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Spirit in the Sky, the Glossary

"Spirit in the Sky" is a song by American singer-songwriter Norman Greenbaum, originally written and recorded by Greenbaum and released in late 1969 from the album of the same name.^[1]

95 relations: American Songwriter, Apollo 13 (film), Argentine Chamber of Phonograms and Videograms Producers, Bertelsmann Music Group, Billboard (magazine), Billboard Hot 100, Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1970, Blues, Boogie rock, British Phonographic Industry, Cashbox (magazine), Cassell Webb, Christian views on sin, Comic Relief, Craig Leon, Crowfoot (band), Dance Club Songs, Danny Boy, DC Talk, Delta blues, Doctor and the Medics, Dorothy Combs Morrison, Douglas Killmer, Dr. West's Medicine Show and Junk Band, Dutch Charts, Erik Jacobsen, European Hot 100 Singles, Fender Telecaster, Folk music, Gareth Gates, George Best, GfK Entertainment charts, Glam rock, Go Your Own Way (album), Gospel music, Hard rock, I.R.S. Records, Jesus, John Lennon, Judaism, Jug band, Katie and Orbie, Kellogg's, Kent Music Report, Laughing at the Pieces, Lennon Remembers, Library and Archives Canada, List of one-hit wonders in the United States, Maid to Order, Manchester United F.C., ... Expand index (45 more) »
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American Songwriter

American Songwriter is a bimonthly magazine covering songwriting.

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Apollo 13 (film)

Apollo 13 is a 1995 American docudrama film directed by Ron Howard and starring Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, Bill Paxton, Gary Sinise, Ed Harris and Kathleen Quinlan.

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Argentine Chamber of Phonograms and Videograms Producers

The Argentine Chamber of Phonograms and Videograms Producers (Cámara Argentina de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas, CAPIF) is an Argentine organization member of the IFPI, which represents the music industry in the country.

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Bertelsmann Music Group

Bertelsmann Music Group (BMG) was a division of a German media company Bertelsmann before its completion of sale of the majority of its assets to Sony Corporation of America on 1 October 2008.

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Billboard (magazine)

Billboard (stylized in lowercase since 2013) is an American music and entertainment magazine published weekly by Penske Media Corporation.

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Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for songs, published weekly by Billboard magazine.

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Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1970

This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of the year 1970.

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Blues

Blues is a music genre and musical form that originated amongst African-Americans in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s.

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Boogie rock

Boogie rock is a style of blues rock music that developed in the late 1960s.

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British Phonographic Industry

British Phonographic Industry (BPI) is the British recorded music industry's Trade association.

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Cashbox (magazine)

Cashbox, also known as Cash Box, is an American music industry trade magazine, originally published weekly from July 1942 to November 1996.

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Cassell Webb

Cassell Webb is a British–American musician and producer, whose musical career has incorporated psychedelia, country music, folk rock, and progressive rock.

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Christian views on sin

In Christianity, sin is an immoral act and transgression of divine law.

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Comic Relief

Comic Relief is a British charity, founded in 1985 by the comedy scriptwriter Richard Curtis and comedian Sir Lenny Henry in response to the famine in Ethiopia.

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Craig Leon

Craig Leon (born 7 January 1952) is an American-born record producer, composer and arranger currently living in England.

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Crowfoot was an American rock band, initially known as The Beau Gentry.

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Dance Club Songs

Dance Club Songs was a chart published weekly between 1976 and 2020 by Billboard magazine.

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Danny Boy

"Danny Boy" is a song with lyrics written by English lawyer Frederic Weatherly in 1910, and set to the traditional Irish melody of "Londonderry Air" in 1913.

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DC Talk

DC Talk (stylized as dc Talk) is a Christian rap and rock trio.

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Delta blues

Delta blues is one of the earliest-known styles of blues.

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Doctor and the Medics

Doctor and the Medics is a British glam rock band formed in London in 1981.

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Dorothy Combs Morrison

Dorothy Combs Morrison (born Dorothy Marie Combs, May 8, 1944) is an American gospel music singer.

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Douglas Killmer

Douglas "Doug" Killmer (July 18, 1947 – August 29, 2005) was an American blues and rock bass guitarist active from the 1960s to the late 1990s.

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Dr. West's Medicine Show and Junk Band

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Dutch Charts

Dutch Charts, GfK Dutch Charts, MegaCharts is a chart company responsible for producing a number of official charts in the Netherlands, of which the Single Top 100 and the Album Top 100 are the most known ones.

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Erik Jacobsen

Erik Jacobsen (born May 19, 1940) is an American record producer, song publisher and artist manager.

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European Hot 100 Singles

The European Hot 100 Singles was compiled by Billboard and Music & Media magazine from March 1984 until December 2010.

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Fender Telecaster

The Fender Telecaster, colloquially known as the Tele, is an electric guitar produced by Fender.

