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The Goldcoast Singers: Plastic Jesus (1962)
The origin stories of Plastic Jesus™ are murky - full of myth and legend. He was the brain-child of Ed Rush and George Cromarty in 1957. But Rush has given two accounts of the conception of Plastic Jesus.™ According to one story, the song was inspired by a radio program out of Del Rio, Texas, in the mid-1950s. It was run by a dentist and religious fanatic who " sold the most outrageous stuff imaginable, all with magical healing properties. " One particular broadcast contained the line " ...leaning on the arms of Jesus, wrapped in the bosom of the Lord... "
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