Deke Dickerson tracks down Santo

Wally Pfeifer · Post by **Wally Pfeifer** » 28 Mar 2018 6:50 pm

Oh Oh. Here we go again. The "court jokesters" are out again. Probably time to close 'er up & start a new topic.

Paul Honeycutt · Post by **Paul Honeycutt** » 29 Mar 2018 9:47 am

I'm really interested in what he gets out of Santo. I hope Santo realizes that he has a lot of fans in the world who wish him the best whatever it is that he wants from life.

Norman Greenbaum at one point was working as a fry-cook in Petaluma, CA. "Spirit in the Sky" got used in a major movie (Forrest Gump, maybe?) and his fry-cook days were over. He was in a bad car accident a year or so back. He seems to have recovered pretty well. I've been in touch with him over the years. He's written some funny songs and has recorded several overlooked albums after "Spirit."

Wally Pfeifer · Post by **Wally Pfeifer** » 29 Mar 2018 10:57 am

Hey, Paul.
I'm with you. I just want useable, interesting info. I can do without jokes. Got nothing to add to the topic,---don't post.
Wally $:\$

Ron Simpson · Post by **Ron Simpson** » 29 Mar 2018 1:13 pm

I recall reading quite some time ago that Sleepwalk was the only instrumental to sell over a million copes

Fred Treece · Post by **Fred Treece** » 29 Mar 2018 4:56 pm

Ron Simpson wrote:I recall reading quite some time ago that Sleepwalk was the only instrumental to sell over a million copes

There have been many million-selling instrumentals. Maybe you meant Sleep Walk is the only million-selling steel guitar instrumental?

Doug Beaumier · Post by **Doug Beaumier** » 29 Mar 2018 5:54 pm

It was #1 on the Billboard chart for two weeks in September, 1959. Right up there with Elvis, Bobby Darin, and others. It doesn't get much bigger than that.