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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 ...
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 ...
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The songs were a 50/50 split between outside composers and the group and featured arrangements by Jimmie Haskell. 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 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.
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Yes, there’s old standby “Auld Lang Syne” — a song written by Scottish poet Robert Burns in 1788 — but there are more contemporary New Year’s Eve songs to play as you pop champagne ...
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 ".