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"Jesus Music" artists were typically former hippies and street musicians that had converted to Christianity during the " Jesus Movement". They continued to play the same style of music they had played previously, but began to write their lyrics with a Christian message.

Early "Jesus Music" performers included Paul Clark, Agape , Larry Norman, Randy Stonehill, Phil Keaggy, Andrae Crouch, Nancy Honeytree , Mark Heard, Pat Terry , Jubal , Malcolm and Alwyn , Barry McGuire, Jubal's Last Band , Resurrection BandResurrection Band also known at times as Charity Rez Band and Rez or REZ started out in Milwaukee in the early 1970s. A product of the Jesus Movement, they were part of the Jesus People USA Travelling Team founded by an evangelist known as Jim Palosaari., The All Saved Freak Band , Randy Matthews , John Fischer , Love Song , The Way , Aslan , Mustard Seed Faith , The Road HomeThe Road Home was the name of Bill Sprouse's band before and after his conversion to Christianity. Group members of the last configuration included: Bill Sprouse Jr. on vocals, keyboard, and fiddle, Ed McTaggart on drums, Mark Ala on pedal Steel, John Fal, SelahThe Sixth Prayer in the Jewish prayer known as Amida. In Selah, one asks for forgiveness for all sins, and praises God as being a God of forgiveness., ServantA servant is one who is hired to provide regular household or other duties, and receives compensation, as opposed to a slave. However the term can also be used as a euphemism for slave. See also diener and domestic worker. Servant was a Christian rock ban, and Erick Nelson .

The AmericanThe United States of America also referred to as the United States U. America ¹ or the States is a federal republic in central North America, stretching from the Atlantic in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west. It shares land borders with Canada in Christian church largely rejected these artists at the time, unable to see the difference between their music and the music of mainstream '60s artists like Jimi HendrixJames Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix ( November 27, 1942 September 18, 1970) was an American guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer who is widely considered to be the most important electric guitarist in the history of popular music. As a guitarist, he built or Janis JoplinJanis Lyn Joplin ( January 19, 1943 October 4, 1970) was an American blues-influenced rock and soul singer and occasional songwriter with a distinctive voice. Joplin released four albums as the frontwoman for several bands from 1967 to a posthumous releas. Many within the church felt that the message was being lost because of the worldly music. "Jesus Music" artists responded by quoting 16th century reformer Martin LutherFor other people named Martin Luther see: Martin Luther (disambiguation Martin Luther (originally Martin Luder ( November 10, 1483 February 18, 1546) was a German theologian of the Christian religion and an Augustinian monk whose teachings inspired the Pr, "why should the devil have all the best tunes?"

By the early 1970s, "Jesus Music" was receiving enough attention inside the mainstream media that an entire industry began to emerge. By the mid 1970s, the phrase " Contemporary Christian music" had been coined, developing directly out of Jesus Music, and Christian music magazines, radio stations and record labels had begun to pop up around the country. Although, many of the early "Jesus Music" artists were quickly snatched up by large record labels, many of these artists also became very critical of the industry itself fearing that the focus was on making money and not on the message or making good music.

As of 2002, most of these artists are either retired, or completely independent from the larger industry. Only a handful remain active within the Contemporary Christian music market.