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In 1966, this NJ group came off like a Lovin’ Spoonful Jr., credit scoring a minor strike using a cover of John Sebastian’s “Younger Young lady” and chalking up their just Top 20 one with the Spoonful-esque first “Mr. Dieingly Sad.” The group’s gentle harmonies and pop folk-rock had been in a significantly lighter vein than their Kama Sutra labelmates, though. A lot of their materials was self-penned, though in addition they benefited from compositions by Jackie DeShannon and Brill Building tunesmiths Pete Anders, Vinnie Poncia, and Doc Pomus. Documenting a number of singles and an LP for Kama Sutra from 1965 to 1967, their soft pop/rock and roll was rather light-weight, apart from their finest singles. Following a last Top 40 strike in 1967 (“DON’T ALLOW the RAIN Down on Me”), primary songwriter Don Ciccone was drafted, as well as the group battled on using a few albums for the Task 3 label before splitting.
