Baltimora, Jinny and Norman Greenbaum
The best One Hit Wonders and the stories behind them, this week with Norman Greenbaum talking about ‘Spirit In The Sky’.
OJ plays the very best One Hit Wonders from across the decades.
This week, a song that was a number one three times over, for three different acts, in three different decades!
‘Spirit In The Sky’ by Norman Greenbaum topped the charts in 1970.
It was also a hit for Doctor And The Medics in 1986, and of course, Gareth Gates and The Kumars in 2003 for Comic Relief.
Find out what Norman makes of those versions, how the song originally came about, and what life was like when it became a global smash hit.
Want to hear your favourite One Hit Wonder on the show? Email OJ@bbc.co.uk
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Black Machine
How Gee
- (CD Single).
- London.
- 3.
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Baltimora
Tarzan Boy
- A Time To Remember: 1985 (Various).
- EMI.
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Of Monsters and Men
Little Talks
- (CD Single).
- Island.
- 1.
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Jinny
Keep Warm
- (CD Single).
- Multiply.
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Norman Greenbaum
Spirit In The Sky
- Million Sellers Vol.18 - The Seventie.
- Disky.
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Miriam Makeba
Pata Pata
- Buried Treasure: Lost Gems From Deep In The '60s Vaults CD2.
- Reprise Records.
- 8.
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- Mon 21 Mar 2022 02:3091Èȱ¬ Radio 2
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