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The Association was an American pop group . With the singles Cherish (1966) and Windy (1967), the band , which was mainly successful in the second half of the 1960s, made it to the top of the US charts twice .

history

The formation, founded in Los Angeles in 1965 , received a record deal with Valiant Records in 1966 . The first single, Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You in June 1965 and One Too Many Mornings / Forty Times in December of that year, have not yet made it onto the charts. It was not until the spring of 1966 that Along Comes Mary was placed on the Billboard Hot 100 and reached number 7. The song was not played by some radio stations because "Mary" could also be interpreted as a shortened version of "Mary Jane", one of the numerous scenes -Synonyms for marijuana . The song hit the charts again in 1999 in a heavily alienated cover version of the Bloodhound Gang .

In 1966 and 1967 further million-seller followed : Cherish and Windy / Never My Love . In 1967 the group moved to Warner Records . After a last top 10 hit in early 1968 with Everything That Touches You , the group's success waned and there were several line-up changes. In the early 1970s, the band was briefly under contract with Columbia Records , in 1973 they reached the top 100 in the US singles charts with the title Names, Tags, Numbers & Labels . In 1980 the original members, with the exception of the late Brian Cole, got together again for a brief reunion. The resulting production, published by Elektra Records , remained meaningless; the single Dreamer was placed at number 66 in the US charts.

The tracks Cherish , Windy and Never My Love were awarded gold records, as were the albums And Then… Along Comes the Association and Insight Out . The album Greatest Hits sold so well over the years that the band received a gold record for it in 1969, platinum in 1986 and double platinum in 1989. In September 1999, a list of the songs most played on American radio and television for the past fifty years was published. The song Never My Love took second place after You've Lost That Lovin 'Feelin' by The Righteous Brothers and before Yesterday by The Beatles .

In 2003 the group was inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame . In 2018 the group went on tour in the USA again. The current line-up consists of: Jim Yester, Jules Alexander (original members, both guitar), Bruce Pictor (drums), Del Ramos (Larry's brother) (bass), Jordan Cole (Brian's son) (keyboards, guitar) and Paul Holland (guitar ).

Members (original cast)

Surname birthday place of birth date of death Place of death
Gary "Jules" Alexander September 25, 1943 Chattanooga , Tennessee
Ted Bluechel December 2, 1943 San Pedro , California
Brian Cole September 8, 1942 Tacoma , Washington 2nd August 1972 Los Angeles , California
Russ Giguere October 18, 1943 Portsmouth , New Hampshire
Terry Kirkman December 12, 1941 Salina , Kansas
Larry Ramos April 19, 1942 Waimea , Hawaii April 30, 2014 Grangeville , Idaho
Jim Yester November 24, 1939 Birmingham , Alabama

Discography

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
UK UK US US
1966 And Then ... Along Comes the Association - US5
gold
gold

(59 weeks)US
First published: July 1966
Producer: Curt Boettcher
1967 Renaissance - US34 (15 weeks)
US
First published: November 1966
Recorded at Western Recording Studio, Hollywood
Producer: Jerry Yester
Insight Out - US8th
gold
gold

(68 weeks)US
First published: June 1967
Producer: Bones Howe
1968 Birthday - US23 (26 weeks)
US
First published: March 1968
Producer: Bones Howe
1969 Goodbye, Columbus - US99 (18 weeks)
US
First release: March 1969
with Charles Fox , producer: John Boylan
Soundtrack for the Paramount film of the same name
The Association - US32 (17 weeks)
US
First published: August 1969
Producers: The Association, John Boylan
1970 The Association "Live" - US79 (12 weeks)
US
First release: August 1970
live double album, producer: Ray Pohlman
1971 Stop your engine - US158 (4 weeks)
US
First published: July 1971
Producers: The Association, John Tartaglia,
Randy Steirling, Ray Pohlman
1972 Waterbeds in Trinidad! - US194 (5 weeks)
US
First published: April 1972
Producer: Lewis Merenstein

More albums

  • 1983: Vintage
  • 1995: A Little Bit More

Compilations

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
UK UK US US
1969 Greatest hits! - US4th
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(75 weeks)US
First published: 1968
Producers: Bones Howe, The Association,
Jerry Yester, Curt Boettcher

