Benny Hester

Benny Hester is a music artist and songwriter. He is best known for his songs "When God Ran" and "Nobody Knows Me Like You" and for producing the groundbreaking "tween/teen" music driven, sketch comedy and dance television series Roundhouse on Nickelodeon. Hester received a television Cable Ace Award for the song "I Can Dream" and a collection of nominations for writing and producing a featured original song for each weekly episode of Roundhouse during its successful four-year run. He has written and recorded more than twenty-five No. 1 and top ten songs. "When God Ran" is the longest-running number one song in Contemporary Christian Music history, number one for 13 weeks. The title track from his third album, "Nobody Knows Me Like You", reached number one on Christian Music Charts and became the first CCM song to break the Billboard Top 50 Adult Contemporary Chart, debuting at number 44 on November 7, 1981. Hester's first CCM single, "Jesus Came Into My Life", was a breakthrough recording, becoming the first contemporary Pop rock song to be universally accepted and widely played across all Christian Radio formats.

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