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| background          = solo_singer
| birth_name          = Keith Gordon Green
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| birth_date          = {{birth date|1953|10|21|mf=y}}
| birth_place         = [[Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn|Sheepshead Bay]], New York, U.S.
| death_date          = {{death date and age|1982|7|28|1953|10|21|mf=y}}
| death_place         = [[Garden Valley, Texas]], U.S.
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| instrument          = Vocals, piano
| genre               = [[Contemporary Christian music]], [[rock and roll]]
| occupation          = Singer, songwriter, musician, [[Minister (Christianity)|minister]]
| years_active        = 1965–1982
| label               = [[Decca Records|Decca]], [[Sparrow Records|Sparrow]], Pretty Good Records
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'''Keith Gordon Green''' (October 21, 1953 – July 28, 1982) was an American pianist, singer, songwriter, and musician. Originally from [[Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn]], New York, Green is known as a pioneer in the [[Contemporary Christian music|Christian contemporary]] genre.<ref>Curry, Matt. [http://www.thedailytimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070804/FAITH/70804010 "Years after Keith Green’s death, recordings released"]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, ''Maryville Daily Times'', August 4, 2007. Accessed November 16, 2009. "''Time'' magazine called the Sheepshead Bay, N.Y., native a 'pre-pubescent dreamboat' who 'croons in a voice trembling with conviction.'"</ref> His most notable songs are "Oh Lord You're Beautiful" "Grace by Which I Stand" and "Asleep in The Light," written by Keith Green; [[There Is a Redeemer]], written by his wife Melody Green, "Your Love Broke Through,” written by Keith Green, Todd Fishkind, and Randy Stonehill. "I Want To Be More Like Jesus," written by Keith and Melody Green, and Kelly Willard.

==Early life==
Green was born in 1953 in [[Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn|Sheepshead Bay]], a neighborhood in [[Brooklyn, New York]].{{sfn|Balmer|2004|p=307}} In 1957, his family moved to [[Canoga Park, Los Angeles]], where he grew up.{{sfn|Green|Hazard|1989|p=29}}{{sfn|Balmer|2004|p=307}} Green's parents were [[Jewish]] but practiced [[Christian Science|Christian Science.]] The family had a history of musical performance, Green's grandfather (George Bennett) being founder of Jaguar Records in New York, his mother a big-band singer, and his father (Harvey) working with Keith in the music industry in Los Angeles.{{sfn|Cusic|1990|p=161}} According to his wife Melody, Green grew up "in an atmosphere of moral purity, free of alcohol and drugs" and said his family's way of life "had a wonderfully preserving effect on Keith during his early years."{{sfn|Green|Hazard|1989|p=35}}

Green took to music at a young age, as he "began with the [[ukulele]] at three, the guitar at five, and the piano at seven."<ref name="LAT65">Los Angeles Times, February 18, 1965, pg. SF1</ref> His talents were noted by a major newspaper when he was eight, following a performance of [[Arthur Laurents]]' ''[[The Time of the Cuckoo]]''. A local review by the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' wrote, "roguish-looking, eight-year-old Keith Green gave a winning portrayal"{{sfn|Green|Hazard|1989|p=30}} of "the little Italian street urchin, Mauro";<ref name="LAT-G3">Los Angeles Times, September 6, 1962, pg. G3</ref> another review commented that he "stole the show". The show was Green's first appearance in live theater, which was held in [[Chatsworth, Los Angeles]] in September 1962.<ref name="LAT65" /> According to the ''LA Times'', he had already done a number of television commercials and made a [[TV pilot]].<ref name="LAT-G3" />

Green played the role of [[Kurt von Trapp]] in ''[[The Sound of Music]]'' starring [[Janet Blair]] in the opening production at the [[Valley Music Theater]], a modern 2865-seat [[theatre in the round]] in [[Woodland Hills, Los Angeles]] when he was 10.<ref name="LAT65" />
[[Image:Keith-green-a go go getter.jpg|thumb|right|Keith Green's first disc release; the flip side has ''The Way I Used To Be'']]
In 1965, Green was the youngest person ever to sign with the [[ASCAP|American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers]] (ASCAP) upon publication of his song, "A Go-Go Getter" at age 11.<ref name="LAT65" />  By age 12 Green had already written 40 original songs, when along with his father and business manager Harvey, he signed a five-year contract with [[Decca Records]] in February 1965. The first song released on disc was in May 1965, produced by [[Gary Usher]],<ref>[http://www.garyusher.com/disc.html GaryUsher.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090222132812/http://www.garyusher.com/disc.html |date=February 22, 2009 }}, Decca 31799</ref> the very song he composed and published before signing with Decca. 

