The Love Generation
The Love Generation | |
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General information | |
Genre (s) | pop |
founding | 1967 |
resolution | 1969 |
The Love Generation was an American pop-rock band who played backing vocals on the Partridge Family’s early albums .
history
The group was founded by John Bahler (born November 11, 1940) an American singer, composer and producer, and his younger brother Tom Bahler. John and Tom were previously singers with the Ron Hicklin Singers. Initially, the group was a sextet consisting of the Bahler brothers, Ann Weiß, Marilyn Miller, Mitch Gordon and Jim Wasson. John Bahler took most of the lead vocals and played the instruments, later the members were changed several times.
The group released three albums in 1967 and 1968. The arrangements were tight mixes of male-female vocal harmonies and orchestrated pop / rock.
Discography
Albums
- 1967: The Love Generation
- 1968: assembly
- 1968: A Generation Of Love
Singles
- 1967: Meet Me At The Love-In
- 1967: Playin 'On The Strings Of The Wind
- 1967: Catching Up On Fun
- 1968: From How Sweet It Is
literature
- Barry J. Moltz. Translated by Marlies Ferber: Flop und Top. John Wiley & Sons, Limited 2008, ISBN 3-527-50385-4 .
- Richie Unterberger, Samb Hicks, Jennifer Dempsey (Eds.): Music USA: The Rough Guide. Rough Guides 1999, ISBN 1-858-28421-X .
- George Plasketes: B-Sides, Undercurrents and Overtones: Peripheries to Popular in Music, 1960 to the Present. Ashgate Publishing Ltd. 2013, ISBN 1-409-49386-5 .
- Joey Green: The Partridge family album. HarperPerennial 1994, ISBN 0-060-95075-7 .
Web links
- The Love Generation at discogs , accessed September 3, 2014
- ironleg.wordpress.com , accessed September 3, 2014
Individual evidence
- ↑ allmusic.com
- ↑ allmusic.com: biography. Retrieved September 3, 2014 .