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The Association
The Association is an American sunshine pop band from Los Angeles, California. During the late 1960s, the band had numerous hits at or near the top of the Billboard charts, ''Billboard'' charts (including "Windy (The Association song), Windy", "Cherish (The Association song), Cherish", "Never My Love" and "Along Comes Mary") and were the lead-off band at 1967's Monterey Pop Festival. Generally consisting of six to eight members, they are known for intricate vocal harmonies by the band's multiple singers. Their best-known lineup included Terry Kirkman (vocals, woodwind instruments, percussion), Russ Giguere (vocals, guitar), Jim Yester (vocals, rhythm and lead guitar), Jules Alexander (vocals, lead and rhythm guitar, bass), Brian Cole (musician), Brian Cole (vocals, bass) and Ted Bluechel Jr. (vocals, drums, percussion). This lineup recorded their first two albums, ''And Then... Along Comes the Association'' and ''Renaissance (The Association album), Renaissance'' (both 1966) b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Never My Love
"Never My Love" is a pop standard written by American siblings Don and Dick Addrisi, and best known from a hit 1967 recording by the Association. The Addrisi Brothers had two Top 40 hits as recording artists, but their biggest success as songwriters was "Never My Love". Recorded by dozens of notable artists in the decades since, in 1999 the music publishing rights organization Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) announced it was the second most-played song on radio and television of the 20th century in the U.S. History The first recording of "Never My Love" to achieve success was by the Association, an American sunshine pop band from California. Their version of the song, recorded with members of The Wrecking Crew (music), the Wrecking Crew, peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart, kept out of the number one spot by "The Letter (Box Tops song), The Letter" by the Box Tops, and hit number one on the ''List of Cash Box Top 100 number-one singles of 1967, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Associates (band)
The Associates (or simply Associates) were a Scottish post-punk and pop music, pop band, formed in Dundee in 1979 by lead vocalist Billy Mackenzie, Billy MacKenzie and guitarist Alan Rankine. The band released an unauthorized cover version of David Bowie's "Boys Keep Swinging" as their debut single in 1979, which landed them a recording contract with Fiction Records. They followed with their debut studio album ''The Affectionate Punch'' in 1980 and the compilation album ''Fourth Drawer Down'' in 1981, both to critical praise. They achieved commercial success in 1982 with the UK Top 10 studio album ''Sulk'' and UK Top 20 singles "Party Fears Two" and "Club Country", during which time they were associated with the New Pop movement. Rankine left the group that year, leaving MacKenzie to record under the Associates name until 1990. They briefly reunited in 1993. MacKenzie's suicide in 1997 was the band's end; Rankine died twenty-six years later in 2023. History 1979–1982: Forma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunshine Pop
Sunshine pop, originally called soft pop and soft rock, is a loosely defined form of pop music that was first associated with early soft rock producers and songwriters based in Los Angeles, California, during the mid-to late 1960s. Its recording studio as an instrument, studio-centric sound was primarily rooted in folk rock and easy listening, typically featuring rich harmony vocals and progressive music, progressive elements, while lyrics combined idyllic imagery with a subtle awareness of societal change, melancholic undertones, and counterculture of the 1960s, countercultural themes. The movement initially straddled multiple styles among many groups who existed briefly while adapting to evolving music trends, resulting in much crossover with bubblegum music, bubblegum, folk-pop, garage rock, baroque pop, and psychedelic music, psychedelia. Branching from the nascent California sound, its name refers to the area's regularly sundrenched weather. Many of the defining sunshine pop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waterbeds In Trinidad!
''Waterbeds in Trinidad!'' is the seventh studio album (and ninth album overall by including a greatest hits and a live album) by The Association The Association is an American sunshine pop band from Los Angeles, California. During the late 1960s, the band had numerous hits at or near the top of the Billboard charts, ''Billboard'' charts (including "Windy (The Association song), Windy" .... This album was the group's only release for Columbia Records as well as their last recorded project of the 1970s. Released in 1972, it was the last album to feature original bassist Brian Cole, who died in August that year. One last recording with Cole, the non-album track "Names, Tags, Number, & Labels", was released as a single on the Mums label the following year. ''Waterbeds in Trinidad!'' was their lowest charted album, climbing to only #194 on Billboard, but did reach #80 in Canada. Of the two singles released in conjunction with the album, their rendition of The Lovin' Spoonful's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stop Your Motor
''Stop Your Motor'' is the sixth studio album by American pop band the Association and their final album released on Warner Bros. Records. It marked the debut of keyboardist Richard Thompson, replacing original member Russ Giguere. The songs "That's Racin (original titled "I'm Going To Be A Racin' Star") and "The First Sound" were initially slated to be part of a proposed soundtrack for a documentary film about auto racing, ''Once Upon a Wheel'', hosted by Paul Newman, but the soundtrack failed to materialise beyond a promotional level (sponsored by Coca-Cola). The title song from the documentary, as composed by Terry Kirkman, never saw an official release. The album contained four singles; however, none of them charted and the album peaked at number 158 on Billboard. Track listing Personnel The Association * Terry Kirkman – vocals, wind instruments, percussion * Larry Ramos – lead guitar, vocals * Jules Alexander – lead guitar, vocals * Jim Yester James Yester ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Association (album)