Decca Records planned to make Green a [[teen idol]], regularly getting him featured in fan magazines such as ''Teen Scene'' and on television shows such as ''[[The Jack Benny Program]]'' and ''[[The Steve Allen Show]]''. He was a guest on the television game show ''[[I've Got a Secret]]'' on May 3, 1965. His secret was "I just signed a five-year contract as a rock-'n'-roll singer." The segment included a live performance of his song, "We'll Do a Lot of Things Together".

Green had written 10 more songs when ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' ran an article about aspiring young rock-'n'-roll singers and referred to him as Decca Records' "prepubescent dreamboat".<ref>''Time'' Magazine, March 11, 1966 (Vol. 87, No. 10), [https://web.archive.org/web/20101028125608/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,899095,00.html "The Nubes"] article in the Arts & Entertainment section.</ref> The national attention that had been envisioned by Decca Records failed to materialize for Green, however, as [[Donny Osmond]] captured the attention of preteens and teenagers, eclipsing Green's newfound stardom. He was quickly forgotten by the public.{{sfn|Green|Hazard|1989|p=33}}

He grew up reading the [[New Testament]] and called the mixture of being Jewish and learning about Jesus "an odd combination" that left him open-minded but confused and deeply unsatisfied. As a teen who perceived that his music career had failed, he ran away from home, began smoking marijuana, and used occasional psychedelics in hopes of finding spiritual truth. He became interested in Eastern [[mysticism]] and the "[[free love]]" culture. His five year spiritual quest eventually led him back to the Christian Bible. A prolific journal keeper, in December 1972 Green wrote, "Jesus, you are hereby officially welcomed into me. Only time will tell." {{sfn|Balmer|2004|p=307}}{{sfn|Stowe|2011|p=150-151}}

==Meeting Jesus==
By age 19, Green had stopped using drugs, lost interest in Eastern mysticism, and started seriously looking into the biblical teachings of [[Jesus Christ]]. In early 1973 he met Melody Steiner, who was also Jewish as well as a songwriter. Becoming inseparable, the couple eloped at The Little Brown Church in Studio City, California, on Christmas Day 1973. The newlywed couple sought more knowledge of Jesus together when, in May 1975, they visited a home bible study in [[Beverly Hills, California]] called [[Association of Vineyard Churches|"Vineyard Christian Fellowship"]].<ref>''Make My Life a Prayer: Glimpses of God from the Ministry and Personal Journals of Keith Green'', Harvest House Publishers, Oregon, USA, 2001, p. 54</ref> Led by Vineyard founder Kenn Gulliksen, the Greens later said it was during the study that they felt the presence of God through the teaching and guitar-led worship. Hearing the [[Gospel]] for the first time and learning about Jesus as a Jewish rabbi,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://compelledpodcast.com/episodes/melody-green | title=#70 Keith Green's Story with Melody Green }}</ref> Green and his wife became [[born again]] followers of Jesus. 

