The Sandpipers

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The Sandpipers
Sandpipers publicity still.jpg
1966 publicity photo.
L-R Mike Piano, Jim Brady, Richard Shoff
Background information
Origin California, U.S.
Genres Folk rock
Years active1966–1975
Labels A&M
Past membersJim Brady
Mike Piano
Richard Shoff
Michael Brady
Gary Duckworth
Ralph Nichols

The Sandpipers were an American easy listening trio who carved a niche in 1960s folk rock with their vocals and innovative arrangements of international ballads and pop standards. [1] They are best remembered for their cover version of "Guantanamera", which became a transatlantic top 10 hit in 1966, and their top 20 hit "Come Saturday Morning" from the soundtrack of the film The Sterile Cuckoo in 1970.

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Singing in English, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Latin, and Tagalog, the Sandpipers had seven album entries in the Billboard 200 [2] from 1966 to 1970, and over a dozen charted singles.

Career

Founding members Jim Brady (born August 24, 1944, Los Angeles), Mike Piano (born October 26, 1944, Rochester, New York) and Richard Shoff (born April 30, 1944, Seattle) first performed together in the Mitchell Boys Choir, [3] before forming the Four Seasons with friend Nick Cahuernga. Due to the rising popularity of a group with that name from New Jersey, they changed their name to the Grads and continued as a trio. [1] [4] [5]

Although the Grads did not enter the charts with their early recordings, they performed well enough to secure a residency at Harrah's Lake Club (now Harveys Lake Tahoe) where a friend brought them to the attention of Herb Alpert of A&M Records. [1] [6] Alpert was impressed with the Grads, but after one single without success the group agreed to a name change, choosing the Sandpipers out of a dictionary. [7] After the name change, their producer, Tommy LiPuma, [3] recommended they record the Cuban anthem "Guantanamera" and they had their first hit. [1] The use of female singers [3] (including Robie Lester) [8] to add background vocals on "Guantanamera" established a trend that the Sandpipers would incorporate in multiple future studio recordings and live shows.

Initially Kathy Westmoreland (de) (later with Elvis Presley) toured with the group [9] [10] to provide the lyricless vocals that were used much like second strings, adding an ethereal quality to the Sandpipers' sound. Later Pamela Ramcier was the primary back-up vocalist. [1] [11] [12] At times two or more back-up vocalists were used. For the Sandpipers' first live show in San Diego, two female singers were on stage, the well-known folk singer Penny Nichols and Pat Woolley. Early pressings of the Guantanamera LP showed a five person group—two females with Piano, Shoff, and Brady—on the back cover while later pressings had just the male trio. Subsequent albums depicted only the original trio. Other backup singers followed including Stormie Sherk in 1967, [13] and Diane Jordan and Kathy Westmoreland in 1969. [14] Some pressings of the 1970 Come Saturday Morning LP credit "solo voices" Patrice Holloway, Carolyn Willis, and Susan Tallman.

"Guantanamera" charted in the United States in September 1966 and in the United Kingdom the following month, and remains the group's biggest hit, earning 1967 Grammy Award nominations for Best Performance by a Vocal Group and Best Contemporary Group Performance, plus gold record awards for the single and the album. [15] They also had many lesser chart entries including cover versions of "Louie Louie", [3] "The French Song" (Quand Le Soleil Dit Bonjour Aux Montagnes), and songs from the movies The Sterile Cuckoo and Beyond the Valley of the Dolls . [1]

The record sleeve for their 1966 album Guantanamera was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Album Cover - Photography. Dolores Erickson was featured on the front cover artwork. In 1967 the Baldwin Piano Company signed the group to promote the company's line of musical instruments. [16]

In 1968, following a South Africa concert tour, they participated at the Festival di Sanremo in Italy, a highlight on the Italian music calendar. [17] They were, as then usual, alongside Anna Identici as one of the two performers of the song "Quando M'Innamoro," which attained sixth place. The song would become more popular in the interpretation by Gigliola Cinquetti. The English version by British pop singer Engelbert Humperdinck, "A Man Without Love", became a global hit.

