Английская Википедия:1910 Fruitgum Company
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The 1910 Fruitgum Company is an American bubblegum pop band of the 1960s. The group's Billboard Hot 100 hits were "Simon Says", "May I Take a Giant Step", "1, 2, 3, Red Light", "Goody Goody Gumdrops", "Indian Giver", "Special Delivery", and "The Train".[1]
Career
The band began as Jeckell and The Hydes in New Jersey in 1966. The original members were Frank Jeckell, Mark Gutkowski, Floyd Marcus, Pat Karwan and Steve Mortkowitz – all from Linden, New Jersey.[2][3]
During 1967, they were signed to Buddah Records, where they released five LPs under their own name and a variety of singles, as well as appearing on the LP The Kasenetz-Katz Singing Orchestral Circus.Шаблон:Citation needed Their first hit single, "Simon Says", reached #4 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and peaked at #2 on the UK Singles Chart.[4]
The band started touring, opening for major acts such as The Beach Boys.[5] They also released these other chart hits: "May I Take a Giant Step" (U.S. #63), "1, 2, 3, Red Light" (U.S. #5), "Special Delivery" (U.S. #38), "Goody, Goody Gumdrops" (U.S. #37), "Indian Giver" (U.S. #5) and "The Train" (U.S. #57).[6]
The original group disbanded in 1970.[7]
In 1999, original member Frank Jeckell and Mick Mansueto put the act back together.[7] As of 2019, Fruitgum currently performs its own hits, in addition to other songs from the 1960s.[8]
Million sellers
"Simon Says" sold three and a half million. "1, 2, 3, Red Light" and "Indian Giver" each sold over one million copies. All three were awarded gold discs.[2]
Band members
Current lineup
- Frank Jeckell (Original Member Guitar and Vocals)
- Mick Mansueto (Lead Vocals and Percussion)
- Glenn Lewis (Bass and Vocals)
- Eric Lipper (Keyboards and Vocals)
- Keith Crane (Drums)
- John Roginski (Guitar, Keyboards and Vocals)
Former members
- Mark Gutkowski (Original Member Lead Singer on all the hits and Hammond B3 Organist)
- Pat Karwan (Original Member Lead Guitarist and Vocals)
- Steve Mortkowitz (Original Member Bass Player and Vocals)
- Floyd Marcus (Original Member Drummer and Vocals)
- Mick Mansueto (Lead vocals)
- Jerry Roth (Tenor Sax)
- Bob Brescia (Keyboards, Vocals and Music Director)
- Thomas "Bart" Bartleson (Drums)
- Mike Edell (Keyboards and Vocals)
- John Korba-Guitar/Vocals
- Ralph Cohen (Douglas) (Trumpet)
- Pat Soriano (Hammond B3 Organist)
- Bruce Shay (Bass and Vocals)
- Rusty Oppenheimer (Drums and Vocals)
- Larry Ripley (Bass, Woodwinds and Vocals)
- Chuck Travis (Guitar and Vocals)
- Richie Gomez (Guitar and Vocals)
- Michael Stoppiello (Guitar and Vocals)
1980s road band members
- Randy Monaco (Lead Vocals)
- Jim Bulkowski (Lead Guitar)
- Russ Hoffmaster (Drums & Vocals)
- Rick Gainor (Bass & Vocals)
- John Siroky (Keyboards)
Discography
Singles
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Record Label | B-side Шаблон:Small |
Album | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | UK | AUS | CAN | |||||
| 1967 | "Simon Says" | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | Buddah Records | "Reflections from the Looking Glass" Шаблон:Small | Simon Says |
| 1968 | "May I Take a Giant Step (Into Your Heart)" | 63 | – | 42 | 21 | "(Poor Old) Mr. Jensen" | ||
| "1, 2, 3, Red Light" | 5 | – | 8 | 1 | "Sticky, Sticky" Шаблон:Small | 1, 2, 3, Red Light | ||
| "Goody Goody Gumdrops" | 37 | – | 29 | 26 | "Candy Kisses" Шаблон:Small | Goody Goody Gumdrops | ||
| 1969 | "Indian Giver" | 5 | – | 5 | 1 | "Pow Wow" Шаблон:Small | Indian Giver | |
| "Special Delivery" | 38 | – | 47 | 17 | "No Good Annie" | |||
| "The Train" | 57 | – | 68 | 34 | "Eternal Light" Шаблон:Small | Hard Ride | ||
| "When We Get Married" | 118 | – | 76 | – | "Baby Bret" Шаблон:Small | Juiciest Fruitgum | ||
| 1970 | "Go Away" | – | – | 77 | – | Super K Records | "The Track" | Non-LP tracks |
Albums
| Year | Album | Billboard 200 | Record Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | Simon Says | 162 | Buddah Records |
| 1, 2, 3, Red Light | 163 | ||
| Goody Goody Gumdrops | – | ||
| 1969 | Indian Giver | 147 | |
| Hard Ride | – | ||
| 1970 | Juiciest Fruitgum | – | |
| 1993 | Juiciest Hits | – | |
| 1994 | Bubblegum Goodies | – | Victor Entertainment |
| A Golden Classics Edition | – | Collectables Records | |
| 2001 | The Best of the 1910 Fruitgum Company: Simon Says | – | Buddah Records |
| 2007 | Bubblegum Christmas | – | Collectables Records |
References
External links
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ 2,0 2,1 Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ Voger, Mark. "1910 Fruitgum Company: From Linden to the Top 10", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, February 28, 2014, updated March 29, 2019. Accessed November 25, 2019. "Jeckell's fellow founding members were Mark Gutkowski (lead vocals, keyboards), Pat Karwan (guitar), Steve Mortkowitz (bass), and Floyd Marcus (drums).... And so five young men from Linden with aspirations to be the next Vanilla Fudge scored a Top 10 hit ... with a bubblegum song."
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ 7,0 7,1 Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite webШаблон:Dead link
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