Chris Christian is a
songwriter, a publishing company executive, a recording
engineer, a record producer, and a record label executive,
best known as the owner of
Home Sweet Home Records.
Throughout his career, Christian has been nominated for nine
Grammy awards as
a music producer, artist, and publisher. He went on to win
four of those nominations. He has also been nominated for
seven Gospel Music Dove
Awards as a music producer, publisher and songwriter.
He has won five of those nominations.
Christian began his career in
music in the 1970s as a performer based in
Nashville, Tennessee.
In
1976, Christian
established Bug and Bear
Music, a publishing company that was primarily set up
for the Amy Grant
song catalog. Other artists that have went on to use Bug and
Bear include Brown
Bannister, White
Heart and Olivia
Newton-John.
Christian started
Home Sweet Home Records
in 1981 in Nashville, Tennessee. The label went on to
release 65 albums from artists including
Dan Peek, White
Heart, B.J. Thomas,
and five albums for Mark
Heard.
In
1992 Christian
acquired The Studios at
Las Colinas in
Irving, Texas. The Studios have been used by film
makers to make such films as
JFK,
RoboCop,
Leap of Faith.
The Studios have also been the home to many music videos and
rehearsals by major recording artists such as
Garth Brooks,
Eric Clapton,
Paul Simon,
Genesis,
ZZ Top,
Phil Collins, and
many more. Christian also started the LCS Music Group, Inc.,
which is now the holding company for music companies such as
Bug and Bear Music and Home Sweet Home Records. Home Sweet
Home is now based in
Dallas, Texas.
Chris
Christian -
Chris Christian
"Introducing
Chris Christian"
The Tracks are: Why
Does The Devil Have All The Good Music, Mountain Top,
Starving Sinner Sleeping Saint, Odessa Beggarman,
Hallelujah, Get Back To The Bible, Great Great Joy, Grave Cave, You Are Love
& I Don't Deserve.
Musicians on the Chris Christian album: Chris
Christian and others.
Available from Orchard
Records/Original release year: 1978
Chris
Christian -
With Your Love
"Your love,
his music"
The Tracks are: With
Your Love, Praise The Lord, Already LivinīIn Heaven, You Are The One, Love I
Need, Sunday Words, Fine Love, Loveīs The Only Way To Survive, Love That
Comes To Late, Heed The Call & Pray Away.
Musicians on the With Your Love album: Chris
Christian and others.
Available from Orchard
Records/Original release year: 1979
Chris
Christian -
Chance
"Take a
chance"
The Tracks are: Now I
See The Man, Satisfaction Guaranteed, Passing Through, Please Please, From
The Start, Sail On, Lonely Man, The Word Is A Jungle, Second Chance & First
Morning In Heaven.
Musicians on the Chance album: Chris
Christian and others.
Available from Orchard
Records/Original release year: 1980
Chris
Christian -
I Want You , I Need You
"The west
coast album"
The Tracks are: Donīt
Give Up On Us, I Want You I Need You, Loveīs Not One To Forget, The Last
Goodbye, Ainīt NothinīLike The Real Thing/Youīre All I Need To Get By, Make
It Last, Houston, I Donīt Believe In You, What Can There Be, Whatever It Is,
Deja Vous, Walnut Hill, Only Wanna Be With You, Day Like Today & Santa
Barbara.
Musicians on the Vision album: Chris
Christian, Carlos Vega, Dennis Belfield, Paul Jackson Jr., Christopher
Cross, Michael Boddicker, Greg Mathieson, Bob Gaudio, Paulinho Da Costa,
Michael Landau, Cheryl Ladd, Tommy Funderburk, Bill Champlin, Tom Kelly,
Jimmy Haskell, David Hungate, Bergen White, Amy Holland, Frankie Valli,
Robbie Patton, Smitty, David Martin, Dann Huff, Phil Naish & Jeremy Dalton.
Available from Boardwalk
Records/Original release year: 1981
Chris
Christian -
Just Sit Back
"Take a
seat"
The Tracks are:
LivinīFor You, Just Sit Back, Living Sacrifite, Nobody, Iīm Your Servant,
Love You Back. Look How Far Youīve Come, Light At The End Of The Darkness,
Safe Inside Your Arms, King Of Dreams, Spirit & New World.
Musicians on the Just Sit Back album: Chris
Christian and others.
Available from Orchard
Records/Original release year: 1981
Chris
Christian -
Love Them While We Can
"Excellent
album from Chris Christian"
The Tracks are: Put
Your Trust (In The Hand Of Jesus), Love Them While We Can, Sweet Destiny,
Light At The End Of The Darkness, Too Heavenly Minded, Give Up Yourself,
Weight Of The World, One Manīs Toy, Why Are We First & Pray For Me Always.
