What can you tell me about Glen Goza, the singer-songwriter who wrote “Heaven Needed a Champion”?
To be honest, we’ve been able to find very little info on Goza, who appears to have toiled in obscurity for much of his musical career. As of now, we know of only a few non-WCCW related songs he wrote, either for himself or others: the late ’50s novelty rocker “Goshamody Whatabody”, credited to Glen Goza and the Damangos, which is available on a couple of compilations of rare rockabilly singles; another single probably from the same period, “The Box”/”Incredible Shrinking Man”, issued on the Wand label; “Awful Lot to Learn about Truck Drivin'”, recorded by country singer Red Simpson in the late ’60s; the 1975 single “Were It Not So”/”Oh Daddy Oh”, issued on the Macho Music label; and “Miles Keogh’s Horse”, recorded by the late Barry Sadler (formerly Staff Sergeant Barry Sadler, best known for his 1966 chart-topper “Ballad of the Green Berets”) for his last album, a collection of patriotic tunes entitled Of Thee I Sing. But “Heaven Needed a Champion”, Goza’s moving eulogy-in-song for Da
