Benson Records was founded by Bob Benson and John T. Benson, who formed the John T. Benson Music Publishing Company in 1902. The record label started out as Heart Warming Records, creating house labels such as Impact Records, Greentree Records, RiverSong, StarSong, Power Discs and Home Sweet Home. In the 1970s, Impact became the top label with artists such as New Dawn, the Imperials, J.D. Sumner & The Stamps Quartet, the Rambos, Dottie Rambo, the Archers, the Bill Gaither Trio, the Speer Family and Sandi Patty (her Impact catalog is owned by Curb Music).
History
In 1980, Paragon Associates formed a partnership with Zondervan to own/operate Benson Records. Paragon Assoc. was founded in 1975, by Bob MacKenzie and Bill Gaither (gospel singer). Paragon sold its interest to Zondervan in 1983, where under the leadership of Bob Jones, Jr. saw the Benson company grow even bigger in the 1980s. Artists included Gold City, The Kingsmen Quartet, DeGarmo & Key, Dallas Holm, and others producing several hits. which is now a part of Sony Music Entertainment. The Benson label was reformatted to focus on new artists.
Artists
- 4Him
- Yolanda Adams
- Angelo & Veronica
- The Archers
- Andrus, Blackwood & Co
- Ray Boltz
- Bridge
- Brush Arbor
- Bob Carlisle
- Commissioned
- Carman
- Cedarmont Kids
- Twinkie Clark
- DeGarmo & Key
- Bryan Duncan
- Gary Dunham
- East to West
- Farrell & Farrell
- Don Francisco
- Bill Gaither Trio
- Glad
- Gold City
- Fred Hammond
- Harvest
- Dallas Holm
- The Imperials
- Kingsmen Quartet
- Life Action Singers
- Oak Ridge Boys
- Sandi Patty
- Chuckie Perez
- Pilgrim Jubilees
- Dottie Rambo
- The Rambos
- Songfellows Quartet
- Speer Family
- Billy Sprague
- J.D. Sumner & The Stamps Quartet
- Straight Company
- Michael Sweet
- Tanya Goodman-Sykes
- Three Crosses
- Tourniquet
- Truth
- Hezekiah Walker
- Whisper Loud
- Thomas Whitfield
- J.C. White and the TFT Church Choir
See also
- List of record labels
External links
- Benson Records website
- Provident-Integrity Distribution
- Provident Label Group
- Southern Gospel History
Resources
- Powell, Mark Allan. The Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music Hendrickson Publishers, August 2002. ( )