Musicians on the Love Them While We Can album: Chris
Christian and others. Available from Orchard
Records/Original release year: 1983
Chris
Christian -
Let The Music Start
"Start the
music"
The Tracks are: Clap
Your Hands, Lift Up His Name, Blessed Be The Lord, Every Good And Perfect
Gift, We Are An Offering, Sing With Joy, With The Name Of Jesus, Oh Magnify
The Lord, Make A Joyful Noise & Selah.
Musicians on the Let The Music Start album: Chris
Christian and others.
Available from Orchard
Records/Original release year: 1984
Chris
Christian -
Mirror Of Your Heart
"Looking at
the mirror"
The Tracks are: Mirror
Of Your Heart, Living Sacrifite, From The Start, We Are An Offering, Sing
Hallelujah, Look How Far Youīve Come, Praise The Lord, King Of Dreams, Pray
Away. The Faith That Comes From You, Every Good And Perfect Gift, Give Up
Yourself & Lift Up His Name.
Musicians on the Vision album: Chris
Christian and others.
Available from Orchard
Records/Original release year: 1985
Chris
Christian -
Live At Six Flags
"Live with
Whiteheart"
The Tracks are: Put Your Trust, Make A
Joyful Noise, Love Them While You Can, Mountain Top, Gospel Medley: Without
A Doubt/Walking Away With You/Where Would I, Satisfaction Guaranteed, Praise
The Lord, Second Chance, Look How Far Youīve Come, Pop Medley: Donīt Worry
Baby/I Go To Pieces/Ainīt Nothing Like, Sail On, Get Back To The Bible & Why
Does The Devil Have All The Good Music.
Musicians on the Live At Six Flags album: Chris
Christian and others.
Available from Orchard
Records/Original release year: 1986
Chris
Christian -
Higher Ways
"Chris is
taking a higher way"
The Tracks are: Love
Did It Again, Promises, Day Like Today, Still In Love, White Are The Fields,
Wordīs Out, Cast Your Cares, Your Ways Are Higher, He Wonīt Unlove You & The
Fields.
Musicians on the Higher Ways album: Chris
Christian, Gerry Beckley, Janice Archer Cruse and others.
Available from
Home Sweet Home
Records/Original release year: 1987
Chris
Christian -
Thinking Of You This Christmas
"Celebrating
christmas"
The Tracks are: O Come
All Ye Faithful, Thinking Of You This Christmas, Jingle Bells, Christmas
With Children, White Christmas, On This Very Special Day, Silent Night, God
Bless The Children & Away In Manger.
Musicians on the Thinking Of You This
Christmas album: Chris
Christian, Bob Breunig, Courtney, Charlene, Janice Archer Cruse, Casey Noel,
Luke Garrett, Ron Jones and others.
Available from
Home Sweet Home
Records/Original release year: 1988
Chris
Christian -
No Lyrics
"Featuring
the Dakota song"
The Tracks are:
Genesis, February 7th, Dakotaīs Theme, Nighttime Skyline, Shanonīs Song,
Max, Father And Son, Trinity Road, The Chase, Soda Shop & Revelation.
Musicians on the No Lyrics album: Chris
Christian and others.
Available from
Home Sweet Home Records/Original release year: 1988
Chris
Christian -
Focus
"Set the focus"
The Tracks are: Focus
In The Child, (Donīt Blame It On) The Ones You Love, The Man Behind The Man,
Forgive And Forget, The Faith That Comes From You, Out Of My Hands, Proud To
Be Your Friend, One More Time, Where Would I Be & Focus (Reprise).
Musicians on the Focus album: Chris
Christian and others.
Available from
Home Sweet Home
Records/Original release year: 1989
Chris
Christian -
Sketches
"Looking at
the sketches"
The Tracks are: Santa Barbera,
Superbowl Highlights, Malibu Rain, Nashville, Windmills In The Desert,
Sketches In The Sand, Casey Noel, Nobody Knows, Preston Road, Leaves On The
Green, Court Wants A Pup, PlayinīCatch & Only Wanna Be With You.
Musicians on the Sketches album: Chris
Christian and others.
Available from Orchard
Records/Original release year: 1990
Chris
Christian -
15 Best Of 15 Years
"A
collection"
The Tracks are: Actions Speak Louder
Than Words, Day Like Today, Dakotaīs Theme, The Voice, Love Dit It Again,
Focus On The Child, Santa Barbara, Out Of My Hands, Heīs Got The Whole World
In His Hands, Put Your Trust, Love Them While We Can, LivinīFor You, Get
Back To The Bible, Mountain Top & Clap Your Hands.
Musicians on the 15 Best Of 15 Years album: Chris
Christian and others.
