The Association was a pretty popular late-'60s singing group. Think Three Dog Night. Like that. Pretty similar arc. You know "Cherish", "Along Comes Mary", "Windy", etc. After the hits dried up, members like Jerry Yester fought the inevitable slide into oldies tours with the odd single, tour, and always in a state of flux. In 1975, a cobbled-together version of the band recorded what would be known to fans as "The Association Bites Back". While RCA was the record company of...record...they do not have tapes that they can remaster for a waiting public. But replacement member Larry Brown did put some of the songs on YouTube. Cassette quality, but a nice historical curio of a once-thriving concern. Here are 4.
And oldies tours are exactly where they ended up. Think Three Dog Night.
Travelin' Boy
That’s What She Said
Time to Get High
Cherish (a disco remake with a strangely funkified coda.)
The Pullice - Can't Get Enough (1966) As seen on the lower right, this is how they spelled their name.
McDonald's Commercial (1969)
Grady Tate - Multiplication Rock “6” (1973) Nostalgia for POACA.
Born in Durham, NC, in a district called “Hayti”, the historic African-American community that is now part of the city of Durham, North Carolina. It was founded as an independent black community shortly after the American Civil War on the southern edge of Durham by freedmen coming to work in tobacco warehouses and related jobs in the city. By the early decades of the 20th century, African Americans owned and operated more than 200 businesses, which were located along Fayetteville, Pettigrew, and Pine Streets, the boundaries of Hayti.
During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the neighborhood continued to develop through years of racial segregation imposed by white Democrats in the state legislature, following the Reconstruction era in the South. With black-owned businesses and services, a library, a hotel, a theatre, and a hospital, the community became self-sufficient. It declined in the late 20th century, due to suburbanization, which drew some residents to newer housing outside the area. A 1958 urban renewal and freeway project took down houses and businesses in 200 acres of the community and split it with a freeway. St. Joseph's African Methodist Episcopal Church (1891) is listed on the National Register of Historic Places; its congregation was founded in 1868. The church has been used since 1975 as a community and cultural center. Hayti's residents have included African Americans who achieved national reputations for their successes.
From Wikipedia:
Ernie Barnes, NFL star and nationally renowned artist
Reverend Shirley Caesar, minister, gospel musician
Blind Boy Fuller (born Fulton Allen) blues guitarist and singer
Biff Henderson, staff member of Late Show with David Letterman
John P. Kee, gospel musician
Lamont Lilly, Movement for Black Lives activist, journalist, and 2016 vice presidential candidate
John Lucas II, NBA player and professional coach
Pigmeat Markham, known in the 1950s–1960s as the National Funnyman; his family was the most prominent on its street, which came to be called (and later officially named) Markham Street in the Hayti District
Tracy McGrady, NBA player, finished high school in the Hayti District
Clyde McPhatter, 1950–1960s musician, member of the Drifters, member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Rodney Rogers, NBA player
André Leon Talley, fashion consultant
Grady Tate, jazz drummer
Tommy Wilson, NFL player for Los Angeles Rams, Cleveland Brown, and Minnesota Vikings
There is a similar district (well, there was) called “Soul City” near Hendersonville, NC. Friends of mine say they can't find much that's left.
21 Years of Rock n Roll (1977) "The record that launched the Rock 'n' Roll era became a hit in Australia in July 1956. It proved to be one of the most fantastic hits of all time with collective sales estimated at over 22 million. 'Rock around the Clock' has been waxed in thirty-five di