Jesus music

For the Lecrae song, see Jesus Muzik. For the documentary film, see The Jesus Music.
Jesus music
Stylistic origins
Cultural originsLate 1960s – early 1970s, Jesus movement
Other topics
Christian music

Jesus music, known as gospel beat music in the United Kingdom, is a style of Christian music that originated on the West Coast of the United States in the late 1960s and early 1970s. This musical genre developed in parallel to the Jesus movement. It outlasted the movement that spawned it and the Christian music industry began to eclipse it and absorb its musicians around 1975.[1]

  1. ^ Di Sabatino, David (1999). The Jesus People Movement: an annotated bibliography and general resource. Lake Forest, CA: Jester Media. p. 137.