In 1969, the group embarked on a European tour with appearances in London, Amsterdam, Stockholm, Madrid, and Berlin. [18] In 1970 "Come Saturday Morning" was nominated for Best Original Song and was performed by the Sandpipers at the 42nd Academy Awards ceremony. In the mid-1970s, Michael Piano left the group and was replaced in turn by Michael Brady, [lower-alpha 1] Gary Duckworth [lower-alpha 2] and Ralph Nichols (later with The Lettermen). The final 1979 single, "Singapore Girl", featured only Brady and Shoff.

Original member Michael Piano died on December 29, 2014, in Kauai, Hawaii. [19] Jim Brady died on May 5, 2019, in Durango, Colorado.

Other groups named Sandpipers

  1. In 1965–66, an American girl group from Pensacola, Florida, briefly toured and recorded as the Sandpipers, backed by an early Gregg and Duane Allman band called the Allman Joys. After "Guantanamera" was released they became the Daisies. [20]
  2. Another group known as the Sandpipers (or sometimes the Golden Sandpipers) sang for Golden Records, most notably the theme to Mighty Mouse , the version that is now the best known and perhaps the original (although some sources cite the Terrytooners with Mitch Miller and orchestra). [21] [lower-alpha 3]
  3. A South African folk rock group active in the 1960s was also named the Sandpipers. [22]
  4. A female choral group at Albertus Magnus College known as the Sandpipers released an LP in 1961.
  5. A South Florida trio (Art Williams, Wally Pape, Billy Stuart) released one LP, The Singin', Swingin' Sandpipers, in 1965 on the Art label. [23]
  6. A New York group released one single as the Sandpipers in 1966 on the Kismet label. [24]
  7. A Detroit group released one single as the Sandpipers in 1966 on the Giant label. [25]
  8. The Nashville-based Cypress label released a single by the Sand Pipers in 1966. [26]
  9. The Florida Presbyterian College Concert Choir and Sandpipers released an LP in the 1960s. [27]
  10. A Malaysian group released three EPs as the Sandpipers in the 1960s: Hey Tak Malu (with Azim Chan) on the Maria label, and Nyatakan Lah Pada Ku and Deritaan Insan (with Siti Khatijah Hamid) on the Playboy label.
  11. An instrumental group from Mason City, Iowa, released an LP, The Sandpipers Play Fiesta! and Other Favorites, in the late 1960s on the Fredlo label featuring several Herb Alpert covers.
  12. A country and western LP, Silver Dollar Saloon, and an EP, Irish Eyes, were released in 1975 by Gary Lane, Chris Beckett, and the Sandpipers.

Discography

Albums

U.S. releases on A&M Records unless otherwise noted. Some releases in U.K. and other countries had different titles, alternate covers, and variations in track lists. [2]

