Spirit In The Sky

Happy 75th Birthday To Norman Greenbaum [VIDEO]
Happy 75th Birthday To Norman Greenbaum [VIDEO]
Happy 75th Birthday To Norman Greenbaum [VIDEO]
Here's a recording artist that falls into the one hit wonder category. Norman Greenbaum was born in Malden, Massachusetts November 20, 1942. It would be 27 years later that Norman would release the song Spirit In The Sky and the tune would make up to #3 on U...
‘Goin’ Up To The Spirit In The Sky’ [VIDEO]
‘Goin’ Up To The Spirit In The Sky’ [VIDEO]
‘Goin’ Up To The Spirit In The Sky’ [VIDEO]
Check out this rare footage of 'Spirit In The Sky' which entered the charts this week in 1970. Norman Greenbaum was inspired to write the tune after watching Porter Wagoner singing a gospel song on TV saying later "I thought, 'Yeah, I could do that,' knowing nothing about gospel music, so I sat down and wrote my own gospel song...