The stuff that now passes as "music", particularly rock 'n roll, leaves me cold. So, to start off the week, here's a video of a classic rock artist.
To start of the week, we have a song has been described as by the "most-famous" one-hit-wonders of all time, Norman Greenbaum. It is "Spirit In The Sky" from 1969.
Greenbaum, a dairy farmer in the Petaluma area of Northern California is Jewish, but the song has "Christian themes".
The song was also the "most favorite" of a late friend, Wellington "Bill" Wilson. The lyrics are on his memorial pamphlet.
From Wikipedia:
Norman Joel Greenbaum (born November 20, 1942) is an American singer-songwriter, known for his 1969–1970 hit song "Spirit in the Sky". The song is one of the most famous and best-selling one hit-wonders of all time.
After the release in 1972 of his album Petulama (named after his home town in California) Greenbaum left the music business and returned to his dairy farm. He returned to the music industry as a manager and promoter in the mid-1980s.
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