The Rascals are back with another number one hit. “People Just Got to Be Free” was written by group members Felix Cavaliere and Eddie Brigati. It came out soon after the assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy. This would be the last number one hit by the group. The Rascals also …
The Doors were back with another hit in 1968 with “Hello, I Love You.” The song was written by Jim Morrison in 1965 but not recorded until 1968. There was a later plagiarism allegation that the song that a riff was similar to The Kinks’ song “All Day and All of the Night.” That claim …
Mason Williams had great success with “Classical Gas” in 1968. It was the number one song on the Cash Box record chart for the week of Aug. 4 – 10. It only made it up to #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart but for two weeks (July 28 – Aug. 10). The song was …
Gary Puckett and the Union Gap were back again with another hit. This time it was “Lady Willpower” and it was written by Jerry Fuller that also wrote “Young Girl” and “Over You” for the group. This song is about a guy wants to take a relationship to the next level but the lady isn’t …