“Jacob’s Ladder” is a 1986 song written by Bruce Hornsby and his brother John Hornsby and recorded by Huey Lewis and the News. It became a number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1987, the band’s third.
Set in Birmingham, Alabama, the song marries the Biblical image of Jacob’s Ladder to someone who rejects proselytizing evangelists and is instead struggling to get through life one day at a time:
Step by step, one by one, higher and higher
Step by step, rung by rung, climbing Jacob’s ladder.
*source: Wikipedia
Fore! released August 1986
Wonderful!
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Thank you, Sister! 💛
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rung by rung…
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Climbing and climbing!
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That is interesting, although this song number one, I cannot recall it. However, now I know it. Thank you for the Huey Lewis week!
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It’s a pretty cool song. I’m very glad you enjoyed the week!😊
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Sure thing!!
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