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2 unusual facts about Holy Roller


Holy Roller

Time on March 4, 1929: "In the village of New Hampshire, Ohio, the Rev. Ray Dotson, 'Holy Roller' Methodist, so wailed and shrieked, so frothed and grovelled, that he got Fred Conrad, a 200-lb. traction worker, all worked up."

In the 1969 Beatles song "Come Together", the line "He one holy roller" can be heard within the first 15 seconds.



see also

Holy Roller Novocaine

The song "Molly's Chambers" appeared in a Volkswagen Jetta commercial, and the song "Holy Roller Novocaine" is used at the end of the episode "Playing Tight" of the third season of The Shield.