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Goldenmusic norman greenbaum spirit in the sky facebook. The single sold two million copies in 19691970 and reached number three in the u. The audio file used in this video is an mp3 render. Norman joel greenbaum born november 20, 1942 is an american singersongwriter. Click below to see lists of song titles, hear sound clips or. As someone who likes more kinds of music than just late 60s and 70s hard rock, i really like this whole anthology. The single sold 2 million copies in 1969 and 1970 and got to number 3 in the u.
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He is best known for writing and performing the 1969 song spirit in the sky. Norman greenbaum spirit in the sky norman greenbaum format. The single became a gold record, selling two million copies from 1969 to 1970, and reached. Stream spirit in the sky norman greenbaum by burdanyak from desktop or your mobile device. California earthquake and the unreleased the day they sold beer in church. Billboard chart april 18, 1970 where it listed for 15 weeks in the top 100.
The single became a gold record, selling two million copies from. Norman greenbaum spirit in the sky 1970 internet archive. Billboard chart, as well as number 1 on the uk, australian and canadian charts in 1970. Jul 29, 2014 check out spirit in the sky by norman greenbaum on amazon music. About spirit in the sky set to be a religiousrock song, jewish norman greenbaum used jesus thinking correctly that it would be more marketable this wayhe was right. Of course we all know and love the title track which was an absolute massive hit worldwide with that supercool fuzzed out guitar riff and those quirky hippie jesus freak lyrics that were really happening in parts of the states in the late 60s. Norman greenbaum, best known for his muchplayed 1969 hit spirit in the sky, was in critical condition after a crash that killed a motorcycle driver. Rather than get it on some compilation album i opted to get the full cd. Greenbaum says he was inspired to write the song after watching country singers singing a song on television. Spirit in the sky is the debut and is probably the only real notable record from norman greenbaum.
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I can still be contacted through my contact noman link for business inquiries and fan mail. It was released on cd by varese sarabande in 2001, with seven bonus tracks. Spirit in the sky norman greenbaum by burdanyak published on 20121014t23. Aug 15, 2014 guardians of the galaxy awesome mix vol. It contains his popular hit song, the title track spirit in the sky.
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