==Ministry==
In 1975, the Greens, new believers in Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior, began taking people who needed help into their small home in the suburbs of Los Angeles, in the [[San Fernando Valley]]. Both were staff songwriters for [[CBS Records International|CBS Records]] in Hollywood for two years and used their income to support all who came. Early on, their close friend and Christian recording artist, [[Randy Stonehill]], who was struggling at the time, stayed for a while. Their home was later dubbed "The Greenhouse" – a place where people grow.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.lastdaysministries.org/Groups/1000008700/Last_Days_Ministries/Keith_Green/Bio/Bio.aspx |title=About KeithGreen |website=Last Days Ministries |access-date=October 17, 2011}}</ref> The Greens continued to open their home but mostly to strangers in need.<ref>Open Story: Your Love Broke Through. Dir. Daren Thomas. Sparrow Records. 2002. DVD.</ref> They eventually ran out of space and, purchasing the home next door to their own and renting an additional five homes in the same neighborhood, they provided a safe environment of Bible studies and practical discipleship to young and old alike. The majority were teenagers and those of college age. Much to the consternation of neighbors, there came to be 75 people living in the Greens' homes and traipsing down the suburban streets—including recovering drug addicts, bikers, a few prostitutes, abused women, and many single pregnant girls all needing shelter and safety. Some were referred to the Greens by other ministries and shelters, but most just crossed their path during their normal life at home and on the road. In 1977, the Greens' personal outreach became a nonprofit ministry they called Last Days Ministries.<ref name="LDM">[http://www.lastdaysministries.org/Group/Group.aspx?id=1000008637 Last Days Ministries: History] from the organization's official site.</ref> Green also became an [[Ordination|ordained]] [[Minister (Christianity)|minister]], seeing his music as a tool of his ministry.{{sfn|Green|Hazard|1989|p=255-256}}

Green's initial tone of ministry was influenced by the words of Jesus in the Bible. Later, he was also influenced by his friends, authors and teachers Winkie Pratney, and [[Leonard Ravenhill]], who pointed him to [[Charles Grandison Finney|Charles Finney]], a nineteenth-century revivalist preacher who preached the holiness of God to provoke conviction in his hearers. During his concerts he would often exhort his listeners to repent and commit themselves more wholly to following Christ. Through relationships with [[Loren Cunningham]] the founder of [[Youth with a Mission]] (YWAM), missions leader John Dawson, and a trip with his wife to overseas missions projects, Green saw the worldwide need for missionaries. He believed that all Christians needed to have at least a brief stint on the mission field. He also realized he was often too hard on growing believers and his assurance of God's unconditional love for him grew as well. This transition is evident in his music beginning with ''[[So You Wanna Go Back to Egypt]]'' in 1980. He described the changes he went through in his next-to-last article for the ''Last Days Magazine''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.lastdaysministries.org/Articles/1000008565/Last_Days_Ministries/LDM/Discipleship_Teachings/Keith_Green/Keith_Green_The.aspx |title=Last Days Ministries: Keith Green: The Man Behind the Message |website=lastdaysministries.org |access-date=March 6, 2015}}</ref>

===Recording===
Green was signed to [[contemporary Christian music]] label [[Sparrow Records]] in 1976 and worked on the album ''Firewind'' (1976) with Christian artists [[2nd Chapter of Acts]], [[Mason Proffit|Terry]] Talbot, [[John Michael Talbot]], and [[Barry McGuire]].{{sfn|Balmer|2004|p=307}} Prior to Green's signing with Sparrow Records, Keith and Melody wrote "I Don't Wanna Fall Away From You" which was recorded by [[Tommy James]], of [[Tommy James and the Shondells]], for his 1976 Fantasy album ''In Touch''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/in-touch-midnight-rider-mw0002097254 |title=ALLMUSIC: Tommy James |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=May 30, 2015}}</ref> 

His first solo project, ''[[For Him Who Has Ears to Hear]]'', was released in 1977 and topped the charts.{{sfn|Cusic|1990|p=162}} His second solo release, ''[[No Compromise (album)|No Compromise]]'' followed in 1978. With no album title, Green took a line from the song  "Make My Life A Prayer" written by Melody. She later said in her book about Keith that "No Compromise" seemed to capture the heart of what Keith wanted to say to other Christians—that they needed to quit compromising, stop listening to the voice of the world, and start living committed lives."{{sfn|Green|Hazard|1989|p=186}} In 1979, after negotiating a release from his contract with Sparrow, Green initiated a new policy of refusing to charge money for concerts or albums. Keith and Melody mortgaged their home to privately finance Green's next album, ''[[So You Wanna Go Back to Egypt]]''. The album, which featured a guest appearance by [[Bob Dylan]] on harmonica, was offered through mail order and at concerts for a price determined by the purchaser. By May 1982, Green had shipped out more than 200,000 units of his album often for a few dollars each – and 61,000 totally for free. Subsequent albums included ''[[The Keith Green Collection]]'' (1981) and ''[[Songs for the Shepherd]]'' (1982).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.lastdaysministries.org/Groups/1000008700/Last_Days_Ministries/Keith_Green/Bio/Bio.aspx |title=About Keith Green |access-date=March 1, 2014}}</ref> Some in the gospel industry labeled Green a "kook" for his unorthodox methods, but Green believed he needed to listen to God and practice what he preached. He felt he could not charge $8.98 for a record when the Gospel and salvation were free.{{sfn|Cusic|1990|p=162}}

