deodato wrote and recorded spirt in the sky.
who wrote and recorded spirt in the sky?
deodato
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co-founder john spirt (drums) possessed prior recording experience and national success as a credited writer and singer on the ran-dells' top 20 novelty hit "martian hop", in 1963. with the arrival of the beatles and the onset of the british invasion, spirt formed a beatlesque band, which complimented his composing style. spirt recruited zach bocelle (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), randy bocelle (bass guitar), and mike burke (lead guitar, vocals) as bandmates, and hired record producer steven rappaport – the cousin of spirt and producer of "martian hop" – as the band's manager. when asked if the band had any other influences in an interview, rappaport limited them just to the fab four, before saying: "it's obvious from listening that their influences were generally merseybeat – not just the beatles". after extensive rehearsals at spirt's home garage, the group signed to providence records, a subsidiary record label of laurie records, in 1965.
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