''The Association'' is the Association's fifth studio album. In the US charts, the album peaked at number 32 in the last week of October 1969. In Canada the album reached number 12. None of the singles broke into ''Billboard'' charts, but in Canada "Dubuque Blues" did reach number 76. The single "Goodbye Forever" was reworked from the previous album project, ''Goodbye, Columbus'', as is heard in its lyrics about the relationship between the characters played by Richard Benjamin and Ali MacGraw in the film '' Goodbye, Columbus''. The album's musical style pushes the boundaries of pop rock Pop rock (also typeset as pop/rock) is a fusion genre and form of rock music characterized by a strong commercial appeal, with more emphasis on professional songwriting and recording craft, and less emphasis on attitude than standard rock musi .... It was the first studio album to feature all seven members of the 1960s line-up ( Terry Kirkman, Russ Giguere, Jules Alexander, Jim Yester, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birthday (Association Album)
''Birthday'' is the fourth studio album by the American band the Association. The album featured two hit singles, " Everything That Touches You", which hit number 10 in the charts, The Association USA chart history Billboard.com. Retrieved June 2, 2012. and "Time for Livin, which reached number 39. This was the last LP by the group that spawned Top 40 hits. It peaked at number 23 in the Billboard charts. MacArthur Park The song "MacArthur Park", which was first recorded by Richard Harris, was originally offered to the Association for inclusion on this album. Producer Bones Howes challenged Jimmy Webb to write a pop song that incorporated classical instrumentation and an odd time signature, which he planned to have the Association record. The song was rumored to be intended as a centerpiece for a twenty-four-minute cantata that would occupy one side of the record. This rumor was later debunked by Webb himself, who claimed there was only one composition. Nonetheless, the song ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Insight Out
''Insight Out'' is the third album by the American pop band The Association and was released on June 8, 1967, on Warner Bros. Records. It was the band's first album release for the Warner Brothers label and it became one of the top selling LPs of the year in America, peaking at number 8 on the ''Billboard'' Top LPs chart and being certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America. Critic Richie Unterberger has attributed much of the album's success to the inclusion of the U.S. hits " Windy" and "Never My Love", which reached number 1 and number 2 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart respectively and were among the most-played records on AM radio during the late 1960s. Recording ''Insight Out'' was the first Association album to feature guitarist and vocalist Larry Ramos, who joined the band just prior to the album recording sessions, as a replacement for departed lead guitarist Jules Alexander. The album also saw the Association working with record producer and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renaissance (The Association Album)
''Renaissance'' is the second album by the Association. This was their last album recorded for the Valiant Records label, and was reissued by Warner Bros. Records Warner Records Inc. (known as Warner Bros. Records Inc. until 2019) is an American record label. A subsidiary of Warner Music Group, it is headquartered in Los Angeles, California. It was founded on March 19, 1958, as the recorded music division ... after the company acquired Valiant. The album peaked at #34 on the ''Billboard'' Top LPs albums chart. Although it had no chart toppers like the LPs that came before and after it, two singles reached the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart. "Pandora's Golden Heebie Jeebies" reached #35 in late 1966 and "No Fair at All" peaked at #51 in early 1967. The Association USA chart history Billboard.com. Retrieved June 2, 2012. The single version of "No Fair at All" featured overdubbed vocals by Jim Yester, while early pressings of the LP featured the same track with re-recorded vocal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monterey Pop Festival
The Monterey International Pop Festival was a three-day music festival held June 16-18, 1967, at the Monterey County Fairgrounds in Monterey, California. The festival is remembered for the first major American appearances by the Jimi Hendrix Experience, the Who, and Ravi Shankar, the first large-scale public performance of Janis Joplin, and the introduction of Otis Redding to a mass American audience. The festival embodied the theme of California as a focal point for the counterculture and generally is regarded as one of the beginnings of the " Summer of Love" in 1967 and the public debut of the hippie, flower power, and flower children movements and era. Because Monterey was widely promoted and heavily attended, featured historic performances, and was the subject of a popular theatrical documentary film, it became an inspiration and a template for future music festivals, including the Woodstock Festival two years later. ''Rolling Stone'' publisher Jann Wenner said "Monter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Along Comes Mary
"Along Comes Mary" is a song composed by Tandyn Almer, originally recorded by American sunshine pop band the Association. It was the group's first hit, released in March 1966 as the lead single prior to their debut album, '' And Then... Along Comes the Association'', which appeared in July. Background "Along Comes Mary" is sung from the point of view of a once-disillusioned young man talking about the "tribulations no one ever sees" and who "curse those faults in me." The singer believes Mary gives him comfort and improves his life. Both Leonard Bernstein and Tandyn Almer stated that Mary was a reference to marijuana; this association was also prevalent among many of the song's listeners. In the Young People's Concert titled ''What Is a Mode?'' Leonard Bernstein explained that the song was composed in the Dorian mode. Charts Bloodhound Gang version American rock band Bloodhound Gang recorded a version of "Along Comes Mary" with new punk music to accompany the lyrics. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
