For the love of rock
Vol VII, Issue 3 – Get together (01 Dec 2022)
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Name of song– Get together
Band- The Youngbloods
Writer– Chet Powers (Dino Valenti)
Album- The Youngbloods
Release year– 1967
Chart records (1967) –
Canada RPM Top Singles – 40
US Billboard Hot 100 – 62
US Cash Box Top 100 – 80
Chart records (1969) –
US Cash Box Top 100 – 4
US Billboard Hot 100 – 5
Canada RPM Top – 6
South Africa (Springbok) – 10
Australia Go Set – 13
Resources– Wikipedia.org
Get together
For many rock fans, “The Youngbloods,” is not a common name. However, their hit “Get together”, is definitely the one which most would remember. Yes, they are perhaps a one hit wonder band, but this should not discount their other fabulous numbers. The band was formed in 1965 by Jessie Colin Young (Bass) and Jerry Corbitt (Vocals, lead guitar, piano, harmonica) as a duo to begin with. Soon they added multi-instrumentalist Lowell Levinger “Banana” and Joe Bauer in drums and the band became complete. They had relatively few albums to their name during the late sixties and early seventies. Although few in number, their albums are worth collecting in classic rock’s shelves. Their debut album in 1967, “The Youngbloods”, later renamed “Get Together” is the most successful one but later albums like “Earth Music”, “Elephant Mountain” are also lovely in their own way.