When his music was carried by Christian bookstores, a second cassette was included free of charge for every cassette purchased to give away to a friend to help spread the [[Gospel]].{{Citation needed|date=February 2014}}

===Last Days Ministries===
In 1978, Last Days Ministries (LDM) began publishing the ''Last Days Newsletter'' from the Greens' garage.<ref>Richard A. Bustraan, ''The Jesus People Movement: A Story of Spiritual Revolution among the Hippies'', Wipf and Stock Publishers, USA, 2014, p. 64</ref> Originally printed on a few pages of loose paper, the newsletter grew in content to eventually become a "small, colorful magazine" and was renamed the ''Last Days Magazine.'' After Keith's 1982 death Melody was appointed to lead the ministry. By 1985 the Last Days Magazine was mailed out for free to over 500,000 people worldwide.<ref>[http://www.lastdaysministries.org/Group/Group.aspx?id=1000008637 Last Days Ministries: ''Last Days Magazine''] Last Days Ministries: ''Last Days Magazine'' from the organization's official site.</ref>

In 1979, the ministry relocated from the [[San Fernando Valley]] to a {{convert|40|acre|ha|adj=on}} plot of land in [[Garden Valley, Texas]],<ref name="Last Days Ministries: Our Story">[http://www.lastdaysministries.org/Groups/1000008637/Last_Days_Ministries/LDM/Our_Story/Our_Story.aspx Last Days Ministries: Our Story] Last Days Ministries: Our Story from the organization's official site.</ref> a crossroads community about {{convert|9|mi|km}} west of [[Lindale, Texas]]. Within a few years, Last Days purchased additional land, bringing the total to {{convert|140|acre|ha|1}}.

==Death in plane crash==
Along with 11 others, Green died on July 28, 1982, when the Robertson STOL-modified [[Cessna 414]] leased by Last Days Ministries crashed after takeoff from their iron ore airstrip located on the LDM property. The small twin-engined plane was carrying 11 passengers and the military pilot, Don Burmeister, took them for an aerial tour<ref name="Last Days Ministries: Our Story" /> of the LDM property and the surrounding area. Green and two of his children, three-year-old Josiah and two-year-old Bethany, were on board the plane, along with visiting church planters John and Dede Smalley and their six children. Green's wife Melody was at home with one-year-old Rebekah and six weeks pregnant with their fourth child, Rachel, born in March 1983.

The [[National Transportation Safety Board]] (NTSB) determined that the crash was caused by the [[pilot in command]] (PIC) allowing the aircraft to be loaded beyond its operating limitations. The required preflight weight and balance computations responsibility of civilian pilots would have shown it was dangerously overloaded and also outside its weight and balance operating envelope. This responsibility with military pilots is the responsibility of the military [[loadmaster]], and thus he may have, by force of habit, overlooked this responsibility. Don Alan Burmeister was a former [[United States Marine Corps]] aviator, but [[FAA]] records show he had very limited experience / training in flying conventional (vs. centerline thrust) twin-engine aircraft. Records show it was only a short time prior to the accident (6/9/82) that he completed a check-ride to remove the "centerline thrust" restriction from his pilot's certificate. This check-ride should have fully evaluated his ability to fly a conventional multi-engine aircraft throughout its designed range of operations, but the flight examiner was decertified the next month (7/10/82) by the FAA due to a "history of incomplete or substandard check-rides". Additionally, the insurance carrier (Ideal Mutual Insurance Co.) required Burmeister to log 1,045 hrs of flying time, attend a Cessna ground and flight training course, as well as log 15 hours in a Cessna 414 (C-414) prior to acting as the PIC of the leased aircraft. The NTSB record shows he failed to accomplish all of these requirements. With pilot and eleven passengers, the aircraft was overloaded by an estimated {{convert|445|lb|kg}}, and the location of the center of gravity was found to be {{convert|4.26|in|mm}} beyond the maximum aft limit. Combined with an air temperature of {{convert|90|F|C}}, creating a condition known as "[[hot and high]]" (high [[density altitude]], producing a lower climb rate on takeoff and greater danger of [[Stall (fluid mechanics)|stalling]]), the C-414 could do little but struggle into the air within [[Ground effect (aerodynamics)|ground effect]], and once airborne was left virtually uncontrollable.{{citation needed|date=April 2023}} These factors prevented the aircraft from ever attaining sufficient altitude, and it crashed into trees less than a mile from the airport.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://cases.justia.com/us-court-of-appeals/F2/783/1234/41667/ |title=783 F.2d 1234: Ideal Mutual Insurance Co., Plaintiff-appellee, Cross-appellant, v. Last Days Evangelical Association, Inc. and Junk Air, Inc.and William David Jenkins D/b/a Junk Air Co., defendants-appellants, Cross-appellee :: US Court of Appeals Cases :: Justia; Goldberg; Circuit Judge. |publisher=Cases.justia.com |access-date=April 10, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71434/pdf|title=NTSB FTW82AA299. NTSB Factual Aviation Report}}</ref>

