Danny Jones

Danny Jones (May 28, 1966 - )

Danny Jones began his career in the early 1980s working at WGRG (now WDDK) radio in Greensboro, Georgia when he was in high school and college at the University of Georgia. During this same time, he launched a promotions/booking company, began promoting concert events, and was a contributing writer for a Gospel music newspaper called The Christian Music News.

Jones relocated to Nashville, Tennessee when he was hired as a radio promoter for Eddie Crook's Harvest and CedarHill labels in the early 1990s. He was subsequently promoted to A & R Director for Crook's MorningStar Records where artists at the time included the Bishops, Isaacs, Wilburns, Perrys, and Carroll Roberson. During the early 1990s, Jones also hosted a Saturday morning program on WENO in Nashville, Tennessee.

In February 1995, Jones left the Eddie Crook Company and relocated to Asheville, North Carolina to work in distribution and radio promotion roles for Crossroads Music (home of Horizon Records and Sonlite Records). In August of that same year, he got the call from Singing News magazine editor Jerry Kirksey to join their team in Boone, North Carolina.

Jones was promoted to Managing Editor and later to Editor after Kirksey's retirement. He was later named Publisher while the magazine was owned by Salem Communications. In 2021, when Singing News was purchased by Sea Walker Media Corporation, Jones' title was changed to Vice-President. The fact that his monthly article in Singing News appears on the 4th page inspired the name for his "4th Page Podcast" as well as a weekend show on Singing News Radio called "4th Page Playlist."

Jones has frequently appeared as an emcee at major concert events. Additionally, he has co-hosted the Gospel Music USA television show with Karen Peck Gooch and Mike LeFevre, served as Executive Director of The Southern Gospel Music Association, and co-founded the Memphis Quartet Show.

Jones is the author of several books and is also a songwriter.

Awards

Singing News Fan Awards - The Paul Heil Excellence In Broadcasting Award (2023)

Bibliography

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2010 The Best Of Danny's Diary

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2010 If I Weren't Here, I'd Be Somewhere Else

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20?? Turning 50 And Other Reasons To Laugh

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20?? Life From The 4th Page

Songwriter's Résumé

A Song About Going Home
The Twelve Days Of Christmas
Serious Business
A Moment In Time
Christmas Is Believin’
A Christian Christmas
Wanna Be Gonna Be Someday Will Be
If You Don’t Have Jesus
The Old Stream