Chuck Girard

Chuck Girard was a founder member of Love Song, a rock group who experienced a "spiritual transformation" similar to Girard himself. Having spent several years in rock & roll groups, including the Castells and the Hondells, Girard became a born-again Christian after joining the Calvary Chapel in Costa Mesa, California. The result was a softening of the group's sound to a more acoustic, message-based formula, and the launch of Girard's own solo career. Three albums followed for Good News Records in the mid- to late '70s, though none of these captured the gospel community's imagination in quite the same way as the work of Love Song had. Girand died on August 11, 2025; he was 81 years of age.