CQK Records & Music is a record label and music publishing company committed to creating quality songs with positive and relevant messages for today's audiences in a panorama of musical styles.

CQK Records & Music is a music company and record label that grew out of the prolific songwriting career of its president Mary Dawson. A lifelong songwriter herself, Mary became professionally involved in the Music industry in 1981, after pursuing several other careers, including a twelve year overseas assignment as a vocational Christian worker on the island-nation of Singapore.

Originally established in 1987, to serve as a small publishing vehicle for her own songs, CQK Records & Music grew with the enlargement of Mary's catalog of songs. From 1990-1995, composer, arranger and orchestrator Bruce Greer joined CQK Records & Music as a partner and collaborated with Mary to further extend the catalog to over 200 songs in all styles and genres.

Since its earliest beginnings CQK Records & Music has sought to discern and discover the most sensitive areas of human need, and then to write songs and create products that will speak to those needs with emotional relevance, positive messages and spiritual truth.

For example, in 1990, when the Gulf War erupted in the Mideast, Mary Dawson and Bruce Greer felt compelled to use their musical gifts to encourage and comfort the many military families who would be separated during the 1990 Christmas season. CQK Records & Music released a single cassette containing two CQK songs. Side A featured Long Distance Christmas  a pop duet which expresses the emotions of separation from loved ones at Christmas time. The other side contained the Gospel Christmas song, Unspeakable Gift  which encapsulates the spiritual meaning of the season.

Although the project was not completed until November 1, far past the usual deadline for the recording of Christmas material, it had a powerful impact in the lives of many service personnel and their families. Long Distance Christmas received airplay on over 1200 stations across the United States and was also broadcast into the Gulf area by US Military Radio. In addition, over 4000 copies of the cassette were distributed to the troops stationed in the Mideast. Resulting correspondence with individual servicemen and women revealed that many were encouraged and touched by the impact of the songs.

In 1991, CQK Records & Music added its own record label to its publishing arm to serve as a medium for the unique positive life-oriented songs which the publishing catalog contained. That year two albums were produced. The first album, Life ... As It Really Is, recorded by Bruce Greer contained contemporary songs in many styles focusing on the "life-issues" we face as we grow spiritually. The second album, The Serenity Songs Project: Twelve Steps To Freedom is a collection of songs written around the spiritual principles of each of the Twelve Steps of Recovery first used by Alcoholics Anonymous and now by many related organizations. Grammy-Award winner, Cynthia Clawson is featured on this album as well as six other very gifted artists including, Babbie Mason, Jessy Dixon, Joe Bright, Tommy Clawson, Patti Berry and Bruce Greer.

In 1993, the third CQK Records & Music album was recorded entitled Why Pray?  This recording contains ten songs in a variety of musical styles on the various aspects of the subject of prayer -- from the 50's novelty style title cut, Why Pray?,  to the R&B number, Peace in You, to the Country song, Pray and Watch and the power pop duet, When You Haven't Got a Prayer .

A Christmas Odyssey was recorded in 1994. Songs on this album cover the entire holiday season -- from Thanksgiving to Christmas and include traditional favorites as well as seven new, original Christmas songs from CQK Records & Music. Again, songs were written in all styles and to express the many moods of Christmas -- from the fun and lighthearted side to the inspirational and profound.

Wrapped in Hope, recorded by CQK Country artist, Kevin James, was released in 1996. Kevin's renditions of several CQK Christmas songs, as well as many old favorites, gained him considerable radio airplay during the 1996 holiday season.

Throughout the years, CQK Records & Music has been committed to helping aspiring songwriters develop their craft and become successful. CQK Records & Music offers a number of resources for new as well as established artists, songwriters and composers. Click here to see these available resources.

CQK's philosophy in both creating and marketing its products is as follows:

• Focus on the Song -- A great song lives forever, so we specialize in great songwriting.

• Find the Need and Fill It -- Write, produce and distribute songs and recordings, and create services which will address needs in the human experience that have not been adequately filled or addressed.