records. The album was produced by musician Michael Omartian, who was just fresh from producing The Imperials ' latest album at the time, Priority , and from winning three Grammy Awards for producing and arranging Christopher Cross' self-titled debut album. After a slow start, Nobody Knows Like You began its climb on the Billboard T
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May 26, 20242 min read
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Benny Hester/Be a Receiver (1978)
Benny Hester is the second studio album by American singer - songwriter Benny Hester . It was originally released in 1978 on Sparrow Records' Spirit label. The album was produced by Brent Maher. This was Hester's proper debut album as a contemporary Christian artist, released as a follow-up to his 1972 mainstream debut album Benny... It would be this album that ushered in the change of what Christian music would sound like leaving behind the sounds of the early Jesus Music
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May 25, 20241 min read
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Benny... (1972)
Benny... is the debut album by American singer - songwriter Benny Hester . It was originally released in 1972 on the Vegas Music International label. The album was recorded at United Recording Studios in Las Vegas, Nevada and produced by Brent Maher. It features Elvis Presley's rhythm section The TCB Band playing on Benny... According to Wikipedia about the album, " the finished masters and packaged albums, ready for record company distribution, were lost in the studio and w
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Benny Hester
Benny Ray Hester (born May 3, 1948) is an American musician, singer, songwriter and recording artist. He is perhaps best known for his...
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May 25, 20242 min read
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The Best of the Early Years (1997)
The Best of the Early Years  is a 1997 compilation album of Christian singer -songwriter Carman . Released on the Harmony Records label, this collection contains 12 of his best tracks from his two early 1980s releases, Some-O-Dat and Sunday's On the Way . Both albums were reissued on CD in the early 1990s by Word Records but both, as well as this collection, have all since been out of print. A YouTube link to listen to the album is posted below this article. Track listing Al
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May 18, 20241 min read
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Carman's Yo Kidz -The Hitz (1996)
Carman's Yo Kidz! - The Hitz is a 1996 compilation children's music album by Christian singer -songwriter Carman on Everland/Word Records. This collection consists of songs from Carman's Dove Award winning children's music albums Yo Kidz! and Yo Kidz! 2: The Armor of God as well as songs from the Lawrence the Kat story albums, Lawrence the Kat and the B. Attitudes and Lawrence the Kat and the Bible , but without the dialog. Prior to that release, Carman released a video
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May 18, 20242 min read
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Lo Mejor (1995)
Lo Mejor  (translated in English as The Best ) is a 1995 Spanish language album by Christian singer - songwriter Carman on Sparrow Records. Lo Mejor consists of ten selected songs, handpicked by Carman, sung in Spanish for the Christian Latin market and internationally. Production vocals were handled by Brian Tankersley and Arturo Allen. Track listing All songs written by Carman Licciardello, except where noted. 1. Servire a Mi Señor (Serve the Lord) -5:13 2. Es El Tie
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May 17, 20241 min read
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R.I.O.T. (Righteous Invasion of Truth) (1995)
R.I.O.T. (Righteous Invasion of Truth) Â is the tenth studio album by Christian singer - songwriter Carman , released on November 15, 1995 by Sparrow Records. The album was produced by Brown Bannister and Tommy Sims. R.I.OT. has an eclectic mix of rock, pop, big band and country and includes a "sermon song" called "There Is A God." Country and bluegrass singer Ricky Skaggs provided backing vocals on the country-themed track "Step of Faith" and has even appeared in the song's
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May 15, 20242 min read
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The Ultimate Collection, Volume 2 (2014)
The Ultimate Collection, Volume 2 Â is a 2014 compilation album of Christian singer Sandi Patty . It was released by Word Records to start...
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May 12, 20242 min read
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The Ultimate Collection, Volume 1 (2014)
The Ultimate Collection, Volume 1 Â is a 2014 compilation album of Christian singer Sandi Patty . It was released by Word Records to start...
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May 11, 20242 min read
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More Than This (2024)
More Than This is the second live worship album by Christian gospel singer CeCe Winans , released on April 26, 2024 by PureSpring Gospel...
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May 8, 20243 min read
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Yo Kidz! 2: The Armor of God (1994)
Yo Kidz! 2: The Armor of God  is the ninth studio and second children's music album by Christian singer - songwriter Carman , released in the fall of 1994 by Everland/Word Records. It  was produced by Christopher Harris and Ron Krueger, with Krueger writing the dialog. It's a sequel to the first Yo Kidz! album featuring Carman and his sidekick friend Lawrence the Kat, along with some other friends, featuring the voices of Michael- Anthony Taylor as Lawrence, Nicole C. Mullen
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May 6, 20242 min read
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