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Spanky and Our Gang was an American 1960s sunshine pop band led by Elaine "Spanky" McFarlane. The band derives its name from Hal Roach 's Our Gang comedies of the 1930s (known to modern audiences as The Little Rascals ), because of the similarity of McFarlane's surname with that of George McFarland (Spanky).
George Robert Philips McFarland (October 2, 1928 – June 30, 1993) [6] was an American actor most famous for starring as a child as Spanky in Hal Roach's Our Gang series of short-subject comedies of the 1930s and 1940s. The Our Gang shorts were later syndicated to television as The Little Rascals.
Elaine "Spanky" McFarlane (born June 19, 1942) is an American singer best known for fronting the vocal group Spanky and Our Gang in the late 1960s. She was nicknamed "The Queen of Sunshine Pop ". [ 1 ]
ClassicFlix, a company specializing in releasing classic films and TV series on home media, licensed the home video rights to Hal Roach's Our Gang sound shorts from their current owners, Sonar Entertainment. [69] An Indiegogo fundraiser campaign was launched to finance extensive restorations of the shorts from original 35mm nitrate film sources ...
"Lazy Day" is a song written by Tony Powers and George Fischoff , and recorded by the 1960s band Spanky and Our Gang. It appeared on their album Spanky and Our Gang.. The song stayed in the Top 40 four weeks longer than "Sunday Will Never Be the Same", which peaked higher on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. [2] "
"Like to Get to Know You" is a 1968 song from Spanky and Our Gang. Written by Stuart Scharf, the song debuted at No. 71 on the Billboard Hot 100 on April 20, 1968 and peaked at No. 17 on June 8, 1968.
"Sunday Will Never Be the Same" is a 1967 song by the American band Spanky and Our Gang from their self-titled debut album. The single peaked at #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 [ 2 ] and #7 in the Canadian RPM Magazine charts. [ 3 ]
Seiter first rose to prominence as a member of the pop group Spanky and Our Gang.He joined the band in 1967, shortly after they achieved their first charting hit, "Sunday Will Never Be the Same", [2] and stayed for three studio albums and a live concert recording.