| Beach Street Records | |
|---|---|
| Parent company | Sony Music Entertainment (SME) |
| Founded | 2003 |
| Founder | Mark Miller |
| Distributor(s) | Provident Label Group |
| Genre | Contemporary Christian |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Location | Nashville, Tennessee |
| Official website | beachstreetrecords |
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.
- ^ Leggett, Steve. "Biography: Casting Crowns", Allmusic. Retrieved on 2009-01-23.
- ^ a b Banks, Adelle M. (February 23, 2008). "Casting Crowns, in Tampa on Sunday, Reaches Believers and Non-Believers", The Ledger.
- ^ Price, Deborah Evans (September 10, 2005). "Breaking the mold", Billboard 117 (37): 28–29.
- ^ "Casting Crowns Albums and Discography". AllMusic.
- ^ Price, Deborah Evans (January 6, 2007). "Faces to watch: John Waller: Beach Street Records", Billboard 119 (1): 20.
- ^ Turner, Bronwyn (February 4, 2006). "Crowns of glory", The Lufkin Daily News.