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The Grass Roots played at Newport Pop Festival 1969 at Devonshire Downs, which was a racetrack at the time but now is part of the North Campus for California State University at Northridge. They played on Sunday, June 22, which was the final day of the festival, as their top twenty hit "Wait A Million Years" was hitting the airwaves.
The Grass Roots are an American rock band that charted frequently between 1965 and 1975. The band was originally the creation of Lou Adler and songwriting duo P. F. Sloan and Steve Barri . In their career, they achieved two gold albums and two gold singles , and charted singles on the Billboard Hot 100 a total of 21 times.
Let's Live for Today is the second studio album by the American rock band the Grass Roots, released in July 1967 by Dunhill Records.A new group was brought in for this album which included Creed Bratton, Rick Coonce, Warren Entner and Rob Grill.
Let's Live for Today" was recorded by the Grass Roots with the help of session musicians, including Sloan on lead guitar, and was released as a single in May 1967. [1] [3] The lead vocal on the Grass Roots' recording was sung by the band's bassist Rob Grill [1] and the distinctive "1-2-3-4" count-in before the chorus was sung by guitarist ...
The demo contained a horn section and caught the attention of record producer/engineer Steve Barri, who was looking to produce a song for the Grass Roots that was a "West Coast" version of a Motown-style production. The Grass Roots track was produced/engineered by Steve Barri with the horn section's arrangement by Jimmie Haskell.
Chart performance [ edit ] The song reached number 15 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 the week ending September 6, 1969, [ 4 ] and number 12 on the Cash Box Top 100. [ 5 ]
Their 16 Greatest Hits is the third compilation album by the American rock band the Grass Roots. It was originally released by Dunhill Records in September 1971 [1] shortly after the success of "Sooner or Later" earlier that year (see 1971 in music). [4] The album also included many other hit singles that were released from 1966 to 1971. The ...
The original Grass Roots were Denny Ellis on rhythm guitar, Willie Fulton on vocals and lead guitar, Larson on drums and Dave Stensen on bass. They moved to Los Angeles, where they took part in recording sessions and played live. They were one of the first house bands for The Trip on the Sunset Strip. All of the Grass Roots were under the age ...