The founding father of Jesus Rock, Larry Norman wed the rhythms of pop music with the spiritual and social outlook of Christianity to create a kind of flower-power gospel--while his efforts were instrumental in shaping the sound and themes of contemporary Christian rock, Norman never enjoyed the commercial success or acceptance afforded to his musical descendents, admitting his sensibilities were "too secular for the Christians and too Christian for the secularists." Born in Corpus Christi, Texas on April 8, 1947, Norman was raised in San Francisco--a devout follower of both Jesus Christ and Elvis Presley, as a boy he regularly sang original Christian-themed lyrics over his favorite rock and roll records, and in 1959 even appeared on the CBS television variety series #The Original Amateur Hour.
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