(Felix Cavaliere - Eddie Brigati )
Australia
#35 Melbourne
Single on Scope by Melbourne band The Sharades.
Scope was owned by Geoffrey Edelsten (1943-2021) who at this time was an artist manager and record producer with his own company Hit Productions. Later, Edelsten was known as a medical practitioner and entrepreneur, and as the prominent owner of Australian football team, The Sydney Swans.
Also on Scope were The Last Straws who saw some chart action with I Can’t Stop Loving You, Baby (1966, #29 Melbourne). written by band members Steve Morrice and Phillip Quirk with Geoffrey Edelsten.
Not to be confused (for example) with Sydney folk group The Charade or Sydney surf band The Charades aka The Sharades and Johnny Veen & the Charades.
Sources, further reading: 1. Geoffrey Edelsten: Music career, a section of the Geoffrey Edelsten article at Wikipedia. 2. Geoffrey Edelsten’s own account of his musical career at his website (scroll down to 2.2 Music). 3. The Sharades at Kimbo’s History of Australian Music site.
Suggestion from Terry Stacey, thank you.
(Felix Cavaliere - Eddie Brigati )
USA
Single on Soma April 1967 by garage-r&b band from Minneapolis.
The Discogs page
for The Del Counts has them still actively performing as ‘The Fabulous Del Counts’ and this gig guide
from January 2019 gives that some credence.
Some other US versions of ‘What Is The Reason‘ 1967-69.
• The Exiles single on Date November 1967
Successful pop-country band from
Richmond KY, later became Exile. They had a big hit with Kiss You
All Over (1978, #1 USA) as well as hits on the Country charts.
♫ Listen at YouTube
• The Brass Tacks on Fortune Records 1967
• Motion on Mascot June 1968
• The Significant Other on Critique 1968
The only record by female band from Maine managed by Carl Strube who owned Critique. They worked mainly in the
Northeast and supported major touring acts.
♫ Listen at YouTube
• The Image on Twin Town 1969
US late 60s US garage rock band (Discogs)
(Felix Cavaliere - Eddie Brigati )
USA
Original version
B-side on Atlantic September 1966 by chart-topping quartet with a range of influences and a wealth of song-writing ability. They were formed in New Jersey in 1965 by Felix Cavaliere, Eddie Brigati, Gene Cornish and Dino Danelli. The first three had met when they were in Joey Dee & The Starlighters.
They had #1 hits with Good Lovin’ (1966) Groovin’ (1967) and People Got To Be Free (1968), and three others in the Top 10: How Can I Be Sure (1967, #4), A Girl Like You (1967, #10), and A Beautiful Morning (1968, #3).
From early 1968 The Young Rascals dropped the Young and became The Rascals.
After The Rascals, Gene Cornish and Dino Danelli were in Bulldog, known in Australia and New Zealand for their charting single No. See my blogpost Only in Oz (10) Bulldog – No
References, further reading: 1. Phil Hardy, The Encyclopedia of Rock (1987) 2. Rascals Biography by Richie Unterberger at All Music.
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