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Norman Greenbaum

46 Shouts   -   737,705 Scrobbles

Biography

Best-known for his 1970 hit "Spirit in the Sky," singer/songwriter Norman Greenbaum was born November 20, 1942, in Malden, MA. He began his musical career while a student at Boston University, playing area coffeehouses before relocating to the West Coast during the mid-'60s and forming a kind of psychedelic jug band dubbed Dr. West's Medicine Show and Junk Band. After issuing the 1966 single "The Eggplant That Ate Chicago," which fell just shy of reaching the Top 50, the group disbanded, and Norman Greenbaum subsequently formed a series of short-lived acts before finally returning to his solo career in 1968. A year later he issued his debut LP, Spirit in the Sky, releasing several unsuccessful singles before reaching the Top Three with the smash title track, which sold some two million copies. It proved to be Norman Greenbaum's only hit, however, as follow-ups like 1970's "Canned Ham" and the next year's "California Earthquake" tanked; after the release of 1972's Petaluma, he retreated from music to focus on his California dairy farm, but returned to show business during the mid-'80s in a managerial capacity, also promoting a number of concerts. ~ Jason Ankeny, Rovi

Top Songs

Total plays on Last.fm over the last 6 months
  1.  
    Lyrics
    When I die and they lay me to rest
    Gonna go to the place that's the best
    When I lay me down to die
    Goin' up to the spirit in the sky
    Goin' up to the spirit in the sky
    Spirit In The Sky - (3:50)  -  53,069 plays
  2. Marcy - (3:10)  -  299 plays
  3. Skyline - (3:11)  -  248 plays
  4.  
    Lyrics
    Got chickens in the houses
    We got chickens in the trees
    Chicken in the pots of all the
    Petalumees
    Oh, I’m out in Petaluma
    Petaluma - (2:43)  -  163 plays
  5. Tars of India - (3:00)  -  163 plays
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