Editing Randy Stonehill (section)

== Career ==
Stonehill's first album, ''Born Twice'' was released in 1971, with financial help from [[Pat Boone]]. The album—one side a live performance, the other recorded in a studio—was recorded for a mere $US 800, and according to Stonehill, "sounds like every penny of it."<ref name="EofCCM">{{cite book|last=Powell|first=Mark Allan|title=Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music|publisher=Hendrickson Publishers|year=2002|location=Peabody, Massachusetts|page=[https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofco00mark/page/879 879]|isbn=1-56563-679-1|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofco00mark/page/879}}</ref>

A year later, Stonehill made his film acting debut in ''[[The Blob]]'' sequel, ''[[Beware! The Blob]]'' (also known as ''Son of Blob''), with [[Cindy Williams]], in which he performed the unreleased song "Captain Coke".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068271/soundtrack|title=Beware! The Blob (1972) - IMDb|access-date=January 27, 2021|via=www.imdb.com}}</ref> He also made a cameo appearance in the 1973 [[Billy Graham]] film ''Time to Run'', performing his song "I Love You".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070806/fullcredits|title=Time to Run (1973) - IMDb|access-date=January 27, 2021|via=www.imdb.com}}</ref>

In 1976, Stonehill released the [[Larry Norman]]-produced ''[[Welcome to Paradise (album)|Welcome to Paradise]]'', for which [[Andy Johns]] did the engineering. This became a landmark album for the songwriter and was voted the "third most important contemporary Christian album" in a mid-1980s poll of Christian music critics.

In the late 1970s, Stonehill joined forces with rock band [[Daniel Amos]] for the "Amos 'n' Randy Tour". Daniel Amos went on to be Stonehill's band for his next two releases, and Stonehill later provided backing vocals on a number of Daniel Amos' projects.

1983 saw Stonehill's popular album ''Equator'' debut and go very rapidly out-of-print. The album is still widely sought-after in both vinyl and cassette form. No re-releases on [[compact_disc|CD]] were issued.{{citation needed|date=December 2023}}

1984's ''[[Celebrate This Heartbeat]]'' teamed Stonehill with longtime friend [[Phil Keaggy]] for the song "Who Will Save The Children?" In 1989 they formed The Keaggy/Stonehill Band with Daniel Amos bassist [[Tim Chandler]] and [[The Swirling Eddies]]' David Raven on drums. Keaggy and Stonehill also teamed up several other times, both live in concert and in the studio.  They recorded and performed as [[Phil Keaggy and Sunday's Child]] in 1988.  They also joined singer [[Margaret Becker]], drummer [[Joe English (musician)|Joe English]] (former member of [[Wings (band)|Paul McCartney and Wings]]) and several others that same year for the [[Compassion International|Compassion All Star Band's]] album ''One by One''.