More compilations

  • 1983: Back to Back ( split album with The Turtles )
  • 1984: Songs That Made Them Famous
  • 1987: The Association's Golden Heebie-Jeebies
  • 1999: French 60's EP & SP Collection
  • 2002: Just the Right Sound: The Association Anthology
  • 2002: The Essentials
  • 2012: The Complete Warner Bros. & Valiant Singles Collection (2 CDs)
  • 2013: Greatest Hits

Singles

year Title
album
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
UK UK US US
1966 Along Comes Mary
And Then… Along Comes the Association
- US7 (11 weeks)
US
First publication: May 1966
Authors: Curt Boettcher, Tandyn Almer
Cherish
And Then… Along Comes the Association
- US1
gold
gold

(14 weeks)US
First published: August 1966
Author: Terry Kirkman
Pandora's Golden Heebie Jeebies
Renaissance
- US35 (7 weeks)
US
First published: November 1966
Author: Gary Alexander
1967 No Fair at All
Renaissance
- US51 (7 weeks)
US
First published: March 1967
Author: Jim Yester
Windy
Insight Out
- US1
platinum
platinum

(14 weeks)US
First published: May 1967
Author: Ruthann Friedman
Never My Love
Insight Out
- US2
platinum
platinum

(14 weeks)US
First published: July 1967
Authors: Don and Dick Addrisi
Requiem for the Masses
Insight Out
- US100 (2 weeks)
US
First published: August 1967
Author: Terry Kirkman
1968 Everything That Touches You
Birthday
- US10 (9 weeks)
US
First published: January 1968
Author: Terry Kirkman
Time for Livin '
Birthday
UK23 (8 weeks)
UK
US39 (8 weeks)
US
First published: May 1968
Authors: Dick and Don Addrisi
Six Man Band
Greatest Hits!
- US47 (6 weeks)
US
First published: August 1968
Author: Terry Kirkman
1969 Goodbye Columbus
Goodbye, Columbus (Soundtrack)
- US80 (11 weeks)
US
First published: March 1969
Author: Jim Yester
1973 Names, Tags, Numbers & Labels
- US91 (5 weeks)
US
First published: February 1973
Authors: Albert Hammond , Michael Hazlewood
Producers: Albert Hammond, Don Altfeld
1981 Dreamer
- US66 (5 weeks)
US
First published: January 1981
Author: Moon Martin

More singles

  • 1965: Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You
  • 1965: One Too Many Mornings
  • 1967: Looking Glass
  • 1969: Under Branches
  • 1969: Yes I Will
  • 1969: Dubuque Blues
  • 1970: Just About the Same
  • 1970: Along the Way
  • 1971: PF Sloan
  • 1971: Everything That Touches You
  • 1971: Bring Yourself Home
  • 1971: Thats Racin ' ( feat.Brian Cole)
  • 1972: Darling Be Home Soon
  • 1972: Come the Fall
  • 1981: Small Town Lovers

literature

  • Stambler, Irwin: The Encyclopedia of Pop, Rock and Soul . 3rd revised edition, New York City, New York: St. Martin's Press, 1989, pp. 20f.
  • Warner, Jay: The Billboard Book of American Singing Groups. A History 1940–1990 . New York City / New York: Billboard Books, 1992, pp. 327f.

swell

  1. ^ Text and music: Terry Kirkman and Curt Boettcher. US catalog number Valiant 747. 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. 208
  2. Text and music: Ruthann Friedman and Bones Howe. 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. 226
  3. Text and music for the title Never My Love were written by Don and Dick Addrisi and Bones Howe. US catalog number Warner 7041. The A-side Windy reached number 1, the B-side Never My Love rose to second place.
  4. US catalog number Warner 7163. The title reached number 10 on the US pop charts
  5. US catalog number Mums 6016. The single came in at number 91.
  6. US catalog number Elektra 47094
  7. ^ White, Adam: The Billboard Book of Gold and Platinum Records . 2nd revised edition, London: Omnibus Press, 1990, p. 17
  8. BMG: Top 100 Songs of the Century "
  9. a b c Chart sources: Singles UK US
  10. a b c gold / platinum database US
  11. a b The Billboard album by Joel Whitburn , 6th Edition, Record Research 2006, ISBN 0-89820-166-7 .

Web links

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