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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 ...
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The Grass Roots also recorded songs written by the group's musicians, which appeared on their albums and the B-sides of many hit singles. As the Grass Roots, they had their first top-10 hit in the summer of 1967 with "Let's Live for Today", an English-language cover version of "Piangi con me", a 1966 hit for the Anglo-Italian quartet The Rokes.
The one song not on either previous album was "Sooner or Later," which had become the band's first Billboard top 10 entry since "Midnight Confessions" in 1968 and would be their last. The songs on this release include three songs that reached the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 , eleven that reached the top 40, and a total of fifteen songs that ...
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 ".
Some of the songs used in the film were not included in the commercially released soundtrack. These songs are listed during the film's credits. "Baby Love" by The Supremes "Exotic Dance" by Roy Ayers "My Touch of Madness" by Jermaine Jackson "La-La (Means I Love You)" by the Delfonics "Cissy Strut" by The Meters "Aragon" by Roy Ayers
The title song was created in 1966 by the pre-Grass Roots garage group named the 13th Floor. Previous member Kenny Fukomoto was the main composer and Warren Entner and Rick Coonce helped with the arrangements. The song featured a sustained fuzz guitar and Eastern influences, giving it a psychedelic flavor.
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.