Paul Field is a British Christian musician and songwriter who has been active since the mid-1970s first with

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and then later as a solo artist. He has continued to write music and his works have won several awards.

Background

He began his career in the early 1970s with the folk trio called Jesus Revolution. The group, including Heather Bennett and Pam Thiele, renamed itself as

and recorded two albums. They have been called an English version of

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.Scott 2003. p99Powell 2002, p643 Bennett and Thiele then left and were replaced by Annie McCaig and Mo McCafferty and released two further albums. After the release of ''Believe it or Not'', in 1979, the band changed its name to Network 3 and released two singles, both produced by

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. Between 1979 and 1981 they toured as backing singers and support act with Cliff Richard. Network 3 disbanded and Field embarked on a solo career releasing ''Restless Heart'' in 1982. He has written six musicals, ''Daybreak'', ''Visions'', ''Breaking Bread'', ''Burning Questions'', ''Hopes and Dreams'' and ''Here and Now''. Field continued to combine his solo career with production, songwriting and arranging. He has also written music for film, television and advertising (including British Rail, the

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, '' Astro Farm'', Guinness, Australian TV and the

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). Field's song "Testify to Love", co-written with Ralph van Manen and Henk Pool, reached No. 1 on the Christian Songs for

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. It was later recorded by

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for the double-platinum soundtrack album for the TV show, ''

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'' which made No. 3 in the

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. More recently the song was re-released as the title track on Avalon's ''Greatest Hits'' album. Field's songs have been recorded by Cliff Richard. These include " Thief in the Night", " This Love", " All That Matters" and the controversial "

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". In the US, Field's songs have been recorded by artists including Rebecca St James,

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, Phil Keaggy,

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and

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and he regularly works in Nashville on various projects. In 2001 and 2002 he travelled to India with Garth Hewitt. They co-wrote and produced an album for

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in support of the

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people. ''The Dalit Drum'' uses live recordings of

drummers. In 2004, one of Field's children's songs, "Surrounded by His Love", was used as part of the Queen Elizabeth's Christmas message, on Christmas Day. Field has been written and providing production for Jonathan Veira. He has written songs for a Dutch film and completed two albums of children's songs. He has also provided backing vocals for

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, written lyrics for a

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Background

Discography

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Literature

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