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Instruments
  
Piano, vocals

Children
  
Alisa Childers

Name
  
Chuck Girard

Website
  
www.chuckgirard.com

Years active
  
1961–present


Chuck Girard wwwccmclassiccomimageschuckgirardthumbnailjpg

Born
  
August 27, 1943 (age 80) (
1943-08-27
)

Genres
  
Vocal quartet, surf rock, Jesus music, contemporary Christian, worship music

Labels
  
Good News, Seven Thunders

Role
  
Musical Artist · chuckgirard.com

Albums
  
The Stand, Take It Easy, Voice Of The Wind

Associated acts
  
Love Song, The Castells, The Hondells

Similar People
  
Alisa Childers, Terry Melcher, Paul Johnson

Chuck girard sometimes alleluia


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.

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He became a solo artist in 1975, after leaving the surf rock band, The Hondells, and wrote and performed the 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.

Love song a love song


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 No. 98
  • "Sacred" (1961) US No. 20
  • "So This Is Love" (1961) US No. 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" (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 Love (Exploration Films, 1998)

    • References

    Chuck Girard Wikipedia
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