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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]
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]
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 ...
Song Artist Album Year Player ... Free Bird: Lynyrd Skynyrd ... Kites: Simon Dupree and the Big Sound: 1967 MkII L. Song Artist Album
Chan also performed a spoken interlude in Mandarin Chinese on the recording of the 1967 psychedelic song Kites by the British band Simon Dupree and the Big Sound, which reached number 9 on music charts in the United Kingdom in late 1967. According to the later testimony of the group's then-bassist, Peter O'Flaherty, he didn't know the meaning ...
Nightbirde, who at the time of her audition had been given a 2% chance of survival, thankfully did get to hear Mzansi Youth Choir's cover of "It's OK" before her death.
The eldest brother of Derek and Ray Shulman, the three brothers were members of the sixties psychedelic group Simon Dupree and the Big Sound, who scored a 1967 hit with Kites. In 1970, Simon Dupree and the Big Sound formed the seminal progressive rock group Gentle Giant .