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Feelin' Groovy is the debut album by the American sunshine pop band Harpers Bizarre, released in 1967. The record peaked at #108 on Billboard' s Top 200 Albums chart in May 1967. Over on the Hot 100 Singles chart, " The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy) " peaked at #13 in February 1967 and " Come to the Sunshine " peaked at #37 the ...
Feelin' Groovy: The Best of Harpers Bizarre (Warner Archives, 1997) The Complete Singles Collection (1965–1970) ( Now Sounds , 2016) The Big Beat Records compilation albums Dance with Me: The Autumn Teen Sound (1994) and Someone to Love: The Birth of the San Francisco Sound (1996) contain the Tikis' two 45s and several previously unreleased ...
A popular cover version was recorded by Harpers Bizarre on their 1967 debut album Feelin' Groovy, [4] reaching No. 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 4 on the Easy Listening chart. [17] This version – which at 2:34 expanded on the Simon & Garfunkel original's running time, adding an a cappella choral section – was arranged by Leon Russell ...
At the suggestion of Warner Brothers staff producer Lenny Waronker, the group decided to change their name to Harpers Bizarre in 1966 with Templeman switching to guitar and vocals. [3] In 1967, the group released the album Feelin' Groovy (Warner Bros.), which included material by Randy Newman that later appeared on the songwriter's 1972 album ...
The year 1967 was an important one for psychedelic rock, and was famous for its "Summer of Love" in San Francisco.It saw major releases from multiple well-known bands including The Beatles, Small Faces, the newly renamed Eric Burdon and the Animals, Jefferson Airplane, Love, The Beach Boys, Cream, The Byrds, The Rolling Stones, The Who, and The Monkees.
On the Canadian release, simply entitled HARPER'S BIZARRE (Polydor 2424 162) four tracks (Everynight/Banana King Louie/Beechwood 4-5789/That's The Way It Was) were omitted and replaced by Feelin' Groovy ( re-recorded version)/Listen To The Rain (Scoppetone)/You Gotta Make Your Own Sunshine/Young Love. The last two were issued as a 45 in the U.S.
Petersen left the group after their third album, Beau Brummels '66, to join Harpers Bizarre. [3] Formerly known as the Tikis, Harpers Bizarre had a top 20 hit with a remake of Simon & Garfunkel's "The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)" in 1967. The group broke up in 1970, but Petersen returned for a reunion album in 1976.
In the mid-1960s, Newman kept a close musical relationship with the band Harpers Bizarre, best known for their 1967 hit version of the Paul Simon composition "The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)". The band recorded six Newman compositions, including "Simon Smith" and "Happyland," during their short initial career (1967–1969).