Norman Greenbaum has been played on NTS in shows including The Head Zone w/ Ripley Johnson, featured first on 9 December 2018. Songs played include Spirit In The Sky, Spirit In The Sky and Petaluma.

Norman Joel Greenbaum (born November 20, 1942) is an American singer-songwriter. He is best known for writing and performing the 1969 song “Spirit in the Sky”.

Greenbaum was born in Malden, Massachusetts. He was raised in an Orthodox Jewish household and attended Hebrew school at Congregation Beth Israel. His initial interest in music was sparked by southern blues music and the folk music that was popular in the late 1950s and…