Rick Founds is

Christian Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words ''Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χρι ...

singer Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

songwriter A songwriter is a musician who professionally composes musical compositions or writes lyrics for songs, or both. The writer of the music for a song can be called a composer, although this term tends to be used mainly in the classical music gen ...

based in

Fallbrook, California Fallbrook is a CDP in northern San Diego County, California. Fallbrook had a population of 30,534 at the 2010 census, up from 29,100 at the 2000 census. Fallbrook's downtown is not on a major highway route. It is west of Interstate 15 or n ...

. He is best known for writing "

Lord, I Lift Your Name on High "Lord, I Lift Your Name on High" is a worship song. It was written by Rick Founds in 1989. Founds wrote the song during his morning devotion, while reading the scriptures on his computer monitor and watching television. He plucked his guitar thi ...

". Other titles that he has authored include "I Love Your Grace", "Jesus, Mighty God", "I Need You" and "Jesus, Draw Me Close". Since the 1990s, "Lord, I Lift Your Name on High" has been one of the most popular Christian songs and subject of many cover versions and translated into many languages. In the United States

Christian Copyright Licensing International Christian Copyright Licensing International (CCLI) is a privately owned company that was founded in the US in 1988 by Howard Rachinski. CCLI was launched after being developed by Rachinski for 3½ years while he was a music minister at a large ch ...

(CCLI) reported it as the most popular song used in Christian evangelical churches every year from 1997 to 2003, and since then has remained in the Top 10 list.

Discography

Albums

*2004: ''After All'' *2004: ''Everybody Praise Him!'' *2004: ''Carry Me Away'' *2007: ''Al Final'' *2007: ''Global Textures'' *2008: ''Tranquil Tunes'' *2009: ''Praise Classics'' 1 & 2 *2009: ''Christmas Jazz'' Last FM: Albums by Rick Founds
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References

External links

Official website
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