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Folk music

Folk music is a music genre that includes traditional folk music and the contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival.

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Gareth Gates

Gareth Paul Gates (born 12 July 1984) is an English singer-songwriter and actor.

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George Best

George Best (22 May 1946 – 25 November 2005) was a Northern Irish professional footballer who played as a winger, spending most of his club career at Manchester United.

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GfK Entertainment charts

The GfK Entertainment charts are the official charts for music, home video, and video games in Germany and are gathered and published by GfK Entertainment (formerly Media Control and Media Control GfK International), a subsidiary of GfK, on behalf of.

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Glam rock

Glam rock is a style of rock music that developed in the United Kingdom in the early 1970s and was performed by male musicians who wore flamboyant and feminine clothing, makeup, and hairstyles, particularly platform shoes and glitter, and female musicians who wore masculine clothing.

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Go Your Own Way (album)

Go Your Own Way is the second studio album released by British singer-songwriter and former Pop Idol runner-up, Gareth Gates.

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Gospel music

Gospel music is a genre of Christian Music that spreads the word of God and a cornerstone of Christian media.

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Hard rock

Hard rock or heavy rock is a heavier subgenre of rock music typified by aggressive vocals and distorted electric guitars.

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I.R.S. Records

I.R.S. Records was a major American record label founded by Miles Copeland III, Jay Boberg, and Carl Grasso in 1979.

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Jesus

Jesus (AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ, Jesus of Nazareth, and many other names and titles, was a first-century Jewish preacher and religious leader.

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John Lennon

John Winston Ono Lennon (born John Winston Lennon; 9 October 19408 December 1980) was an English singer, songwriter and musician.

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Judaism

Judaism (יַהֲדוּת|translit.

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Jug band

A jug band is a band employing a jug player and a mix of conventional and homemade instruments.

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Katie and Orbie

Katie and Orbie is a Canadian animated television series aimed at preschoolers, originally broadcast in Canada from 1993 to 2003 by Family Channel and later aired in the USA on PBS from 1995 to 1997 and cable television network Disney Channel (part of Playhouse Disney) from 1997 to 2000.

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Kellogg's

Kellanova Company, formerly known as the Kellogg Company and commonly known as Kellogg's, is an American multinational food manufacturing company headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, US.

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Kent Music Report

The Kent Music Report was a weekly record chart of Australian music singles and albums which was compiled by music historian David Kent from May 1974 through to January 1999.

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Laughing at the Pieces

Laughing at the Pieces is the 1986 debut album by Doctor and the Medics.

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Lennon Remembers

Lennon Remembers is a 1971 book by Rolling Stone magazine co-founder and editor Jann Wenner.

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Library and Archives Canada

Library and Archives Canada (LAC; Bibliothèque et Archives Canada) is the federal institution tasked with acquiring, preserving, and providing accessibility to the documentary heritage of Canada.

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List of one-hit wonders in the United States

A one-hit wonder is a musical artist who is successful with one hit song, but without a comparable subsequent hit.

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Maid to Order

Maid to Order is a 1987 American comedy/fantasy film.

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Manchester United F.C.

Manchester United Football Club, commonly referred to as Man United (often stylised as Man Utd), or simply United, is a professional football club based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England.

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Miami Blues

Miami Blues is a 1990 American neo-noir black comedy crime drama film directed by George Armitage, based on the novel of the same name by Charles Willeford.

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Music & Media was a pan-European magazine for radio, music and entertainment.

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Music Canada

Music Canada is a non-profit trade organization that was founded 9 April 1963 in Toronto to represent the interests of companies that record, manufacture, produce, and distribute music in Canada.

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Music recording certification

Music recording certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped, sold, or streamed a certain number of units.

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Music Week

Music Week is a trade publication for the UK record industry distributed via a website and a monthly print magazine.

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Neo-psychedelia

Neo-psychedelia is a diverse genre of psychedelic music that draws inspiration from the sounds of 1960s psychedelia, either updating or copying the approaches from that era.

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New wave music

New wave is a music genre that encompasses pop-oriented styles from the 1970s through the 1980s.

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Nike, Inc.

Nike, Inc. (stylized as NIKE) is an American athletic footwear and apparel corporation headquartered near Beaverton, Oregon, United States.

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Norman Greenbaum

Norman Joel Greenbaum (born November 20, 1942) is an American singer-songwriter, known for his 1969–1970 hit song "Spirit in the Sky".

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Ocean's Eleven

Ocean's Eleven is a 2001 American heist comedy film directed by Steven Soderbergh from a screenplay by Ted Griffin.

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Official Finnish Charts

The Official Finnish Charts (Suomen virallinen lista; Finlands officiella lista) are national record charts in Finland compiled and published by Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland.

