Sister Janet Mead, who sang 70’s rock hit “The Lord’s Prayer”, has died

Thursday, February 10th, 2022

An Australian nun, whose rock version of the Lord’s Prayer once competed against Elvis for a Grammy, has died.

Sister Janet Mead wanted to reach young people, so she started singing rock music. But she was never comfortable with fame and devoted her life to charity work.

Her 1973 version of the Lord’s Prayer, featuring distorted guitars, drums and bass, was set to a rock tune. It sold more than a million copies in the United States and millions more worldwide, a 1974 profile of the then-36-year-old Mead by the Sydney Morning Herald reported.

Sister Mead was 84, according to a report from the Australian Broadcasting Co.

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