Available from
Home Sweet Home
Records/Original release year: 1991
Chris
Christian -
Love Them While We Can
"CD release
of the 83 album"
The Tracks are: Put
Your Trust (In The Hand Of Jesus), Love Them While We Can, Sweet Destiny,
Light At The End Of The Darkness, Too Heavenly Minded, Give Up Yourself,
Weight Of The World, One Manīs Toy, Why Are We First & Pray For Me Always.
Musicians on the Love Them While We Can album: Chris
Christian and others. Available from Home Sweet Home
Records/Original release year: 1994
Chris
Christian -
The Producer
"Collection
of songs"
The Tracks are: Safe,
The Me Nobody Knows, Forever Love, Peaceful, If You Were The Only Love, He
Is Returning, All Things Are Possible, Doer Of The Word, Headed Home, Home
Where I Belong, God Bless The Children, Sail On, Praise The Lord, Mirror Of
Your Heart, I Want You I Need You & A Day Like Today.
Musicians on the Producer album: Chris
Christian and others.
Available from
Home Sweet Home
Records/Original release year: 1995
Chris
Christian -
Chris Christian
"Japanese
CD release of the 81 album"
The Tracks are: Donīt
Give Up On Us, I Want You I Need You, Loveīs Not One To Forget, The Last
Goodbye, Ainīt NothinīLike The Real Thing/Youīre All I Need To Get By, Make
It Last, Houston, I Donīt Believe In You, What Can There Be, Whatever It Is,
Deja Vous, Walnut Hill, Only Wanna Be With You, Day Like Today & Santa
Barbara.
Musicians on the Vision album: Chris
Christian, Carlos Vega, Dennis Belfield, Paul Jackson Jr., Christopher
Cross, Michael Boddicker, Greg Mathieson, Bob Gaudio, Paulinho Da Costa,
Michael Landau, Cheryl Ladd, Tommy Funderburk, Bill Champlin, Tom Kelly,
Jimmy Haskell, David Hungate, Bergen White, Amy Holland, Frankie Valli,
Robbie Patton, Smitty, David Martin, Dann Huff, Phil Naish & Jeremy Dalton.
Available from
Cool Sound
Records/Original release year: 1998
Chris
Christian -
The Collection Vol. 1 1976 - 1981
"A
collection of Chris Christian songs"
The Tracks are:
Mountain Top, Get Back To The
Bible, Now I See The Man, Satisfaction Guaranteed, Passing Through, With
Your Love, Praise The Lord, Already Livin' In Heaven, Fine Love, Pray Away,
Livin' For You, I'm Your Servant, Love You Back Again, Look How Far You've
Come, Safe Inside Your Arms, I Want You - I Need You, Don't Give Up On Us,
Ain't Nothing Like The Real, Thing / Your're All I Need to Get By.
Musicians on the The Collection Vol.1
1976-1981 album: Chris
Christian and others.
Available from
Home Sweet Home Records/Original release year: 1999
Chris
Christian -
The Collection Vol. 2 1983 - 1991
"A
collection of Chris Christian songs"
The Tracks are:
Weight Of The World,
Only Want To Be With You, Make A Joyful Noise,
Love Did It, Focus On The Child, Day Like Today, Actions Speak Louder Than
Words, We're Our Only Captain, We Are An Offering, Thinking Of You This
Christmas, Put Your Trust, Out Of My Hands, Mirror Of Your Heart, Clap Your
Hands, Your Ways Are Higher, Love Them While We Can &
The Voice.
Musicians on the The Collection Vol. 2
1983-1991 album: Chris
Christian and others.
Available from
Home Sweet Home Records/Original release year: 1999
Chris
Christian -
Essential Hits
"Best of
Chris Christian"
The Tracks are: The
Man Behind The Man, Focus On The Child, Day Like Today, Love Did It Again, (Donīt
Blame It On) The One You Love, Put Your Trust, Mirror Of Your Heart, The
Faith That Comes From You, LivinīFor You, Clap Your Hands, Love Them While
We Can, Mountain Top, Get Back To The Bible & Heīs Got The Whole World In
His Hands.
Musicians on the Essential Hits album: Chris
Christian and others.
Available from
BCI Music/Original release year: 1999
Chris
Christian -
Harbour
"New studio
album from Chris Christian"
The Tracks are: Donīt Tell Me You Love
Me, Unlove Me, Back In My Life Again, Donīt You Love Me Anymore, Chemistry,
Harbour, Radio, Will You Love Me Tomorrow, I Canīt Leave You Cause I Love
You, Donīt Cry Baby, Loverīs Lullaby, Truly Yours, Old Enough To Say Goodbye
& Home.
Musicians on the Harbour album: Chris
Christian and others.
Available from
Home Sweet Home Records/Original release year: 2000
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