Keith Gordon Green, Josiah David Green (September 18, 1978 – July 28, 1982), and Bethany Grace Green (February 5, 1980 – July 28, 1982) are interred in the same coffin at Garden Valley Cemetery behind the Garden Valley Baptist Church,<ref>[http://www.lastdaysministries.org/Group/Group.aspx?ID=1000028787 A Message From Melody Green], Melody Green, January 17, 2011, accessed January 25, 2015</ref><ref name="GVBC">[http://usgwarchives.net/tx/smith/tsphotos/cemsd-g.html Smith County Archives] gives directions to Garden Valley Cemetery.</ref> less than a half-mile from the LDM property.

===Last Days Ministries continues===
Melody Green continued to lead Last Days Ministries from Texas until 1996 when she moved to California and launched Last Days Ministries Online where all of Green's writings are free and his music can be found. The free monthly Last Days Ministries Newsletter<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://lastdaysministries.com/Articles/1000129755/Last_Days_Ministries/LDM/Register_for_Newsletter/Get_Melodys_Monthly.aspxef |title=Last Days Ministries : Articles |website=lastdaysministries.com |access-date=March 6, 2015}}</ref> is also sent out by request.

Melody maintains the Keith Green Music Facebook page to honor Keith<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/keithgreenmusic |title=Keith Green |website=Facebook |access-date=March 6, 2015}}</ref> and also shares her opinions on the Melody Green Facebook Page<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/MelodyGreenOfficialPage |title=Melody Green Official Page |website=Facebook |access-date=March 6, 2015}}</ref> where she interacts with Green's fans and Last Days Ministries fans. On Instagram Melody does the same @keith.green.official and @melody.green.official

==Legacy==
Two full albums of original Green songs were released posthumously: ''[[The Prodigal Son (Keith Green album)|The Prodigal Son]]'' (1983) and ''[[Jesus Commands Us to Go!]]'' (1984). Another release, ''I Only Want to See You There'' (1983) contained mostly previously released material. A compilation of his recorded work, ''[[The Ministry Years]]'', was released as a two-volume set in 1987 and 1988 and included five previously unreleased songs.

Another unreleased Christian song "Born Again" by Keith and Melody was finally released in 1999, 17 years after his death, on the ''First Love'' compilation video and CD. Both feature a two-song tribute to Green by other Christian artists.

In 2008, Melody with her grown daughters Rebekah Joy and Rachel Hope partnered with Sparrow Records and released ''The Live Experience – Special Edition'', a CD/DVD combination of 16 live recordings and 4 hours of DVD footage including video of live performances as well as details regarding Green's life and his passing.<ref name="liveexp">[http://www.lastdaysministries.org/Group/Group.aspx?id=1000028701 ''The Live Experience – Special Edition''] information from Last Days Ministries site.</ref> A greatest hits album was also released at the same time, including 17 of Green's most popular songs and one more previously unreleased Christian song, "Your Love Came Over Me".

On November 23, 2009, the EP ''Happy Birthday to You Jesus'' was released, containing a talk by Green about Christmas and another previously unreleased song, "Happy Birthday to You Jesus".