*Mono

EPs

Compilations

Soundtracks

Appearances

Singles

YearTitle (A-side / B-side) [30]
(Songwriters)
Peak chart positionsLabel & Cat #Album
US Hot 100
[2]
US A/C
UK
[31]
CAN
CAN A/C
1962"Once Again" (DeVorzon-Chandler)
"White Steeple" (Chandler-McKendry)
Valiant 6023 [lower-alpha 22]
1964"It Happened Once Before" (Troup)
"Their Hearts Were Full of Spring"(Troup)
MGM K13216 [lower-alpha 22]
"The Wild One" (Usher-Christian)
"The Cool One" (Mike Curb)
Mercury 72346 [lower-alpha 22]
1966"Everything in the Garden" (Greenaway)
"Stage Door" (Goffin-King)
A&M 797 [lower-alpha 22]
"Guantanamera" (Joseíto Fernández) [lower-alpha 23]
"What Makes You Dream, Pretty Girl?" (J. Wilson-M. Garson)
93710A&M 806 [lower-alpha 24] Guantanamera
"Louie Louie" (Richard Berry) [lower-alpha 25]
"Things We Said Today" (Lennon-McCartney)
30 [lower-alpha 26] 2429A&M 819 [lower-alpha 27] [lower-alpha 28]
1967"For Baby" (John Denver) [lower-alpha 29]
"La Bamba" (Traditional) [lower-alpha 30]
[lower-alpha 31] 31A&M 835Guantanamera
The Sandpipers
"Glass" (Sheldon-Marks)
"It's Over" (Jimmie Rodgers)
112A&M 851The Sandpipers
"The French Song" (Pease-Vincent)
"Bon Soir Dame" (Bud Dashiell)
[lower-alpha 32] 20A&M 861 [lower-alpha 33]
"Cuando Salí de Cuba" (Luis Aguilé) [lower-alpha 34]
"Softly as I Leave You" (G. Calabrese/H. Shaper/A. De Vita)
3A&M 880 Misty Roses
The Sandpipers
1968"Quando M'Innamoro (A Man Without Love)" (Livraghi, Mason, Pace, Panzeri)
"Wooden Heart" (Wise, Weisman, Twomey, Kaempfert)
1241633A&M 939 [lower-alpha 35] Softly
Misty Roses
"Softly" (Gordon Lightfoot)
"Cancion De Amor (Wanderlove)" (M. Williams-C. Mapel)
39A&M 968Softly
"Reason to Believe" (Tim Hardin)
"To Put Up with You" (Paul Williams-Roger Nichols)
A&M AMS 730
UK release
"Let Go!" (Powell, Gimbel, DeMoraes)
"Suzanne" (Leonard Cohen)
[lower-alpha 36] 36A&M 997 The Wonder of You
Softly
1969"The Wonder of You" (Baker Knight)
"That Night" (Norman Gimbel-Lalo Schifrin)
A&M 1044The Wonder of You
"Temptation" (Arthur Freed-Nacio Herb Brown)
"Wave" (Antonio Carlos Jobim)
A&M 1085
"Kumbaya" (Traditional) [lower-alpha 37]
"Yellow Days" (A. Bernstein-A. Carrillo)
38A&M 1116 [lower-alpha 38]
"Come Saturday Morning" (Fred Karlin/Dory Previn)
"Pretty Flamingo" (Mark Barkan)
839A&M 1134 Come Saturday Morning
The Wonder of You
"Hurry to Me" (Fishman-Morricone) [lower-alpha 39]
"Chi Dice Non Dà" (G. Calabrese-V. De Moraes-N. Gimbel-B. Powell) [lower-alpha 40]
A&M 832
Italy release
1970"Come Saturday Morning" (Fred Karlin/Dory Previn)
"To Put Up with You" (Paul Williams-Roger Nichols)
1752713A&M 1185
2nd release; alt B-side
Come Saturday Morning
Softly
"Santo Domingo" (Rudy Lindt-Peter Poll-Michael Piano) [lower-alpha 41]
"Beyond the Valley of the Dolls" (Stu Phillips-Bob Stone)
17A&M 1208 [lower-alpha 42] Come Saturday Morning
"Free to Carry On" (Dale Bobbitt, Jim Brady)
"(He's Got the) Whole World in His Hands" (Traditional) [lower-alpha 43]
94111A&M 1227Come Saturday Morning
1971"The Sound of Love" (B. Gibb, R. Gibb, M. Gibb)
"The Drifter" (Paul Williams-Roger Nichols)
13A&M 1249
"Chotto Matte Kudasai (Never Say Goodbye)" (Garner-Nakashima)
"Free to Carry On" (Jim Brady-Dale Bobbitt)
[lower-alpha 44] A&M 1280 [lower-alpha 45]
2nd release; alt B-side
Come Saturday Morning
A Gift of Song
"Never My Love" (Donald and Richard Addrisi)
"Leland Loftis" (D. Bobbitt-J. Brady)
A&M 1306 A Gift of Song
"A Gift of Song" (Patty Ingalls)
"Never My Love" (Donald and Richard Addrisi)
A&M 1314
1972"Never Can Say Goodbye" (Clifton Davis)
"An Old Fashioned Love Song" (Paul Williams)
A&M 1372
"The World Is a Circle" (Bacharach-David) [lower-alpha 46]
"(Baby I Could Be) So Good at Lovin' You" (Buz Clifford)
A&M 1388
1976"For the Last Time" (J. Brady)
"Down by the River" (Neil Young)
Satril 111
