Norman Greenbaum performs his hit song 'Spirit in the Sky' on French TV in 1970. -- Interesting fact: He is Jewish, but in writing this song, he used the word "Jesus" instead of a Jewish word for God, because he thought it would be more marketable.
'Green Tambourine' was released towards the end of 1967, and it peaked at # 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 for one week at the start of February, 1968. That hit earned the Lemon Pipers a gold record.