Sister Janet Mead

Sister Janet Mead
Also known as	Sister Marietta
Born	1938 (age 78–79) Adelaide, South Australia
Genres	Christian

Janet Mead (born 1938, Adelaide, South Australia) is an Australian Roman Catholic nun and is best known for recording a rock version of "The Lord's Prayer". The surprise hit reached Number 3 on the Australian Singles Chart (Kent Music Report) in 1974 and Number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the same year. The single earned her a Grammy Award nomination and Golden Gospel Award in 2004. It sold over one and a half million copies, and was awarded a gold disc by the RIAA on April 8, 1974.

Mead became the second woman to have a top 10 single on the Billboard Hot 100 chart while serving as a nun. Sister Luc-Gabrielle (Jeanine Deckers) AKA Sœur Sourire and The Singing Nun, had a Number 1 pop hit in 1963 with "Dominique".

Mead also taught music at Saint Aloysius College where the music video for "The Lord's Prayer" was filmed. Mead still does visit Saint Aloysius to teach the junior school students basic music.

Mead formed a rock band simply called The Rock Band when she was 17 to provide music for the weekly Mass at her local church. She studied piano at the Adelaide Conservatorium before joining the Sisters of Mercy order and became a music teacher at two local Catholic schools. She began to explore the "Rock Mass" concept in the early 1970s, desiring to make the Mass more interesting and accessible for her students. This led to a successful series of "Rock Masses" which she conducted at Adelaide Cathedral.

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