UK release
Overdue
"Guantanamera" (Joseíto Fernández) [lower-alpha 47] [lower-alpha 48]
"Leland Loftis" (D. Bobbitt-J. Brady)
A&M 7244
UK release
Greatest Hits
Overdue
"Hang On Sloopy" (Wes Farrell, Bert Russell)
"Skidrow Joe" (Brady-Bobbitt)
32Satril 114 [lower-alpha 49]
UK release
Overdue
1977"Life Is a Song Worth Singing" (Bell-Creed)
"Island (Without a Name)" (Brady-Bobbitt)
Satril 118
UK release
"Broken Slumber" (Brady-Seeburg)
"Living Is a Lovin' Thing" (J. Duncan)
Satril 119
UK release
1978"It Should Have Lasted Forever" (Benson-Clarke-Hyams)
"Darling I Apologise" (Lane-Roberts)
Satril 127
UK release
1979"You're a Great Way to Fly - Singapore Girl" (Bobby Hart-Fred Bongusto)
"You're a Great Way to Fly - Singapore Girl" (instr.) (Fred Bongusto)
Singapore
Airlines SIA-3
Reissues"Guantanamera" / "Cuando Salí De Cuba"A&M 8526
"Quando M'Innamoro" / "La Bamba"A&M 8527
"Come Saturday Morning" / "The Wonder of You"A&M 8544
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
Notes
  1. Brother of Jim Brady and former bassist for the group's backup band. After three years with the group, he left to become a notable studio bassist.
  2. Duckworth, along with George Green and Jim Brady's brother Mike, formed Griffin and released an eponymous LP and several singles in 1972 on the L.A.-based Romar label. He also released one single in 1976 on the Nashville-based D.P.A. label ("Move Out of the City"/"Stop, Look and Listen").
  3. Regular members included Mike Stewart, Ralph Nyland, Dick Byron, and Bob Miller. Other members were Anne Lloyd, Sally Sweetland, Mary Jane Sutherland, and Peter Hanley.
  4. Released in Mexico as Lo Maravilloso De Ti with song titles translated into Spanish (and in many cases differently from the translations for the same songs for the Spanish Album).
  5. Also released in Philippines with same catalog number. Released in Japan as Singapore Girl (Satril YX-7145-SR) with different track order. Released in Spain on cassette in 1978 (Satril STC-5001) and again in 1984 (Satril 50.271). Not released in U.S.
  6. All songs in Tagalog language. LP cover has text "The First Tagalog Album From An International Group".
  7. U.S. jukebox EP tracks: "Cuando Salí de Cuba", "And I Love Her", "Fly Me to the Moon", "Strange Song", "Misty Roses", "Daydream".
  8. International EP releases:
    • Australia
    A&M AMX 11,218 ("Guantanamera", "What Makes You Dream, Pretty Girl", "La Bamba", "La Mer (Beyond the Sea)"), 1966
    A&M AMX 11,231 ("Louie Louie", "Things We Said Today", "For the Last Time", "Angelica"), 1966
    A&M AMX 11,398 ("The French Song", "Bon Soir Dame", "Rain, Rain Go Away", "Yesterday")
    A&M AMX 11,714 ("Come Saturday Morning", "Carmen", "The Windmills of Your Mind", "The More I Love You"), 1970
    • Brazil
    A&M/Fermata EPE-573 ("Guantanamera", "Cast Your Fate to the Wind", "La Bamba", "For Baby")
    A&M 7AMD-10002 ("Angelique", "Softly as I Leave You", "Quando M'Innamoro", "Cuando Salí de Cuba")
    A&M 7AMD-10014 ("Himno Á Alegria (Song of Joy)", "The Wonder of You", "Come Saturday Morning", "The Long and Winding Road")
    • France
    Columbia ESRF 1802 ("Guantanamera", "What Makes You Dream, Pretty Girl", "Everything in the Garden", "Stage Door"), 1966
    Columbia ESRF 1826 ("Louie Louie", "Things We Said Today", "La Bamba", "Angelica"), 1966
    • Germany
    Star SL 101 ("Guantanamera", "To Sir with Love", "San Francisco", "Let's Pretend"), 1967
    • Iran
    Top4 EX-4189 ("Guantanamera", "Cast Your Fate to the Wind", "What Makes You Dream Prety [ sic ] Girl?", "Angelica"),
    • Japan
    A&M LS 158 ("Quando M'Innamoro", "Louie Louie", "Cuando Salí De Cuba", "Guantanamera"), 1968
    A&M AMS-13 ("Stasera (sic) Gli Angeli Non Volano (For The Last Time)", "The Long and Winding Road", "A Song of Joy (Himno a La Alegria)", "Come Saturday Morning"), 1970
