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Encyclopedia > Maranatha! Music
Maranatha! Music
Founded 1971
Founder(s) Chuck Smith
Genre(s) Jesus Music / CCM
Country of origin USA
Official Website http://www.maranathamusic.com

Maranatha! Music began as a non-profit outreach of Calvary Chapel in 1971. The Jesus People of the late 1960s and early 1970s began to write new hymns and worship songs with a folk-rock style. Maranatha! Music was founded at this time in order to publish and promote this new type of Christian music. Founder Chuck Smith eventually sold the label to his nephew Chuck Fromm. Image File history File links MaranathaMusic. ... Charles Chuck Ward Smith (born June 25, 1927) is the founder of Calvary Chapel and is the senior pastor of Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa. ... Jesus music, also known as gospel beat music in the United Kingdom, is a style of Christian music which originated on the West Coast of the United States in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of the Jesus movement before the Christian music industry had begun to take... Contemporary Christian Music (or CCM; also by its religious neutral term Inspirational music) is a genre of popular music which is lyrically focused on matters concerned with the Christian faith. ... Calvary Chapels dove logo which represents the Holy Spirit. ... See also: 1970 in music, other events of 1971, 1972 in music, 1970s in music and the list of years in music // February 8 - Bob Dylans hour-long documentary film, Eat the Document, premieres at New Yorks Academy of Music. ... For the first century movement surrounding Jesus of Nazareth, see Early Christianity The Jesus movement was the major Christian element within the hippie counterculture, or, conversely, the major hippie element within the Christian Church. ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from January 1, 1960 to December 31, 1969, inclusive. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979. ... A hymn is a type of song, usually religious, specifically written for the purpose of praise, adoration or prayer, and typically addressed to a god or other religiously significant figure. ... Folk rock is a musical genre, combining elements of folk music and rock music. ...


Some of the early Maranatha! recording groups were; Love Song, Children Of The Day, The Way, Mustard Seed Faith, and Daniel Amos. It is currently distributed by WEA Music Entertainment's Word Music. Love Song was one of the first Christian Rock bands, founded in 1970 by Chuck Girard, Tommy Coomes, Jay Truax, and Fred Field. ... We dont have an article called The Way (band) Start this article Search for The Way (band) in. ... Daniel Amos (aka D. A., Dä) is an American rock band formed in 1974 by Terry Scott Taylor on guitars and vocals, Marty Dieckmeyer on bass guitar, Steve Baxter on guitars and Jerry Chamberlain on lead guitars. ... The Wea Plains, a historical marker near the extinct town of Granville in Tippecanoe County, Indiana. ...


A children's version of Maranatha! Music was also recorded, featuring Psalty the singing songbook and the Kid's Praise Kids. It has been suggested that Blooper (Kids Praise Character), Charity Churchmouse, Farley McFirefly, Melody (Kids Praise Character), Psaltina, Rhythm (Kids Praise Character) and Risky Rat be merged into this article or section. ... Psalty the Singing Songbook is the big blue book featured in the childrens music Kids Praise! albums. ...


In the 1980s, Maranatha! launched Broken Records, a label focusing on modern rock, punk and alternative music. Broken Records was a Christian record label founded in 1985. ... For other uses, see Rock music (disambiguation). ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... Alternative rock (also called alternative music or simply alternative; known primarily in the UK as indie) is a genre of rock music that emerged in the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s. ...


See also

This is a list of record labels. ...

External link

  • Maranatha! Music Album Discography


 

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