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One-hit wonder

A one-hit wonder is any entity that achieves mainstream popularity, often for only one piece of work, and becomes known among the general public solely for that momentary success.

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Pop Idol series 1

The first series of British reality television show Pop Idol was broadcast on ITV in the United Kingdom during the winter months of 2001 and 2002.

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Porter Wagoner

Porter Wayne Wagoner (August 12, 1927 – October 28, 2007) was an American country music singer known for his flashy Nudie and Manuel suits and blond pompadour.

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Psychedelic music

Psychedelic music (sometimes called psychedelia) is a wide range of popular music styles and genres influenced by 1960s psychedelia, a subculture of people who used psychedelic drugs such as DMT, LSD, mescaline, and psilocybin mushrooms, to experience synesthesia and altered states of consciousness.

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Psychedelic rock

Psychedelic rock is a rock music genre that is inspired, influenced, or representative of psychedelic culture, which is centered on perception-altering hallucinogenic drugs.

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RCA Records

RCA Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America.

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Recorded Music NZ

Recorded Music NZ (formerly the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (RIANZ)) is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell recorded music in New Zealand.

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Remember the Titans

Remember the Titans is a 2000 American biographical sports drama film produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and directed by Boaz Yakin.

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Reprise Records

Reprise Records is an American record label founded in 1960 by Frank Sinatra.

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Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone is an American monthly magazine that focuses on music, politics, and popular culture.

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Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time

"The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" is a recurring song ranking compiled by the American magazine Rolling Stone.

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RPM (magazine)

RPM (and later) was a Canadian music-industry publication that featured song and album charts for Canada.

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RTÉ

i (Radio Television of Ireland; RTÉ) is an Irish public service broadcaster.

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Russell DaShiell

Russell DaShiell (born July 23, 1947) is an American guitarist who has recorded as a solo artist as well as playing in bands such as Crowfoot and the Don Harrison Band, and with Harvey Mandel, Phil Everly and Norman Greenbaum.

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San Francisco

San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, financial, and cultural center in Northern California.

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Simon Reynolds

Simon Reynolds (born 19 June 1963) is an English music journalist and author who began his career at Melody Maker in the mid-1980s.

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Sopwith Camel (band)

Sopwith Camel was an American rock band associated with the San Francisco psychedelic rock scene of the mid-1960s.

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Sous-chef

A sous-chef is a chef who is second in command of a kitchen, ranking directly below the head chef.

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Spirit in the Sky (album)

Spirit in the Sky is the debut solo album by American singer-songwriter Norman Greenbaum.

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Steve Mac

Steve McCutcheon (born 15 January 1972), known professionally as Steve Mac, is a British record producer, songwriter and musician.

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Suicide Squad (2016 film)

Suicide Squad is a 2016 American superhero film based on the DC Comics supervillain/anti-hero team of the same name.

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Sunshine (Gareth Gates song)

"Sunshine" is the second single released from Pop Idol runner-up Gareth Gates' second studio album, Go Your Own Way (2003). Spirit in the Sky and Sunshine (Gareth Gates song) are 19 Recordings singles, Bertelsmann Music Group singles, Gareth Gates songs and Syco Music singles.

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Syco Music

Syco Music, originally and formerly S Records, was a division of Syco Entertainment which operated from 2002 until 2020.

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The Founder

The Founder is a 2016 American biographical drama film directed by John Lee Hancock and written by Robert Siegel.

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The Kumars at No. 42

The Kumars at No.

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The Lovin' Spoonful

The Lovin' Spoonful is an American folk-rock band formed in Greenwich Village, New York City, in 1964.

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The Sandlot 2

The Sandlot 2 (also known as The Sandlot 2: The Sandlot Continues and The Sandlot Kids 2 in some territories) is a 2005 American sports comedy film directed and narrated by David Mickey Evans.

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The Stovall Sisters

The Stovall Sisters were a gospel trio of recording artists consisting of Lillian, Netta, and Joyce Stovall.

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UK singles chart

The UK Singles Chart (currently titled the Official Singles Chart, with the upper section more commonly known as the Official UK Top 40) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-selling singles in the United Kingdom, based upon physical sales, paid-for downloads and streaming.

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UKChartsPlus

UKChartsPlus is an independent weekly newsletter about the UK music charts.

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Wayne's World 2

Wayne's World 2 is a 1993 American comedy film directed by Stephen Surjik and starring Mike Myers and Dana Carvey as hosts of a public-access television cable television show in Aurora, Illinois.

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What My Heart Wants to Say (song)

"What My Heart Wants to Say" is the fourth single from English pop singer Gareth Gates' debut studio album of the same name. Spirit in the Sky and What My Heart Wants to Say (song) are 19 Recordings singles, Bertelsmann Music Group singles, Gareth Gates songs and Syco Music singles.

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