Editing Larry Norman (section)

==Early life==
Larry Norman was born in [[Corpus Christi, Texas]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Births in Nueces County, Texas (1947) |url=http://files.usgwarchives.net/tx/nueces/vitals/births/1947/nueb0747.txt |website=USGW Archives.net}} {{dead link |date=November 2014}}</ref> the oldest son of Joe Hendrex "Joe Billy" Norman (December 9, 1923 – April 28, 1999),<ref>Social Security Death Index: Born: December 9, 1923, Died: April 28, 1999; Name: Joe Hendrex Norman Service Info.: SGT US ARMY AIR CORPS WORLD WAR II Birth Date: December 10, 1923, Death Date: April 28, 1999</ref> and his wife, Margaret Evelyn "Marge" Stout (born in 1925 in Nebraska).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Norman |first=Larry |title=The Long Road Home |date=2007 |publisher=Solid Rock |location=Salem, Oregon}}</ref><ref name="shay">{{Cite news |last=Quillen |first=Shay |date=February 26, 2008 |title=Obituary: Father of Christian Rock: Musician Larry Norman, 60 |work=[[The Mercury News]] |url=http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20766/larry-norman-2 |access-date=February 15, 2009}}</ref> Joe Norman had served as a sergeant in the [[US Army Air Corps]] during World War II<ref>Joe H. Norman, enlisted on October 24, 1942, at [[San Antonio]], Texas. See National Archives and Records Administration. US World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938–1946 ; Source Information: National Cemetery Administration. US Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775–2006</ref> and worked at the [[Southern Pacific Railroad]]<ref name="Being 1986">"Larry Norman Down Under But Not Out", ''On Being'' (1985/1986):4.</ref> while studying to become a teacher.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Classmates, the letter "N" |url=http://www.lhs68.net/classmates/n.html |access-date=August 13, 2010 |website=Lhs68.net}}</ref> After Norman's birth, the family joined the [[Southern Baptist]] church.<ref>Larry Norman, liner notes, ''The Cottage Tapes – Book One'' (1999):8; but cf. "Larry Norman Down Under But Not Out", ''On Being'' (1985/1986):4, which suggests it was soon before his birth.</ref> In 1950 the family moved to [[San Francisco]], where they attended an African American [[Pentecostal church]] and then a Baptist church, where Norman became a Christian at the age of five.<ref name="barnet">{{Cite book |last1=Barnet |first1=Richard D. |title=The Story Behind the Song: 150 Songs that Chronicle the 20th Century |last2=Nemerov |first2=Bruce |last3=Taylor |first3=Mayo R. |date=2004 |publisher=[[Greenwood Press]] |isbn=978-0-31331-976-1 |location=Westport |page=206}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Flemming |first=Allen |date=February 24, 2010 |title=On The Second Anniversary Of Larry Norman In Another Land |url=http://www.larrynorman.com/see.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141019123720/http://www.larrynorman.com/see.html |archive-date=October 19, 2014 |access-date=October 5, 2014 |website=Larry Norman.com}}</ref><ref name="twolnForeword79">{{Cite web |last=Norman |first=Larry |year=1979 |title=Foreword to ''Contemporary Christian'' Music |url=http://twoln.clutteredsoul.com/foreword79.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181122150036/http://twoln.clutteredsoul.com/foreword79.html |archive-date=November 22, 2018 |access-date=January 3, 2019 |website=Cluttered Soul: The Words of Larry Norman}}</ref> In 1959, Norman performed on the syndicated television show ''[[The Original Amateur Hour]]''.<ref name="LNDUBNO">"Larry Norman Down Under But Not Out", ''On Being'' (1985/1986).</ref>

In 1960, Norman's father began teaching in [[San Jose, California]]; the family lived in nearby [[Campbell, California|Campbell]].<ref name="behindthebooks.ivpress.com">{{Cite web |last=Tokunaga |first=Paul |date=February 26, 2008 |title=Remembering Larry Norman |url=http://behindthebooks.ivpress.com/2008/02/remembering_larry_norman.php |access-date=September 28, 2011 |website=Behindthebooks.ivpress.com}}</ref> Norman graduated from [[Campbell High School (Campbell, California)|Campbell High School]] in 1965<ref>{{Cite web |title=Larry David Norman - Campbell High School (Campbell, California, United States) |url=http://namesdatabase.com/people/NORMAN/LARRY%20DAVID/10253862 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714153433/http://namesdatabase.com/people/NORMAN/LARRY%20DAVID/10253862 |archive-date=July 14, 2011 |access-date=November 26, 2014 |website=NamesDatabase}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Campbell, California: Campbell High School Alumni List |url=http://namesdatabase.com/schools/US/CA/Campbell/Campbell%20High%20School |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120303213213/http://namesdatabase.com/schools/US/CA/Campbell/Campbell%20High%20School |archive-date=March 3, 2012 |access-date=November 26, 2014 |website=NamesDatabase}}</ref><ref name="taylor">{{Cite web |last=Peters |first=Randy |date=February 19, 1999 |title=Terry Scott Taylor TimeLine |url=http://www.danielamos.com/articles/1timeline.html |access-date=October 5, 2014 |website=Daniel Amos}}</ref> and won an academic scholarship to major in English at [[San Jose State University|San José State University]].<ref name="autogenerated2">"Larry Norman Down Under But Not Out", ''On Being'' (1985/1986):6.</ref> After one semester, Norman "flunked out of college and lost [his] scholarship."<ref>{{Cite news |date=March 7, 2008 |title=Larry Norman: Musician who was known as 'the father of Christian rock' |work=[[The Times]] |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article3506298.ece |url-status=dead |access-date=October 5, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081013085139/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article3506298.ece |archive-date=October 13, 2008}}</ref>

Although Norman was able to play a variety of musical instruments, he never learned to read or write [[musical notation]].<ref>Larry Norman, "A Special Solid Rock Interview", in ''The Blue Book'' (1986):10, released in 1989 with ''Home At Last'' album.</ref>