Tag: God pop 45

"Everybody Knows I Love You"

Kenny Smith: From Soul Street to God Pop and Beyond

Thanks to Darren Blase and Shake It Records for assembling One More Day, an 18-track collection of recordings by singer, songwriter and producer, Kenny Smith, that span a total of eleven labels: Fraternity Chess President RCA Flo-Roe Goldspot Clearhill Counterpart General American Kogan Lena * Intriguing to discover that the one-time

October 7, 2013 No Comments

"Judas to the Love We Knew"

God Pop on the Charts: Early 70s

The early 1970s I remember to be a particularly fertile time for catchy radio pop that preached the Good Word. Researchers at Zero to 180 initially pegged Norman Greenbaum‘s “Spirit in the Sky” — a compelling mash-up of gospel and psychedelic rock that moved two million copies in 1969 and 1970

July 14, 2013 No Comments