    A&M AMS-25 ("Today", "Santo Domingo", "Cuando Salí De Cuba", "Ayer")
    Paramount SJET-546 ("Come Saturday Morning" (Sandpipers), "Jerry", "Pookie Adams", "End Walk" (Sandpipers))
    • Mexico
    Tizoc ED-221 ("Guantanamera", "Extranos En La Noche" (Strangers In The Night), "Enamorado", "Lanza Tus Penas Al Viento (Cast Your Fate to the Wind)"), 1966
    Tizoc ED-270 ("Cuando Me Enamoro", "Viento Primaveral", "Extraña Melodia", "Corazon De Madera"), 1968
    A&M AME-10 ("Guantanamera", "Llevame A La Luna", "Cuando Salí De Cuba", "Ojos Españoles), 1968
    A&M AME-46 ("Ven El Sabado En La Mañana", "Santo Domingo", "Himno a La Alegria")
    A&M AME-75 ("How Can You Mend a Broken Heart", "Never My Love", "It's Too Late", "Never Can Say Goodbye"), 1972
    • New Zealand
    A&M 11218 ("Guantanamera", "What Makes You Dream, Pretty Girl", "La Bamba", "La Mer (Beyond the Sea)"), 1966
    A&M 11231 ("Louie Louie", "Things We Said Today", "For the Last Time", "Angelica"), 1966
    A&M 11398 ("The French Song", "Bon Soir Dame", "Rain, Rain Go Away", "Yesterday")
    • Portugal
    A&M/Alvorada EP-25-1 ("Guantanamera", "Cast Your Fate to the Wind", "Enamorado", "Strangers in the Night")
    A&M/Alvorada EP-25-2 ("For Baby", "Michelle", "Bon Soir Dame", "Ayer (Yesterday)")
    A&M/Alvorada EP-25-9 ("The French Song", "Inch Worm", "It's Over", "Glass")
    A&M/Alvorada EP-25-10 ("Rain, Rain Go Away", "Try To Remember", "I'll Remember You", "Softly as I Leave You")
    A&M/Alvorada EP-25-13 ("Cuando Salí De Cuba", "Wooden Heart", "Misty Roses", "Daydream")
    A&M/Alvorada EP-25-20 ("Softly", "Wanderlove", "Quando M'Innamoro", "Fly Me to the Moon")
    A&M/Alvorada EP-25-21 ("Strange Song", "The Honeywind Blows", "Today", "And I Love Her")
    A&M/Alvorada EP-25-25 ("Kum-Ba-Yah", "La Bamba", "Canto de Ossanha", "I Believed It All")
    A&M/Alvorada EP-25-28 ("The Wonder of You", "If I Were a Man [ sic ]", "That Night", "The Windmills of Your Mind")
    • Singapore
    Star Record SL 101 ("Guantanamera", "To Sir, With Love", "San Francisco", "Let's Pretend"
    • Spain
    A&M/Hispavox 377-11 ("Guantanamera", "Enamorado", "Mi Destino Al Viento", "Extranos En La Noche"), 1967
    A&M/Hispavox 377-13 ("Michelle", "Ayer", "Para Baby", "Bon Soir Dame"), 1967
    • UK
    Pye International NEP 44081 ("Guantanamera", "Things We Said Today", "Louie Louie", "What Makes You Dream, Pretty Girl"), 1966
    Pye International NEP 44085 ("Angelica", "Enamorado", "Strangers in the Night", "Carmen"), 1967
    A&M AME 801 ("Cast Your Fate to the Wind", "La Mer (Beyond the Sea)", "La Bamba", "Strasera Gli Angeli Non Volano (For the Last Time)")
  9. Ten songs from first four albums. Also released in Japan (A&M AML-59), UK (A&M AMLS 940, different cover), and Spain (A&M 80694, 1974, titled Grandes Exitos)
  10. Fourteen songs from five previous albums.
  11. Eleven songs from The Sandpipers, The Wonder of You, and Softly albums.
  12. Twelve songs from five previous albums.
  13. Double LP manufactured by King Record Co.
  14. Double LP with 24 tracks from previous albums. Group poster included.
  15. Split LP: 7 songs by the Sandpipers and 7 by Judith Durham.
  16. Double LP with 20 tracks from all seven previous studio albums.
  17. Double LP with 30 tracks including all 24 songs from Spanish Album and Second Spanish Album plus "Strasera Gli Angeli Non Volvano (For the Last Time)", "Chotto Matte Kudasai (Never Say Goodbye)", "Kumbaya", and "Santo Domingo".
  18. Sandpipers song appears twice as the first and last track on the LP. Multiple CD reissues.
  19. Released in Australia as The 16 Greats (A&M/Summit SRA250-012) with different cover.
