| August 10th, 2010 | ||||
| Russ nominated for 2 USAGEM Awards - Songwriter of the Year and Song of the Year, "Cowboys Love Jesus, Too." | ||||
| July 24th, 2010 | ||||
| Russ nominated for 4 ICM Awards - Song of the Year - Songwriter of the Year - Male Vocalist and Music Evangelist | ||||
| June 26th, 2010 | ||||
| Russ wins AgapeFest 2010 Songwriter of Year | ||||
| October 15, 2009 | ||||
| Russ chosen as the 2009 ICM Songwriter of the Year and 2009 Music Evangelist of the Year on the nationally-televised ICM Awards Show - Nashville, TN. | ||||
| October 1, 2009 | ||||
| Russ chosen as a presenter on the 2009 ICM Awards show, hosted by actor, David Keith. | ||||
| September 10, 2009 | ||||
| Russ is chosen as a finalist for the ICGMA Awards for Male Vocalist, Songwriter, Song,"My Grandmother's Prayers," and new CD, "My Grandmother's Prayers." | ||||
| September 9, 2009 | ||||
| Russ is in the Final 5 Nominess for the upcoming 2009 ICM Awards in the following categories: Male Vocalist, Songwriter and Music Evangelist. | ||||
| June 6, 2009 | ||||
| Russ wins the 2009 AgapeFest Encourager, Songwriter and Outstanding Achievement Awards | ||||
| June 1, 2009 | ||||
| Russ to sing for 15 wounded returning soldiers - Pagosa Springs, CO | ||||
| May 9, 2009 | ||||
| Russ featured on the cover of Power Source Magazine | ||||
| March 2, 2009 | ||||
| Musical - "Welcome Home Soldier" goes into production | ||||
| February 28, 2009 | ||||
| Russ signs national distributon contract with Mansion Entertainment | ||||
| February 17, 2009 | ||||
| Russ to sing at Brooke Army Medical Hospital for wounded soldiers - San Antonio, TX | ||||
| February 7, 2009 | ||||
| Russ reaches the Top 10 in 7 categories for the AgapeFest Music Awards | ||||
| October 17, 2008 | ||||
| Russ wins the ICM 2008 "Songwriter of the Year" Award | ||||
| September 3, 2008 | ||||
| Russ is invited to sing his new song, "An American Soldier," on the ICM Awards Show which will be televised on October 16th. | ||||
| September 2, 2008 | ||||
| "Build Our House on Love" goes to #1 on the Christian Music Weekly chart. | ||||
| August 15, 2008 | ||||
| Russ to present his song, "Welcome Home Solider," to the Texas Tech Viet Nam Museum and Archives. | ||||
| August 14, 2008 | ||||
| Nashville - HMG announces that Russ Murphy has made it to the Final 5 nominees for the 2008 ICM Awards including Entertainer of the Year, Songwriter of the Year, "Wood and Steel" for Song of the Year and Music Evangelist of the Year. | ||||
| July 16, 2008 | ||||
| Russ is nominated for 4 2008 ICM Awards | ||||
| June 6, 2008 | ||||
| "Wood and Steel" goes to #1 on the national Power Source ccma chart for July | ||||
| May 31, 2008 | ||||
| RUSS MURPHY WINS THE AGAPE FEST MALE HORIZON AND MALE SONGWRITER AWARDS. | ||||
| May 28, 2008 | ||||
| Russ' song, "Wood and Steel," goes to #1 on the Christian Music Weekly chart. | ||||
| May 6, 2008 | ||||
| Russ' song, "Wood and Steel," goes to #3 on the nationlly syndicated Power Source Top 20 Countdown Show | ||||
| April 4, 2008 | ||||
| Russ' song, "Wood and Steel," goes to #2 on the Christian Music Weekly Chart | ||||
| April 2, 2008 | ||||
| Russ to sing for the National Prayer Breakfast - Ft. Hood, TX | ||||
| February 20, 2008 | ||||
| Russ' new release, "Wood and Steel," enters the Christian Music Weekly chart at #10 | ||||
| February 18, 2008 | ||||
| Russ is in the Final 5 for the AgapeFest Male Horizon and Male Songwriter Awards | ||||
| February 8, 2008 | ||||
| Russ' new release, "Wood and Steel," goes to #1 on the 106.7 Radio Station - Logan, Ohio | ||||
| February 1, 2008 | ||||
| Russ's song, "Godly Man," goes to #1 on the Christian Music Weekly Chart. | ||||
| January 22, 2008 | ||||
| Russ' song, "Wood and Steel," is featured on the Power Source Top 20 Countdown Show. | ||||
| January 21, 2008 | ||||
| Russ is in the Top 10 Agape Fest Male Horizon and Male Songwriter of the Year Awards. | ||||
| January 12, 2008 | ||||
| "Wood and Steel" is released on the HMG compilation disk #138 to radio stations across the nation. | ||||
| January 4, 2008 | ||||
| Russ' song, "Godly Man," goes to #1 on the Jordan Records chart. | ||||
| November 4, 2007 | ||||
| Russ to be a presenter at the 2007 ICM Awards Show - Roy Acuff Theater - Nashville, TN | ||||
| November 4, 2007 | ||||
| Russ wins 2007 ICM New Artist of the Year | ||||
| October 11, 2007 | ||||
| Russ to present his song, "Lubbock, Texas", to the Lubbock City Council | ||||
| September 23, 2007 | ||||
| Russ learns that he is in the Final 5 Nominees for ICM Songwriter of the Year and New Artist of the Year | ||||
| September 22, 2007 | ||||
| Russ sings for 2,000 veterans at the South Texas Veteran's Conference in Corpus Christi, TX | ||||
| August 24, 2007 | ||||
| The 130 voice Singing Men of Texas choir records Russ' song, "Welcome Home Soldier." | ||||
| August 17, 2007 | ||||
| Russ is nominated for 2007 ICM Songwriter of the Year and 2007 New Artist of the Year. | ||||
| August 7, 2007 | ||||
| Russ, David and Glenda sing for the Military Order of the Purple Hearts in New York. | ||||
| August 5, 2007 | ||||
| Russ, Glenda and David sing for 800 new cadets at West Point Military Academy in New York. | ||||
| July 22, 2007 | ||||
| "Godly Man", Russ' latest release enters the Power Source Top 20 Countdown Show at #17 | ||||
| July 15, 2007 | ||||
| "My America", goes to #1 on the Power Source Top 20 Countdown Show. | ||||
| December 1, 2006 | ||||
| "Without Love", peaks at #13 on the Power Source Magazine chart | ||||
| November 11, 2006 | ||||
| Russ, David Spears and Glenda Gurnea are invited to sing in Washington, D.C. for Veterans Day | ||||
| August 1, 2006 | ||||
| Russ is Nominated as Inspirational Country Music (ICM) 2006 Songwriter Of The Year! | ||||
| August 1, 2006 | ||||
| Welcome Home, Soldier, a stirringly patriotic tribute to our American servicemen and servicewomen, was nominated as the ICM 2006 Song Of The Year! | ||||










