Benny Hester
Benny Ray Hester, born in 1948 in Waco, Texas, is an American musician. He began
studying classical music at age four and was a founding member of the Texas pop
rock band The Morticians. Hester moved to Las Vegas in 1969 where he met
recording engineer Brent Maher, who produced his first album Benny.... His
breakthrough came with the singles "Jesus Came Into My Life" and "Be A
Receiver". The title track from his third album, "Nobody Knows Me Like You",
reached Number 1 on Christian Music Charts in 1981. Hester's song "When God Ran"
is one of the longest-running Number 1 songs in ...