A prolific personal journalist, Green's writings were published as excerpts in the books ''A Cry in the Wilderness'' (Sparrow, 1993), ''If You Love the Lord'' (Harvest House, 2000), and ''Make My Life a Prayer'' (Harvest House, 2001).

===Tribute recordings===
In 1992, several artists joined together to re-record many of the Greens' best-known songs for a tribute album called ''No Compromise: Remembering the Music of Keith Green'' under the Sparrow Records label. Artists contributing to the recording include [[Petra (band)|Petra]], [[Charlie Peacock]], [[Susan Ashton]], [[Margaret Becker]], [[Michael Card]], [[Glad (band)|GLAD]], [[Rich Mullins]], [[Steven Curtis Chapman]], [[Steve Green (singer)|Steve Green]], and [[Russ Taff]].

In 2001, [[BEC Recordings]] released a second tribute record ''Start Right Here: Remembering the Life of Keith Green''. Produced by [[Derri Daugherty]], the album included performances by new contemporary Christian artists [[MxPx]], [[Joy Electric]], and [[Starflyer 59]], among others.

At the 20th anniversary of Green's death, Sparrow Records released another tribute album, ''Your Love Broke Through: The Worship Songs of Keith Green''. The 2002 album contains re-recordings by [[Rebecca St. James]], [[Michelle Tumes]], [[Chris Tomlin]], [[Twila Paris]], [[Darlene Zschech]], [[Jason Upton]], [[Martin Smith (English musician)|Martin Smith]], Charlie Hall, [[Joanne Hogg]], [[Matt Redman]], Paul Oakley, and Sarah Sadler. The album contains contemporary Christian and mainstream artist [[Michael W. Smith]]'s version of the song "There Is One," an unfinished work by Green. Composition of the song was completed by Smith, along with British songwriter and Christian music artist Martin Smith.

===Honors===
On November 27, 2001, Green was inducted into the [[Gospel Music Hall of Fame]]. Melody Green and their daughters Rebekah and Rachel attended to receive the honor for Keith.

On April 3, 2006, Green was honored with the ASCAP Crescendo Award at the 28th annual ASCAP Christian Music Awards presentation dinner.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ascap.com/eventsawards/awards/christianawards/2006/index.html |title=Twenty-Eighth Annual ASCAP Christian Music Awards |website=www.ascap.com |access-date=March 6, 2015}}</ref> His widow, Melody Green, and their daughter Rachel were present to receive the award for Keith.

On October 3, 2025 The Christian & Gospel Music Museum opened in Nashville, where Green is honored in multiple displays as an artist and modern hymnist. Melody loaned them family artifacts: first album cover shirt, handwritten lyrics, photos, and Keith's acoustic guitar. https://cgmmuseum.org/ 

===Documentary===
''The Keith Green Story - Your Love Broke Through'', a 2002 documentary DVD about Green's life, was directed by Daren Thomas with Melody Green as executive producer. Narrated by [[Toby Mac]], it was distributed by Sparrow Records.<ref>{{Cite book |title=The Keith Green Story: Your Love Broke Through: Your Love Broke Though; The Worship Songs of Keith Green (Concert Video Product): Movies & TV |isbn=5550118556 }}</ref>{{primary source inline|date=February 2020}}

===Film===
In 2011, Melody Green announced that a feature film about Green's life was in development. After the initial producers failed to exercise their final option to obtain long-term film rights, Melody began to gather a new production team. As of 2013, the film has been under development.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://lastdaysministries.org/Group/Group.aspx?ID=1000028787 |title=Last Days Ministries : Prayer Needs for Keith Green Movie |website=lastdaysministries.org}}</ref>{{primary source inline|date=February 2020}}

==Discography==

===Career releases: 1965–1982===

====Mainstream recordings====
[[File:Keith-green-girl dont tell me.jpg|thumb|left|"[[Girl Don't Tell Me]]", Decca 31859, released October 1965. The other song was "How to be Your Guy".]]
[[File:Keith-green-home town girl.jpg|thumb|none|"Home Town Girls", Decca 31973, released July 1966. The B-side song was "You're What's Happening, Baby".]]

