Hearn, Billy Ray

Hearn, Billy Ray (April 26, 1929) Through the sheer force of ability and creative imagination, Billy Ray Hearn has gone from serving as minister of music at small Southern churches to being chair of the EMI Christian Music Group (EMI CMG), the world’s largest religious music label. Hearn was reared in an active Southern Baptist family and went into various music ministries after two stints in the U.S. Navy. A talented composer and arranger, he was involved in some of the earliest church youth…