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.Leggett, Steve. "[ Biography: Casting Crowns]", Allmusic. Retrieved on 2009-01-23.Banks, Adelle M. (February 23, 2008). "Casting Crowns, in Tampa on Sunday, Reaches Believers and Non-Believers", The Ledger.
Mark Miller is credited with having discovered the band Casting Crowns, and made the band a top priority at his new label.Price, Deborah Evans (September 10, 2005). "Breaking the mold", Billboard 117 (37): 28–29. 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. In 2003, the band's debut album was released on Beach Street.
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.Price, Deborah Evans (January 6, 2007). "Faces to watch: John Waller: Beach Street Records", Billboard 119 (1): 20.
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.Turner, Bronwyn (February 4, 2006). "Crowns of glory", The Lufkin Daily News.
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.
Artists Rebecca St. James Casting Crowns John Waller Josh Bates Kelly Pease
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