"Groovin" is a single released in 1967 by the Young Rascals that became a number-one hit and one of the group's signature songs.
Written by group members Felix Cavaliere and Eddie Brigati and with a lead vocal from Cavaliere, it is indeed a slow, relaxed groove, based on Cavaliere's newfound interest in Afro-Cuban music. Instrumentation included a conga, a Cuban-influenced bass guitar line from ace session musician Chuck Rainey, and a harmonica part, performed first for the single version by New York session musician, Michael Weinstein, and later for the album version by Gene Cornish.
The result was fairly different from the Rascals' white soul origins, enough so that Atlantic Records head Jerry Wexler did not want to release "Groovin'". Cavaliere credits disc jockey Murray the K with intervening to encourage Atlantic to release the song. “To tell you the truth, they didn’t originally like the record because it had no drum on it,” admits Cavaliere. “We had just cut it, and he [Murray the K] came in the studio to say hello. After he heard the song, he said, ‘Man, this is a smash.’ So, when he later heard that Atlantic didn’t want to put it out, he went to see Jerry Wexler and said, ‘Are you crazy? This is a friggin’ No.1 record.’ He was right, because it eventually became No.1 for four straight weeks.”
Groovin' EP is an EP released by British duo The Style Council in early 1984. It contained two tracks from the group, "You're the Best Thing" and "Big Boss Groove". While both were equally popular, "You're the Best Thing" is the best remembered of the two and is frequently played on oldies stations in the UK. Possibly stemming from the success of this track, the EP itself reached #5 on the UK Singles Chart, giving the duo another Top 10 hit.
Groovin' is the third album by rock band The Young Rascals. The album was released on July 31, 1967 and rose to #5 on the Billboard Top LPs chart and number 7 on the R&B chart. Eight of the songs were released on singles with the title track reaching number 1 on the Pop chart in the U.S.
History
This was the last album on which the band was billed as "The Young Rascals"; their next album, Once Upon a Dream, would be credited to simply "The Rascals". The album began the Rascals' first forays into the psychedelic genre that they would explore further on Once Upon a Dream.
Eight of Groovin's eleven songs were issued by Atlantic Records as single A- or B-sides. The three songs specific to the album are "Find Somebody", "I Don't Love You Anymore", and the Rascals' cover of "A Place in the Sun". "If You Knew", upon its initial release as the "B" side of the single "(I've Been) Lonely Too Long", was jointly credited to all the Rascals' members; the writing credit was changed upon the album's release. Atlantic Records was at first reluctant to release the title song as a single, but its popularity was such that Italian and Spanish versions were released on different sides of a subsequent single.
Groovin´ on a Sunday afternoon Really couldn´t get away too soon I can´t imagine anything that´s better The world is ours whenever we´re together There ain´t a place I´d like to be instead of Movin´ down a crowded avenue Doing anything we like to do There´s always lots of things that we can see You can be anyone we like to be All those happy people we could meet Just groovin´ on a Sunday afternoon Really, couldn´t get away too soon We´ll keep on spending sunny days this way We´re gonna talk and laugh our time away I feel it coming closer day by day Life would be ecstasy, you and me endlessly Groovin´ on a Sunday afternoon Really couldn´t get away to soon No, No, No, No Groovin´
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Calhoun Times
21 Mar 2024
Calhoun Times
21 Mar 2024