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Infobox musical artist| background = solo_singer| instrument = Piano , vocals | name = Chuck Girard| image =| caption =| birth_date = birth date and age|1943|08|27| death_date =| alias =| genre = Vocal quartet Surf rock Jesus music Contemporary Christian music|Contemporary Christian Contemporary worship music|Worship music | associated_acts = Love Song (band)|Love Song The Castells The Hondells | label = Good News Records Seven Thunders Records| notable_instruments =| years_active = 1961–present| website = http://www.chuckgirard.com/ Chuck Girard Home Page Chuck Girard is a pioneer of Contemporary Christian music .cite book|last=Cusic|first=Don|title=Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music: Pop, Rock, and Worship|url= http://books.google.com/books? id=_3jqjSKHKcwC& pg=PA209& dq=%22Chuck+Girard%22& hl=en& ei=yIPhTMHdOoSClAe915XiAw& sa=X& oi=book_result& ct=result& resnum=3& ved=0CDQQ6AEwAg#v=onepage& q=%22Chuck%20Girard%22& f=false|accessdate=15 November 2010|year=2010|publisher=ABC–CLIO|isbn=0313344256, 9780313344251|pages=208–209 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 (band)|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 (band)|Ambrosia prominently throughout.
He is the father of Alisa Childers , a member of Zoegirl .cite web|url= http://www.soulshine.ca/features/featuresarticle.php? fid=132|title=ZOEgirl Doesn't Just Make Music, They Teach Us How to Live|last=Montague|first=Joe|date=7 April 2005|publisher= Soul Shine Magazine|Soul Shine |accessdate=15 November 2010
Discography
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)
Persondata | NAME =Girard, Chuck | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH =August 27, 1943 | PLACE OF BIRTH = | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Girard, Chuck Category:Living people Category:American male singers Category:American performers of Christian music Category:Love Song members Category:Six the Hardway members Category:1943 births
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