  20. Released in UK in 1970 as Tribute to Burt Bacharach (A&M AMLB 1018) with different cover.
  21. Re-recorded version by Jim Brady.
  22. 1 2 3 4 Recorded as The Grads.
  23. Label credits "Marti-Angulo-Seeger" based on earlier versions and arrangements.
  24. International releases included Australia (Festival FK-1426), Belgium (London 5.571), Brazil (Fermata 33177), Canada (A&M 082X), Congo (London 55.71), France (Columbia SCRF 964), Germany (London DL 20 953, A&M 210 005, & A&M 14 661 AT), India (A&M 806), Iran (Merica 2027), Ireland (Pye International 7N.25380), Italy (Derby DB 5167, B-side "Angelica"), Jamaica (London American 806), Kenya (Pye 7N.25380), Netherlands (London DL 20953), New Zealand (Festival FK-1426), Nigeria (Pye International 7N.25380), Rhodesia (A&M AM-504), South Africa (A&M AM-504), Spain (A&M/Hispavox H-125, B-side "Louie Louie"), UK (Pye International 7N.25380), Yugoslavia (A&M S-53510).
  25. Label also has "Spanish lyric by C. Ortega & N. De Caro" in addition to "R. Barry" (sic) songwriter credit.
  26. The October 8, 1966, issue of Billboard magazine reviewed the single in the "Pop Spotlights - Top 60" section saying, "The Kingsmen's former hit is cleverly revived much in the smooth ballad fashion of the Sandpipers' original "Guantanamera." Another winner."
  27. International releases: Australia (A&M AMK-1548), Canada (A&M 819X), France (London 5.587), Germany (London DL 20 957), Japan (London TOP.1104), Mexico (Tizoc 259 X 45, B-side "Enamorado"), Netherlands (London FLX 3174), Spain (A&M/Hispavox, A-side "Guantanamera"), UK (Pye International 7N.25396)
  28. A white label promo single was released in Canada (A&M DJ #2) with "Enamorado"/"Things We Said Today" and text "Available on A&M album LP-117".
  29. Label credits "H. J. Dutschendorf (sic), Jr.". John Denver's birth name was Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr.
  30. Label also has "Adapted by Garson-LiPuma".
  31. Listed (unranked) February 18, 1967 in "Breakout Singles", p. 42.
  32. Listed (unranked) July 22, 1967 in "Spotlight Singles", p. 16.
  33. Also released with alternate B-side "Rain, Rain Go Away" (Kuiokalani Lee)
  34. LP label credits "Kusik-Snyder" for English narration.
  35. UK release (A&M 723, 1968) has "I'll Remember You" (Kuiokalani Lee) as B-side.
  36. Listed (unranked) November 2, 1968 in "Spotlight Singles", p. 74.
  37. Label credits "A. Lawton".
  38. UK release (A&M 744, 1969) has "Lo Mucho Que Te Quiero" as B-side.
  39. From the movie Metti, una sera a cena .
  40. Also known as "Canto de Ossanha" or "Let Go!".
  41. "Recitation by Michael Piano" on label.
  42. "Santo Domingo" released in UK (A&M 814, 1970) with "The Drifter" B-side.
  43. Label has "Negro Spiritual - Arr. & adapted by Bob Alcivar".
  44. Listed (unranked) July 31, 1971 in "Spotlight Singles", p. 52.
  45. Also released in Japan as A&M AM-97 in 1971. Other Japanese singles:
    A&M/Top 1254, 1968 ("Quando M'Innamoro"/"Angelique")
    A&M AM-7, 1970 ("Come Saturday Morning"/"Pretty Flamingo")
    A&M AM-33, 1970 ("Stasera (sic) Gli Angeli Non Volano (For the Last Time)"/"The Windmills of Your Mind")
    A&M AM-48, 1970 ("Beyond the Valley of the Dolls"/"Santo Domingo")
    A&M AM-49, 1970 ("A Song of Joy"/"The Long and Winding Road")
    A&M AM-68, 1970 ("Today"/"Free to Carry On")
    A&M AM-127, 1972 ("A Gift of Song"/"An Old Fashioned Love Song")
  46. With the Mitchell Singing Boys. Song is from the film Lost Horizon.
  47. Label has "Trad. arr. J. Marti-H. Angulo-P. Seeger".
  48. Length is 3:10 on 1976 single and Greatest Hits album vs. 3:00 on 1966 single and album.
  49. Released in Canada in 1977 by Disques Direction Records (D4-126). Also released on 12” vinyl (DD-8003) with additional 5:08 disco mix of "Hang On Sloopy".

