Shadrack (Robert MacGimsey song) the 1951 film "The Strip", the song is performed by a band featuring Louis Armstrong and Jack Teagarden, among others. The lyrics refer to the biblical account of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego and the fiery furnace. Shadrack (Robert MacGimsey song) "Shadrack" (aka "Shadrach" or "Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego") is a popular song written by Robert MacGimsey in the 1930s and performed by Louis Armstrong and others. In 1962 the song was a hit single for Brook Benton, peaking at #19 in Billboard's Hot 100 chart during the week of February 17, 1962. The song is featured on pop, soul, Gospel
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego had appointed to high office in Babylon, were refusing to worship the golden statue. The three were brought before Nebuchadnezzar, where they informed the king that their God would be with them. Nebuchadnezzar commanded that they be thrown into the fiery furnace, heated seven times hotter than normal, but when the king looked he saw four figures walking unharmed in the flames, the fourth "like a son of God." Seeing this, Nebuchadnezzar brought the youths out of the flames and promoted them to high office, decreeing that anyone who spoke against their God should be torn limb from limb. It