Christianity: Details about 'Charlie Peacock'
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Charlie Peacock (born Charles William Ashworth, August 10, 1956, also goes by Charlie Peacock-Ashworth) is a Christian Contemporary Music songwriter, record producer, musician, and writer. He was born in Yuba County, California. Ashworth studied at the California State University, Sacramento before becoming a professional musician. As of 2003, he was studying for a Masters degree in Theological Studies in Missouri. In 1976, Peacock appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle in a jazz column written by Frank Kofsky who helped to start Peacock's career. His music is a mix of jazz, pop and rock. In recent years his focus has moved more and more towards the jazz scene, with 2005 album Love Press Ex-Curio featuring several luminaries of the US contemporary jazz scene. Since his career began in the early 1980s, Peacock has received a number of awards, including an Emmy. As of 2003, he had been nominated for five Grammys. He is the only person to have gained the Gospel Music Association's Dove Award for Producer of the Year three times. He has produced works by Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Al Green, CeCe Winans, Audio Adrenaline, The 77's, Sarah Masen and Twila Paris among others. Amy Grant's hit song, Every Heartbeat, was written by Peacock. DC Talk's hit song, In the Light, was also written by Peacock. With his wife, Andrea, he founded the Art House, a group where artists and non-artists consider how faith relates to art. His son, Sam Ashworth, is also a musician. Discography
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Also contributed an essay to It Was Good: Making Art to the Glory of God, edited by Ned Bustard. External link
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