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Rob Frazier (born October 31, 1953) is an American Christian artist, musician, songwriter, record producer, and speaker.
Frazier is the son of a pastor, W. Burwell Frazier, founder of Warrington Fellowship Church. He was raised in Warminster, Bucks County, near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and graduated from King's College, New York City, majoring in English Literature. Later, he took an M.Div. from Regent University.
Over the years, Frazier has collaborated with numerous artists in and outside the contemporary Christian music scene, including co-writing the 1982 Kansas hit "Play the Game Tonight".
In 1978, he joined the Christian rock group Petra, where he played the keyboards and guitar while trading lead vocal duties with Greg X. Volz on the album Washes Whiter Than.
After Petra, Frazier embarked in a solo career releasing several albums, as well as frequently collaborating with Steve Camp. He wrote and performed numerous top 10 Christian songs including "Cut it Away", "Train Up a Child", "He Is All You Need" (later recorded by co-writer Steve Camp), "(Doesn't Anybody Pray in) This Town", "Break My Heart", "Got Your Word On It", "Go Through Fire", "Love is Sacrifice", "Sins of Billions", "We Are One", "Forgiven" and "Watching Over Me." He also co-wrote songs for other Christian artists including Margaret Becker, Steve Camp, Steven Curtis Chapman, Rick Cua, Kenny Marks, Geoff Moore, Petra, Ricky Skaggs and Dick Tunney.
As a songwriter, Frazier has been nominated for a Grammy Award and two Dove Awards. He has had songs placed in feature films and shows on network and cable TV; including the hit Netflix series "Orange Is the New Black," "Counterpart" on the Starz network as well as the CBS show "FBI."
Solo discography
- Cut It Away (1984)
- This Town (1986)
- Heartland (1990)
- Retrospect (1992)
- The Long Run (1993)
- The Things I Say (1997)
- Rob Frazier's Blues Farmers - Jammin' The Blues (1999)
References
- Peters, Dan; Peters, Steve; Merrill, Cher (October 1986). What about Christian rock?. Bethany House Publishers. p. 116. ISBN 9780871236722. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
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