Sounds of Sunshine

Sounds of Sunshine were an American sunshine pop ^[1] group from Los Angeles, California consisting of three brothers. The group released one album on Ranwood Records in 1971, which peaked on the Billboard 200 at #187. ^[2] Its title track, "Love Means (You Never Have to Say You're Sorry)", was a minor U.S. hit, peaking at #39 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. ^[3] The song found a much wider audience among adults, reaching #5 on Billboard's Easy Listening survey. In Canada, the song reached #45 on the Pop chart ^[4] and #33 Adult Contemporary. ^[5] The title of the song was taken from a line from the 1970 film Love Story . Their debut album was followed by three more albums as well as numerous singles.

On the back cover of Dead Kennedys' Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables album, a press shot of the group found by bassist Klaus Flouride at a garage sale ^[6] (without anything identifying the people in the photo as the members of the group) was used without their permission; the group subsequently sued band member Jello Biafra's label Alternative Tentacles, and received a $3000 payment and alterations to be made to the album art. ^[7]

Members

• Walt Wilder
• Warner Wilder
• George Wilder

References

1. Goldenburg, Joel (February 27, 2016). "Joel Goldenberg: Sunshine pop offered some respite from '60s strife". The Suburban .
2. Billboard, Allmusic.com
3. Joel Whitburn, The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits. 7th edn, 2000
4. "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. August 7, 1971. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
5. "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. August 14, 1971. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
6. Ogg, Alex. (2014). Dead Kennedys: Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables: The Early Years. p. 119. ISBN   9781604864892.
7. Nate Goyer (March 14, 2016). "Ep023: Dead Kennedys Klaus Flouride Interview & The Story of the "Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables" LP". The Vinyl Guide (Podcast). Event occurs at 16:06. Retrieved October 7, 2020.