Larry Norman

Larry David Norman (born April 8, 1947 in Corpus Christi, Texas) was a member of the rock band People!. That band released its first album in 1968 and had a Top 20 hit with the song, "I Love You" (written by Chris White of The Zombies). but he is most remembered as one of the originators of Chistian Rock.

Influence

Many artists have been influenced by Norman's music including Frank Black of the Pixies, who even covered one of Norman's songs, "Six-Sixty-Six" on his album Frank Black & the Catholics. During the song "Levitate Me", Black says "Come on pilgrim, you know he loves you" - a phrase that Norman would use in his concerts. Black was one of the "special guests" at Norman's June 2005 concert in Salem, joining him on the song, "Watch What You're Doing".

Related Topics:
Frank Black - Pixies

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Other artists such as DC Talk and U2 count themselves as fans of Norman's. Guns N' Roses keyboard player Dizzy Reed performed on Norman's Copper Wires album. A rumor has it that Pete Townshend of The Who got the idea for the musical "Tommy" from a similar rock opera Norman wrote in the late 1960s.

Related Topics:
DC Talk - U2 - Guns N' Roses - Dizzy Reed - Copper Wires - The Who - Tommy

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In the 1990s, animators for the popular television series, The Simpsons created a limited edition comic book featuring Norman as a Simpsons character. Watches were also sold that featured Norman's yellow, three fingered Simpsons likeness.

Related Topics:
1990s - The Simpsons - Comic book

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Selected Discography

• Upon This Rock, 1969 album
• Street Level, 1970 album
• Bootleg, 1971 album
• Only Visiting This Planet, 1972 album
• So Long Ago the Garden, 1973 album
• In Another Land, 1976 album
• Streams of White Light, 1977 album
• Something New under the Son, 1980 album
• Roll Away the Stone, 1980 album
• Home at Last, 1988 album
• Stranded in Babylon, 1991 album
• Omega Europa, 1994 live album
• Copper Wires, 1999 album
• Tourniquet, 2001 album
• Live At Cornerstone 2001, 2003 release
• Restless In Manhattan, 2003, live album from the early '70s
• Christmastime, 2003 Christmas album
• Snowblind, 2004 live album from the 1980s
• 70 Miles From Lebanon, 2004 live album and DVD from 2003's "final" show
• Live at the Elsinore, 2005 live album from June concert in Salem