PORTER WAGONER ![]()
"Spirit in the Sky" by Jewish-American singer-songwriter Norman Greenbaum is one of the biggest Christian-themed songs in music. Norman Greenbaum remains a practicing Jew and was inspired to write and record the song while watching Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner sing a religious song on television.
(July 2014)
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One glance at the album cover for Saved proves beyond doubt that Bob Dylan was serious with his Christian period. The opening track, "A Satisfied Mind" is a rare cover by Dylan of someone else's song; "A Satisfied Mind" dates from the mid-1950's and was first recorded by Porter Wagoner. (Interestingly, the debut solo album by folksinger Hamilton Camp, Paths of Victory – which, at the insistence of Elektra Records, has seven covers of mostly obscure Bob Dylan songs – also includes a cover of “A Satisfied Mind”). (August 2014) |