Jesus Music Timesweep 1969-79

WLS had its New Year's Eve "Montage", but Drake-Chenault's History of Rock & Roll called it a Timesweep. And now Jesus music gets the same treatment, with this survey of audio clips of the songs, singers, and groups that contributed to the music of the Jesus movement.

It starts with a brief introduction, takes a timesweep back from 2015 to 1969, and then gives each year 2-5 minutes of clips from the music released that year, with album art for nearly every clip.

When the timesweep gets to 1977 through 1979, the survey through the year ends with the to 30 songs, based on popularity and airplay, as 1977 is the earliest that such information was compiled. And, since Christian radio playing this type of music was still in its infancy, there were some songs that had tremendous staying power; for example, Don Francisco's "He's Alive" charted as #1 in 1978, though it was released in 1977, and it continued to be near the top of the list in 1979.

As far as top songs lists for those years are concerned, there are two online resources that I utilized in making the song selections. "Streets of Gold" is a Jesus music radio show that has several lists of top songs, including ones for 1978 and 1979. See their web site here:

Streets of Gold - http://www.streetsofgoldradio.com

The second resource used was from Top Christian Hits, a site that has compiled yearly lists of this music from 1977 to the present, based on CCM Magazine lists, and currently from Billboard Magazine lists. You can find them at:

Top Christian Hits - http://topchristianhits.org

Other credits for this video:

Video clip from Beachfront B-Roll http://www.beachfrontbroll.com

Song dates, album art, and other information researched at:

Discogs.com - http://discogs.com
The Ancient Star Song - http://www.theancientstarsong.com
Full Circle Jesus Music - http://www.fullcirclejesusmusic.com
1960s Christian Music - http://www.1960schristianmusic.com

Other artwork from the Internet at large, and some music clips taken from music uploaded to YouTube.

Check out my blog with lyrics and sounds from classic Christian music at Great Great Joy - http://greatgreatjoy.com

Видео Jesus Music Timesweep 1969-79 канала Steven Weyhrich