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"Kites" is a ballad written by Hal Hackady and Lee Pockriss. It was first recorded by American country folk-singing trio the Rooftop Singers as their last single in 1967. [1] The song then became a hit for British psychedelic band Simon Dupree and the Big Sound, a group of the Shulman brothers, who went on to form the progressive rock band ...
Their first few singles, including "I See The Light" (1966), failed to chart, then in October 1967, the group's management and their record label decided to try moving Simon Dupree and the Big Sound in the direction of psychedelia. They broke through at the end of 1967 with the psychedelic "Kites", a Top 10 hit in the UK Singles Chart. [2]
Song Artist Album Year Player ... Free Bird: Lynyrd Skynyrd ... Kites: Simon Dupree and the Big Sound: 1967 MkII L. Song Artist Album
With Simon Dupree and the Big Sound. Without Reservations (1967 Parlophone PMC 7029 or PCS 7029) – UK #39; Amen (compilation album: 1982, See for Miles/Charly CM 109) Part of My Past (compilation album: 2004) [4] With Gentle Giant. Gentle Giant (1970) Acquiring the Taste (1971) Three Friends (1972) (#197 US) Octopus (1972) (#170 US) In a ...
The 12" version of the single features a cover version of the Simon Dupree and the Big Sound song "Kites" as its B-side. The band had previously released a version of "Kites" as a single under the name of 39 Lyon Street in 1981, but this is a re-recorded version exclusive to the single. [1]
Hackady also wrote the lyrics for the song "Kites", composed by Lee Pockriss, which was first recorded by the Rooftop Singers and became a top ten hit in Britain in 1967 for Simon Dupree and the Big Sound. [5] Hackady and Pockriss also co-wrote a song called "The Key" that Billy Thornhill recorded for Wand Records in 1968. [6]
STORY: Hand-made out of paper with striking designs, the gigantic kites took months to complete.“Our grandparents told us that the tradition of the giant kites of Santiago is the day which we ...
Signing to the EMI record label, Simon Dupree and the Big Sound produced several non-charting singles before being pushed by their management and label in the direction of psychedelia. This resulted in the UK Top 10 hit "Kites" in the autumn of 1967 (and the release of the Without Reservation album later in the year).