Thanks for the memories, Terry. Rest in Peace...............
Association was a 60s vocal pop group. Maybe somewhat akin to 5th Dimension “Up up and away”.
Despite their image they did their fair share of drugs. Terry’s big song was Cherish. May he RIP.
Terry Kirkman also wrote “Requiem for the masses” which was a particularly strange and difficult vocal piece that the Association actually performed live. Probably boring to many but it was different for its time. The church choir like intro kills me.
studio version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jah4eqzYjvQ
live version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnqziepB-AQ
Technically they were not part of the bubble gum groups. Those came just a bit later, The Archie’s and a few others. My favorite from them was “Everything That Touches You”. Not as well known but a well done fine piece of Music.
He wrote Cherish. RIP Terry.
One of Rush Limbaugh’s best parodies ever used Windy. Except it was about Hillary. It was hilarious.
What a drag it is getting old....RIP
Best song was “Never My Love”. No mention of it in the article.
They were at The Monterey Pop Festival along with Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Janis Joplin, etc. The performance was both amusing and very enjoyable.
They were no bubblegum band, even though they had a few hits that sounded like it.
When I was in New York Young Americans for Freedom, we had a song about the then-Mayor of New York that used one of these tunes:
Who's walking down the streets of Fun City
Smiling at every mugger he sees?
Who's putting all the junkies on welfare?
Everyone knows it's Lindsay.
Back when the country still did good music. RIP.