Strawberry Alarm Clock

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Strawberry Alarm Clock
Strawberry Alarm Clock, 2007
Strawberry Alarm Clock, 2007
General information
Genre (s) Psychedelic rock
founding 1965
resolution 1971
Website http://www.strawberryalarmclock.com
Members
Ed King († 2018)
Vocals , guitar, harmonica
Lee Freeman
Gene Gunnels
Gary Lovetro
Keyboards , vocals
 Mark Weitz
Mike Luciano
guitar
 Steve Rabe
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Incense and Peppermint
  US 11 04/11/1967 (24 weeks)
Singles
Incense and Peppermint
  US 1Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / NR1 link 09/30/1967 (16 weeks)
Tomorrow
  US 23 12/30/1967 (10 weeks)
Sit With The Guru
  US 65 March 16, 1968 (5 weeks)
Barefoot In Baltimore
  US 67 08/31/1968 (4 weeks)
Good Morning Starshine
  US 87 05/31/1969 (2 weeks)

Strawberry Alarm Clock were a psychedelic rock group formed in Los Angeles , California in the mid- 1960s . They had their greatest success in 1967 with the million seller Incense and Peppermints .

Band history

After the band had initially worked unsuccessfully under the name Thee Sixpence , their first single Incense and Peppermints in 1967 became a number 1 hit on the Billboard charts . In total, the single stayed in the charts for 16 weeks, including one week in first place. The album of the same name, recorded and released afterwards, reached number 11. Particularly noteworthy in connection with the single is the fact that the lead vocals did not come from one of the band members, but from Greg Munford, a 16-year-old friend of the band, who happened to be with was present at the sessions.

As a result, the band was often replaced (at times there were two bassists in the lineup), but the single from the second album, Tomorrow, reached number 23 in spring 1968. Two more singles from this album made it into the Hot 100, and Her last small chart success followed in 1969 with the cover version of Good Morning Starshine from the musical Hair .

The band not only appeared in various television shows in the late 1960s, they also appeared in the feature films Psych-Out (1968) and in the Russ Meyer film Flowers Without Scent (1970). The band broke up after quarrels with management and disputes over revenue sharing in 1971, when founding member and guitarist Ed King switched to Lynyrd Skynyrd . In the 1980s, former band members gave a few concerts under the old band name, and in 2007 there was a concert with the original line-up at a film festival organized by Roger Ebert . As a result, the band also played other concerts.

Discography

Studio albums

  • 1967: Incense and Peppermints
  • 1968: Wake Up… It's Tomorrow
  • 1968: The World in a Sea Shell
  • 1969: Good Morning Starshine

Compilations

  • 1970: The Best of the Strawberry Alarm Clock
  • 1971: Changes
  • 1990: Incense and Peppermints
  • 1992: Strawberries Mean Love
  • 1993: The Strawberry Alarm Clock Anthology

Singles

  • 1967: Incense and Peppermints
  • 1968: Tomorrow
  • 1968: Sit with the Guru
  • 1968: Barefoot in Baltimore
  • 1968: Sea Shell
  • 1969: Stand By
  • 1969: Good Morning Starshine
  • 1969: Desiree
  • 1969: Small Package
  • 1969: I Climbed the Mountain
  • 1970: California Day
  • 1970: Girl from the City

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=379&cfgn=Singles&cfn=The+Billboard+Hot+100&ci=3070445&cdi=8825972&cid=11%2F25%2F1967
  2. ^ Text and music: John Carter and Tim Gilbert; Producers: Frank Slay and Bill Holmes; US catalog number: UNI 55018
  3. ↑ For more information on the title, see: Bronson, Fred: The Billboard Book of Number One Hits . 3rd revised and expanded edition. New York City, New York: Billboard Publications, 1992, p. 232
  4. ^ Whitburn, Joel: Top Pop Singles 1955-1993 . Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Ltd., 1994, p. 577
  5. ^ Whitburn, Joel: Top Pop Albums 1955-1996 . Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Ltd., 1996, p. 751