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The original recording of "Midnight Confessions" was a demo by the Evergreen Blues Band, whose manager – Lou Josie – wrote the song. 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 ...
[1] [3] [4] While most of Dillon's subsequent recordings would be covers of popular and obscure American songs including Bettye Swann's "Make Me Yours", Perry Como's "Tulips and Heather," The Grass Roots' "Midnight Confessions," and Stephen Stills's "Love the One You're With"; "Don't Stay Away" was an original composition featuring Tommy McCook ...
It spent 18 weeks on the charts, making it the band's single of greatest longevity, sustaining itself three weeks longer than their greatest hit, "Midnight Confessions". Two versions exist. The original mono mix had its vocal chorus section double-tracked, while the chorus in the stereo mix uses one voice (single-tracked).
The Grass Roots song "Midnight Confessions" was featured in the 1997 film Jackie Brown. In 2006 former manager Marty Angelo published a book entitled Once Life Matters: A New Beginning, which has numerous stories about his life on the road with Rob Grill and the Grass Roots in the early 1970s.
Golden Grass is the first greatest hits album by the American rock band the Grass Roots, released in November 1968 by Dunhill Records.The LP's release in the fall of 1968 followed the success of the group's highest-charting single, "Midnight Confessions".
"Midnight Confessions" The Grass Roots: 20 "Dance to the Music" Sly and the Family Stone: 21 "The Horse" Cliff Nobles: 22 "I Wish It Would Rain" The Temptations: 23 "La-La (Means I Love You)" The Delfonics: 24 "Turn Around, Look at Me" The Vogues: 25 "Judy in Disguise (With Glasses)" John Fred & His Playboy Band: 26 "Spooky" Classics IV: 27 ...
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After departing from The Grass Roots in the mid 70s, Entner went behind the scenes of the music business and became a manager. Owning his own firm Warren Entner Management, Entner managed a number of hard rock artists including Angel, Quiet Riot, Faith No More, [4] Rage Against the Machine, Deftones, as well as other acts such as The Grays, Failure and Nada Surf.