In 1989, Key co-authored the book Don't Stop the Music, described in the cover notes as "a defense of contemporary Christian music written by one of its premier performers."[3]
Following retirement, Key served as the head of Ardent Records, and hosted a TV show, featuring new, younger, Christian bands. Key had been serving as the pastor of a small church in Cordova, Tennessee, The Love of Christ Church (tlc).[2]
Key died due to a ruptured blood clot on Sunday, June 6, 2010 at age 56, according to CCM Magazine's website.[4][5]
Discographyedit
This Time Thru
Released: 1978
Format: LP
Label: Lamb & Lion Records
Producer: Joseph Hardy, Dana Key, and Eddie DeGarmo
Tracks: "Emmanuel", "Addey", "Only the Meek Survive", "Too Far Too Long", "Alleyways of Strife", "Sleeper", "Wayfaring Stranger", "In the Days of Thy Youth", "Chase the Wind", "This Time Thru"
Straight On
Released: 1979
Format: LP
Label: Lamb & Lion Records
Producer: Joseph Hardy, Dana Key, and Eddie DeGarmo
Tracks: "Jericho", "Livin' on the Edge of Dyin'", "Go Tell Them", "Bad Livin'", "Enchiridion", "Long Distance Runner", "Let Him Help You Today", "I Never Knew You", "Mary"
This Ain't Hollywood
Released: 1980
Format: LP
Label: Lamb & Lion Records
Producer: Ron Capone
Tracks: "Stella, This Ain't Hollywood", "When He Comes Back", "You Gave Me All", "Never Be the Same", "All Night", "Love is All You Need", "Nobody Loves Me", "Light of the World", "Over and Over", "One Step Closer"
No Turning Back: Live
Released: 1982
Format: Double LP
Label: Lamb & Lion Records
Tracks: "Light of the World", "Go Tell Them", "Stella, This Ain't Hollywood", "When He Comes Back", "Jericho", "Alleyways of Strife", "Mary", "Wayfaring Stranger", "Bass Solo", "Enchiridion", "Long Distance Runner", "Matter of Time", "Emmanuel", "Oklahoma Blues", "Preacher (I'll Need a Friend)", "Over and Over", "Let Him Help You Today", "Love One Another", "I Have Decided"
Mission of Mercy
Released: 1983
Format: LP
Label: Power Discs
Producer: Eddie DeGarmo and Dana Key
Tracks: "Ready or Not", "Special Kind of Love", "When It's Over", "All the Losers Win", "The Gift", "Fill Me Lord", "Let the Whole World SIng", "In His Love", "Everlasting Love", "You Can't Run from Thunder", "That's the Way God Planned It"
Communication
Released: 1984
Format: LP
Label: Power Discs
Producer: Eddie DeGarmo and Dana Key
Tracks: "Are You Ready", "Rejoice", "It's a Shame", "Alleluia, Christ is Coming", "Everyday a Celebration", "Blessed Messiah", "Perfect Reflection", "He Has Risen", "Six, Six, Six", "Man of His Word", "Dear Friend"
Commander Sozo and the Charge of the Light Brigade
Released: 1985
Format: LP
Label: Power Discs
Producer: Eddie DeGarmo and Dana Key
Tracks: "Activate", "Competition", "Temporary Things", "Apathy Alert", "Charge of the Light Brigade", "Destined to Win", "No More Goodbye", "Jesus is Coming", "Rise Up", "Casual Christian"
Streetlight
Released: 1986
Format: CD
Label: Power Discs
Producer: DeGarmo & Key and John Hampton
Tracks: "Every Moment", "War Zone", "Addey", "Soldier of Fortune", "Don't Stop the Music", "Don't Throw Your Love Away", "Video Action", "She Believes", "Holy Hustle", "Up on a Cross", "Inside Out"
Streetrock (a collection of previously released songs from the Lamb & Lion label albums)
Released: 1987
Format: CD
Label: Power Discs
Tracks: "Emmanuel", "Stella, This Ain't Hollywood", "When He Comes Back", "Wayfaring Stranger", "Go Tell Them", "Never Be the Same", "Livin' on the Edge of Dying", "Jericho", "All Night", "One Step Closer"
D&K
Released: 1987
Format: CD
Label: Power Discs
Producer: DeGarmo & Key and John Hampton
Tracks: "Out of the Danger Zone", "Under the Sun", "Rock Solid", "Teenage Suicide", "Strength of Love", "Brother Against Brother (It's Not Right)", "War with the World", "Stand", "Radical", "When the Son Begins to Reign"
Rock Solid: Absolutely Live
Released: 1988
Format: CD
Label: Power Discs/ForeFront Records
Producer: DeGarmo & Key