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====Christian albums====
* ''[[For Him Who Has Ears to Hear]]'' (May 20, 1977)
* ''[[No Compromise (album)|No Compromise]]'' (November 9, 1978)
* ''[[So You Wanna Go Back to Egypt]]'' (May 7, 1980)
* ''[[The Keith Green Collection]]'' (August 11, 1981)
* ''[[Songs for the Shepherd]]'' (April 12, 1982)

===Posthumous releases===

====Christian albums====
* ''I Only Want to See You There'' (March 21, 1983)
* ''[[The Prodigal Son (Keith Green album)|The Prodigal Son]]'' (August 15, 1983)
* ''[[Jesus Commands Us to Go!]]'' (July 20, 1984)
* ''[[The Ministry Years]] Volume One 1977-1979'' (1987)
* ''The Ministry Years, Volume Two 1980-1982'' (1988)
* ''The Early Years'' (1996)
* ''Best of Keith Green: Asleep in the Light'' (1996)
* ''Because of You: Songs of Testimony'' (1998)
* ''Here Am I, Send Me: Songs of Evangelism'' (1998)
* ''Make My Life a Prayer to You: Songs of Devotion'' (1998)
* ''Oh Lord, You're Beautiful: Songs of Worship'' (1998)
* ''The Ultimate Collection'' (DVD/CD release) (2002)
* ''Live Experience'' (CD) (April 29, 2008)
* ''Greatest Hits'' (April 29, 2008)
* ''Happy Birthday to You Jesus'' (November 23, 2009)
* ''Icon'' (July 16, 2013)
* ''20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Keith Green'' (February 3, 2015)
* ''The Studio Collection 6 CD Box Set'' (December 12, 2022)

====Mainstream albums====
* ''Keith Green Live (His Incredible Youth)'' (1995)
* ''The Early Word'' (February 13, 2009)

===Tribute albums===
* ''No Compromise: Remembering the Music of Keith Green'' (1993)
* ''[[Start Right Here: Remembering the Life of Keith Green]]'' (2001)
* ''Your Love Broke Through: The Worship Songs Of Keith Green'' (2002)

==Bibliography==
''(All released posthumously)''

* ''No Compromise: The Life Story of Keith Green'' by Melody Green (1989)
* ''A Cry in the Wilderness: Twelve Bold Messages About Uncompromising Faith'' (1993)
* ''If You Love the Lord'' (2000)
* ''Make My Life a Prayer'' (2001)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

===Sources===
* {{cite book |last1=Balmer |first1=Randall Herbert |title=Encyclopedia of Evangelicalism |date=2004 |publisher=Baylor University Press |location=Waco, TX |isbn=978-1-932792-04-1 |url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofev0000balm}}
* {{cite book |last1=Cusic |first1=Don |title=The Sound of Light: A History of Gospel Music |date=1990 |publisher=Bowling Green State University Popular Press |location=Bowling Green, Ohio |isbn=978-0-87972-497-9 |url=https://archive.org/details/soundoflighthi00cusi/}}
* {{Cite book |last1=Green |first1=Melody |last2=Hazard |first2=David |title=No Compromise: The Life Story of Keith Green |publisher=Word Publishing |year=1989 |isbn= 9780850093186|location=Milton Keynes, England |url=https://archive.org/details/nocompromiselife0000gree }}
* {{cite book |last1=Stowe |first1=David Ware |title=No Sympathy for the Devil: Christian Pop Music and the Transformation of American Evangelicalism |date=2011 |publisher=University of North Carolina Press |location=Chapel Hill |isbn=978-0-8078-3458-9 |url=https://archive.org/details/nosympathyfordev0000stow/}}

==External links==
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* {{Find a Grave|5826090}}
* [https://lastdaysministries.org/ Last Days Ministries]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070928000636/http://www.aircraftone.com/aircraft/accidents/20020917X03242.asp Aircraft Incident and Accident report] (contains text of NTSB report and a great deal more information)
* [http://www.planecrashinfo.com/famous1980s.htm Famous People Who Died in Aviation Accidents, 1980s] (This ties Keith Green to the Aircraft Registration Number in the NTSB report)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070928045232/http://ldmers.org/images/Various/GV-1995.htm High Altitude Aerial Photo of Garden Valley], with a view of private runway inside the Last Days Ministries property (1995 satellite photo)
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXOhSScVMUs The Keith Green Story, video documentary]

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