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The Montanas were an English 1960s and 1970s pop rock band from Wolverhampton, England. Though they never found significant success in their home country, they had one moderate hit in the United States.

<i>Misty Roses</i> 1967 studio album by The Sandpipers

Misty Roses was an LP album featuring The Sandpipers, released by A&M Records in 1967. The album reached #135 on the Billboard chart and the first track, "Cuando Salí de Cuba," made #3 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.

<i>Spanish Album</i> 1969 compilation album by The Sandpipers

Spanish Album was an LP album consisting of tracks from previous albums by The Sandpipers, many with re-recorded vocals in Spanish. Most of the tracks were translations of songs better-known in the United States in English.

<i>Guantanamera</i> (The Sandpipers album) 1966 studio album by The Sandpipers

Guantanamera is the debut album by the Sandpipers, released by A&M Records in October 1966. The album reached No. 13 on the Billboard Top LPs chart, while the title track, released as a single, reached No. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100. Dolores Erickson appeared on the front cover which received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Album Cover - Photography.

<i>The Sandpipers</i> (album) 1967 studio album by The Sandpipers

The Sandpipers was an LP album featuring the group of the same name, released by A&M Records in May 1967. The album reached #53 on the Billboard charts.

<i>Come Saturday Morning</i> (The Sandpipers album) 1970 studio album by The Sandpipers

Come Saturday Morning was an LP album featuring The Sandpipers, released by A&M Records in August 1970. The album reached #96 on the Billboard charts.

<i>Second Spanish Album</i> 1970 compilation album by The Sandpipers

Second Spanish Album was an LP album featuring The Sandpipers released in 1970 in the United Kingdom. Other international releases included Australia, Germany, Mexico, New Zealand, and Venezuela. It was re-released in 1973 in Australia. The album was not released in the U.S. or Canada.

<i>Softly</i> (The Sandpipers album) 1968 studio album by The Sandpipers

Softly was an LP album featuring The Sandpipers, released by A&M Records in August, 1968. The album reached #180 on the Billboard chart. Two singles from the album charted in the top 40 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart: "Quando M'Innamoro" at #16 and the title track at #39.

"Yo soy aquél", sometimes spelled as "Yo soy aquel", is a song recorded by Spanish singer Raphael, written by Manuel Alejandro. It represented Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 1966, held in Luxembourg, and over time it has become one of Raphael's signature songs.

The Ferris Wheel were a British rock and soul band, who have been described as "one of England's great lost musical treasures of the mid- to late '60s" and as "one of the most popular club acts" of the time. They released two albums, Can't Break the Habit (1967) and Ferris Wheel (1970), the latter featuring singer Linda Lewis.

Los Machucambos was a music band formed in Paris in 1959. The two guitar players were Rafael Gayoso, Milton Zapata and the singer was Julia Cortés. In 1960 Zapata was replaced by Romano Zanotti . Although the group had a long list of discography their best known hit was Pepito which became the number 1 hit in 1961.

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