I liked singers in groups successfully harmonizing in unison.
The Mamas and the Papas, the Byrds, Crosby, Stills and Nash, the Beatles most of the time, the Walker Brothers and this group.
“Like to Get to Know You” was a great song.
“Leaving on a Jet Plane” is mentioned in the article. Of all things, I was playing my “Female Vocalist” playlist on a good hike today and Judy Collins cover of that song came up. The one I listened to may have been recorded later because it didn’t have that magical, crystalline voice that Collins was famous for when she was young.
Peter, Paul and Mary covered “Leaving on a Jet Plane” on their 1967 album “Album 1700,” released in September 1967. Their version was later released as a single in October 1969, which became a #1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100.
Judy Collins’ version on her “Wildflowers” album also came out in 1967, but Wildflowers was released slightly later, in November 1967.
Peter, Paul and Mary’s album version release predates Judy Collins’ album release by a couple of months. But the PP&M single version went on to be an enormous hit leaving Collins’ version in the dust.
Malcolm Hale’s untimely death is what kiboshed the band.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13855578/malcolm-hale
https://www.nytimes.com/1968/11/02/archives/malcolm-hale-musician-with-spanky-and-our-gang.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanky_and_Our_Gang
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07nK9CXZvAI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=368Z2PvFBFM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6c6PNa9tqBg
“Grandma, what did you do in the 60’s?”
Kinda like that song; I Saw Pictures Of Momma Before She Was Momma.
Elaine’s voice was perfect for AM radio, cutting right through the lo-fi transistor and car radio speakers and static. What I’d like to know is - where did they record and who were the studio musicians on their tracks? It is wasn’t The Wrecking Crew they were every bit as good, but I’ve not heard mention of that connection.
How I loved these songs as a seventh-grader.
Elaine sings rings around Bing Crosby's 1931 version. She lays it all out on the line.