Posted on 03/20/2020 3:10:08 PM PDT by simpson96
Bonnie Lamdin Phipps is celebrating an anniversary this week, even though she admits she didn’t know it. Fifty years ago, on Jan. 12, 1969, the song Will You Be Staying After Sunday was released by Decca Records. Phipps, an altruistic alto and retired head of St. Agnes HealthCare, sang the lead on the record as a member of a Baltimore-based band called The Peppermint Rainbow.
The upbeat “Sunshine Pop” recording hit the Billboard Top 100 chart at number 96 on Jan. 18. By May, it would climb nationally as high as number 32. But here in Baltimore, the hometown group got a lot of extra exposure, thanks to newspaper stories and legendary disc jockeys like Lee Case, Joe Knight, Jack Edwards, Kirby Scott, and Johnny Dark. By January 26, the song would be number 24 of WCAO’s Top 40 of the week, pushing the likes of Joe South, Jr. Walker, Canned Heat, and Andy Kim for coveted airplay.
“You know, it’s funny,” said Bonnie via a telephone call from her home in suburban Baltimore. “Somebody will track me down about every other month and I’ll get a cute little note or a picture to sign. It’s interesting after all of these years. “I used to sing at hootenannies with my brother and sister at our church, for those who remember that term. We loved the harmonies and making music together. About that time, we ran across a group of guys who had their own band. They said they needed a female voice or two, so we formed a group that our first manager named The New York Times. I’m not sure why he chose that name since we were from Baltimore and most of our gigs were either here or in DC.
“We were in DC one night, playing at
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Wonderful song, was a big hit back in the day.
Love this song.
I haven’t heard the term “Hootenannies” since that TV dance show used to come on, right before Batman.
Used to remind me of Mercy singing “Love Can Make You Happy”, smooth sounds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4A9Fffo-jM
Oh those 1960’s fashions ………..
It was lame at the time, remains lame. One definite legacy was the inspiration for the Huckabee's vacation clothes.
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