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''''Ray Repp''' is a gay [[Roman Catholic]] [[singer-songwriter]] credited with introducing [[folk music]] into [[Catholic]] [[Mass (liturgy)|masses]] with his 1965 album ''Mass for Young Americans'' that formed the earliest stirrings of [[Contemporary Christian music]]. (Not all of his music was squarely religious; "Don't Go In the Street" and "Apple Pie" from ''The Time Has Not Come True'' featured sometimes humorous, prescient left-leaning social commentary.) Since that [http://folkmass.us early collection], he has recorded 11 collections which have been translated into as many as 28 languages and has won [[American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers|ASCAP]]'s "Award for Special Contributions to the Field of Music" 6 times.<ref>http://www.ocp.org/artists/634 OCP.org Website Accessed 6/17/2008.</ref> Repp lives with his long-term partner Richard Alther in their homes in Southern California and Vermont.<ref>http://www.insidescooplive.com/author-pages/Alther-Richard-reading-interview.html</ref> Repp's music has been recorded by those outside the Catholic church as well. Christian punk outfit [[Undercover]] and Christian rocker [[Phil Keaggy]] have seen fit to cover Repp's work on their own discs.<ref>http://www.christianmusicarchive.com/artist.php?id=1389 Christian Music Archive article on Repp Accessed 6/17/2008.</ref> Repp got some mainstream notoriety in 1997 when he sued [[composer]] [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]], asserting that Lloyd Webber had plagairized portions of his "Phantom Song" from his own composition "Till You". Repp ultimately lost the case. == Selected discography == Data from [http://www.one-way.org/jesusmusic/repp.htm One Way Jesus Music Website] * 1965, ''Mass for Young Americans'', F.E.L. * 1966,''Allelu!'',F.E.L. * 1967,''Come Alive'',F.E.L. * 1968,''Sing Praise'',F.E.L. * 1969,''The Time Has Not Come True'',F.E.L. (recorded 1966) * 1972,''Hear the Cryin' '',Myrrh * 1974, ''Give Us Peace'',K&R (also released in 1975 on Agape label) * 1978, ''Benedicamus - The Song of the Earth'',K&R * 1979, ''Sunrise, In the Dead of Winter'',K&R * 1981, ''By Love Are We All Bound'',K&R * 1985, ''Ever Bless'',K&R == References == {{Reflist}} {{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. --> | NAME = Repp, Ray | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH = | PLACE OF BIRTH = | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Repp, Ray}} [[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]] [[Category:Gay musicians]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:American singer-songwriters]]'