Sounds of Sunshine

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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 .

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]

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  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. 1971-08-07. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
  5. "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1971-08-14. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
  6. Ogg, Alex. (2014). Dead Kennedys: Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables: The Early Years. p. 119. ISBN   9781604864892.
  7. Nate Goyer (Mar 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.