Chuck Girard
Encyclopedia
Chuck Girard is a pioneer of Contemporary Christian music
. He was born August 27, 1943 in Los Angeles
, California
, and moved to Santa Rosa, California
in his young teens. He was a founding member of Love Song
, the first Christian rock band to become popular in the United States.
He became a solo artist in 1975, and wrote & performed the hit songs "Sometimes Alleluia" and "Rock 'N' Roll Preacher", both of which were featured on his debut Chuck Girard, an album that featured the band Ambrosia
prominently throughout.
He is the father of Alisa Childers
, a member of Zoegirl
.
The Hondells
Contemporary Christian music
Contemporary Christian music is a genre of modern popular music which is lyrically focused on matters concerned with the Christian faith...
. He was born August 27, 1943 in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
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, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, and moved to Santa Rosa, California
Santa Rosa, California
Santa Rosa is the county seat of Sonoma County, California, United States. The 2010 census reported a population of 167,815. Santa Rosa is the largest city in California's Wine Country and fifth largest city in the San Francisco Bay Area, after San Jose, San Francisco, Oakland, and Fremont and 26th...
in his young teens. He was a founding member of Love Song
Love Song (band)
Love Song was one of the main Jesus music bands, one of the first Christian rock bands. It was founded in 1970 by Chuck Girard, Tommy Coomes, Jay Truax, and Fred Field. Additionally, the earliest members included David Ingram on keyboards, Ernie Earnshaw on drums and Jack Schaeffer on bass. It was...
, the first Christian rock band to become popular in the United States.
He became a solo artist in 1975, and wrote & performed the hit songs "Sometimes Alleluia" and "Rock 'N' Roll Preacher", both of which were featured on his debut Chuck Girard, an album that featured the band Ambrosia
Ambrosia (band)
Ambrosia is an American rock band formed in southern California in 1970. Ambrosia had five Top Forty hit singles between 1975 and 1980.-Formation and inspiration:...
prominently throughout.
He is the father of Alisa Childers
Alisa Childers
Alisa Childers is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for being in the all female group ZOEgirl. She has had a string of top ten radio singles, four studio releases, and received the Dove Award from being with ZOEgirl...
, a member of Zoegirl
ZOEgirl
ZOEgirl was a Christian pop rock band. It was formed of singers Chrissy Conway-Katina, Alisa Childers and Kristin Swinford-Schweain. In 2002, ZOEgirl received a GMA Dove Award for New Artist of the Year. Before disbanding, the band released three more studio albums, as well as a remix album and a...
.
Secular albums
- The Castells So This Is Love (Era Records, 1961)
- The Best of the Castells (K-Tel, 2000)
- The Hondells Go Little Honda (Mercury Records, 1965)
- The Hondells (Mercury Records, 1964)
- The Ghouls Dracula's Deuce'
- Mr. Gasser & The Weird-Ohs Silly Surfers
- The Revells The Go Sound of the Slots
Singles
The Castells- "Make Believe Wedding" (1961) US #98
- "Sacred" (1961) US #20
- "So This Is Love" (1961) US #21
The Hondells
- "Little Honda" (1964) US: #9
- "My Buddy Seat" (1965) US: #87
- "Younger Girl" (1966) US: #52
With Love Song
- Love Song (Good News Records, 1972)
- Final Touch (Good News Records, 1974)
- "Feel the Love" (live double LP) (Good News Records, 1977)
- "Welcome Back" (live CD) (Maranatha/Word, 1995)
Solo Albums
- Chuck Girard (Good News Records, 1975)
- Glow in the Dark (Good News Records, 1976)
- Written on the Wind (Good News Records, 1977)
- Take it Easy (Good News Records, 1978)
- The Stand (Good News Records, 1980)
- The Name Above All Names (Seven Thunders Records, 1983)
- Fire & Light (Seven Thunders Records, 1991)
- Voice of the Wind (Seven Thunders Records, 1994)
- Heart of Christmas (Seven Thunders Records, 2001)
- Evening Shadows (Seven Thunders Records, 2008)
Compilations
- First LoveFirst Love: a Historic Gathering of Jesus Music PioneersFirst Love is a documentary that looks back into the Jesus Music of the 1970s. In 1997, a group of Jesus Music pioneers gathered in southern California for a memorable 3 days of music and fellowship . The event was both recorded and filmed, and was released in a 2-CD/2-DVD set simply titled “First...
(Exploration Films, 1998)