Tracks: "Casual Christian (Chorus)", "Rock Solid", "Ready or Not", "Soldier of Fortune", "Six, Six, Six", "Don't Stop the Music", "Holy Hustle", "When the Son Begins to Reign", "Are You Ready", "Addey", "Let the Whole World Sing", "Alleluia, Christ is Coming", "Destined to Win", "Rock Solid (Reprise)"
The Pledge
Released: 1989
Format: CD
Label: Benson Records
Producer: Ron W. Griffin
Tracks: "Boycott Hell", "Aliens and Strangers", "I'm Accepted", "Hand in Hand", "The Pledge", "Life in the New Age", "Let's Get Upset", "Who Will", "Right on Track", "If God is for Us (Who Can Be Against Us)"
The Journey: Walking with Jesus (Dana Key solo album)
Released: 1990
Format: CD
Label: ForeFront Records
Producer: Ron W. Griffin
Tracks: "We Need a Savior", "The Outlaw", "Bow Down", "Sister (It's a Mean World)", "Come to Me", "Live in the Light", "Prelude: Here, There or in the Air", "Pray for Peace", "Kingdom of Grace", "The Death", "Up From the Dead", "Here, There or in the Air"
Go to the Top
Released: 1991
Format: CD
Label: Benson Records
Producer: Ron W. Griffin
Tracks: "I Believe", "Go to the Top", "At the Top (reprise)", "Against the Night", "Ultimate Ruler", "Soul Mender", "Family Reunion", "Still at Work", "Stand, Fight, Win", "Victory (March on Prelude)", "March on", "The Rest of My Life"
Destined to Win: The Classic Rock Collection
Released: 1992
Format: CD
Label: ForeFront Records
Tracks: "Color Me Gone", "Boycott Hell", "Rock Solid", "Every Moment", "Addey", "I'm Accepted", "Six, Six, Six", "I'll Come Out Fighting for You", "Destined to Win", "Ready or Not", "Long Distance Runner", "Hand in Hand", "Casual Christian", "Let the Whole World Sing"
Heat it Up
Released: 1993
Format: CD
Label: Benson Records
Producer: John Hampton, Eddie DeGarmo, and Dana Key
Tracks: "Voices", "God Good/Devil Bad", "Selective Amnesia", "Never Look Back", "Heat. It. Up.", "It's My Business", "Dare 2B Different", "Talk to Me", "Armed and Dangerous", "I Use the J Word", "Soldiers of the Cross", "Divine Embrace", "Fight Back"
To Extremes
Released: 1994
Format: CD
Label: Benson Records
Producer: John Hampton, Eddie DeGarmo, and Dana Key
Tracks: "Stressed", "People Got to Be Free", "Hangin' By a Scarlet Thread", "Rebel for God", "Judgment Day", "Hyper-Faith", "To Extremes", "Carry the Cross", "Dangerous Place", "Reclaim America"
Greatest Hits Volume 1
Released: 1994
Format: CD
Label: ForeFront Records
Tracks: "Every Moment", "Out of the Danger Zone", "Boycott Hell", "All the Losers Win", "Jericho", "Are You Ready", "Destined to Win", "Acoustic Medley: Long Distance Runner/Rock Solid/Six, Six, Six", "Ultimate Ruler", "Let's Get Upset", "Competition", "I Believe", "Emmanuel", "Mary", "If God is for Us (Who Can Be Against Us)"
Part of the Mystery (Dana Key solo album)
Released: 1995
Format: CD
Label: Ardent Records
Producer: Dana Key, and John Hampton
Tracks: "Part of the Mystery", "By Divine Design", "Invisible Kingdom", "That's What Love is About", "Dear Mr. Clapton", "Rain On", "Daniel", "Liar, Lunatic or Lord", "Prisoner of Chillon", "Mary"
History Makers
Released: 2003
Format: CD
Label: Sparrow Records
Tracks: "Addey", "Wayfaring Stranger", "Emmanuel", "Too Far, Too Long", "Jericho", "Long Distance Runner", "All the Losers Win", "Let the Whole World Sing", "Six, Six, Six", "Destined to Win", "Every Moment", "I'm Accepted", "Hand in Hand", "Boycott Hell", "Rebel for God"
The Very Best of DeGarmo & Key
Released: 2006
Format: CD
Label: ForeFront Records
Tracks: "Out of the Danger Zone", "Every Moment", "I'm Accepted", "Six, Six, Six", "Long Distance Runner", "Casual Christian", "Destined to Win", "Competition", "All the Losers Win", "Boycott Hell", "If God is For Us (Who Can Be Against Us)", "Rock Solid"
Referencesedit
^(1989). Don't Stop The Music. p 70. Zondervan. ISBN 0-310-51681-1
^ abvon Buseck, Craig (June 7, 2010). "Musician and Pastor Dana Key Dead at 56". Retrieved March 24, 2020.
^(1989). Don't Stop The Music. Zondervan. ISBN 0-310-51681-1
^"Dana Key Passes Away Sunday Night". Christ Community Music Magazine. Archived from the original on 2012-09-10. Retrieved 2010-06-07.
^"Dana Key Dies at 56". Archived from the original on 2010-06-11. Retrieved 2010-06-07.