Beach Street Records
Parent companySony
Founded2003 (2003)
FounderMark Miller
Distributor(s)Provident Label Group
GenreContemporary Christian
Country of originUnited States
LocationNashville, Tennessee
Official websitebeachstreetrecords.com

Beach Street Records is a part of Reunion Records, under the Provident Label Group. The label was founded in 2003, by Mark Miller, lead singer of the country band Sawyer Brown.[1][2]

Mark Miller is credited with having discovered the band Casting Crowns, and made the band a top priority at his new label.[3] A college student who attended the church where Mark Hall was youth pastor, Eagle's Landing First Baptist Church in McDonough, Georgia, first brought the band to Miller's attention.[2] In 2003, the band's debut album was released on Beach Street.[4]

In turn, it was Mark Hall of Casting Crowns who introduced Miller to the music of John Waller. Hall had met Waller at a youth rally shortly after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, and years later sent a CD of Waller's music to Miller. Waller was signed, and his debut solo album was released on Beach Street in 2007.[5]

Mark Miller first met Kentucky singer-songwriter Josh Bates, another of the label's signings, in the late 1990s when Bates was 15 years old. He took on a mentoring role for years with him before a recording was released.[6]

Christian music artist, Rebecca St. James, was signed to the label in 2010. She released her ninth studio album, I Will Praise You, the following year.

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References

  1. ↑ Leggett, Steve. "Biography: Casting Crowns", Allmusic. Retrieved on 2009-01-23.
  2. 1 2 Banks, Adelle M. (February 23, 2008). "Casting Crowns, in Tampa on Sunday, Reaches Believers and Non-Believers", The Ledger.
  3. ↑ Price, Deborah Evans (September 10, 2005). "Breaking the mold", Billboard 117 (37): 28–29.
  4. ↑ "Casting Crowns Albums and Discography". AllMusic.
  5. ↑ Price, Deborah Evans (January 6, 2007). "Faces to watch: John Waller: Beach Street Records", Billboard 119 (1): 20.
  6. ↑ Turner, Bronwyn (February 4, 2006). "Crowns of glory", The Lufkin Daily News.
  7. ↑ "Jesus freak Hideout". www.jesusfreakhideout.com. Archived from the original on 5 March 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2022.


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