The Young Rascals were really successful for a few short years circa '66-68 in the USA...and then flopped

Main songwriter John Sebastian had a #1 solo hit in 1976 with "Welcome Back", the theme from the TV show Welcome Back Kotter.

No, John Sebastian was The Lovin' Spoonful.

How Can I Be Sure is my favorite.

My favorite member was Alfalfa...he was such a great singer, he could really belt out a tune!

They were a LI band and had booked appearances all around the island when suddenly they were on one of those 60s music TV shows and their song took off and became an instant hit. They got famous, but they still had to honor their pre-fame contracts. So they appeared at the local high school and it was a really big deal for the students. Tickets were impossible to get. It was the biggest thing since Troy Donahue appeared at the local movie theater and threw his snot rag into the audience of screaming girls.

PS - This is the house where Troy Donahue grew up, not very far from the local movie theater. Not too shabby.

Loved the Young Rascals. Sueno's my favorite.

They have been inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame so they did well in the 5 years or so that they were together. Their biggest was People Got To Be Free from 1968. #1 for 5 weeks and a gold record!

They changed their name to The Rascals in 1968. They were one of the few white acts that was played on "black" radio.

A good number of popular songs. Some were covers of songs written by black artists. They were what was called “blue eyes soul” in the mid 60s, along with Righteous Brothers, Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels, The Animals, the Box Tops

Ive Been Lonely Too Long

Groovin

People Got to Be Free

Good Lovin

It’s a Beautiful Morning

How Can I Be Sure

Mustang Sally

In the Midnight Hour

Sorry for typo - blue eyeD soul

Can OP please just fast forward to his agenda?

It’s a White Belt Man nostalgia thread. I’m pretty sure WBM is also bootsy gumdrop. WBM posted tons of nostalgia threads & list threads (Tell us what you miss most about the 60s! Tell us your favorite 70s foods! I’ll start: filled Bundt cakes!) there were people who were fond of WBM the same way they are fond of entertainment directors on a cruise ship. Then one day WBM forgot to sign out and posted a bunch of jaw droppingly racist threads. The board had just started getting filled up with racist, antisemitic threads back then and we were all perplexed at why this was so. Now we knew. The buddy, believed, c’mon kids let’s have some fun! WBM was the racist and not only….it was answering itself claiming to be a black man.

It was quite a shock. The WBM moniker disappeared, but WBM hasn’t. I’ve seen boots gumdrop answering itself in threads when it forgot to sign out. I don’t think WBM is male, though it claimed it was.

Huh?

Lorna Luft was staying with a friend one evening and they went to a concert by The Young Rascals. When they got back to the friend's house, the mother sat Lorna down and told her that someone had called to tell her that her mother was dead......

Love Groovin’. But holy shit, I scrolled down to The Beach Boys video for Don’t Worry Baby. WTF is that? Those outfits/costumes are ridiculous and they have absolutely no stage presence. Not sure I have ever “seen” them perform, but the music was ubiquitous when I was a kid.

I liked 'Daydream'.....people didn't realize he was talking about acid.......as in ......Sunshine Daydream....as in 'Sugar Magnolia' by The Dead.

R10 most of their hit songs were written by band members Felix Cavaliere and Eddie Brigati,

I first read this as being about The Little Rascals. Appreciated the Alfalfa shout-out.

I keep getting them confused with the Buckinghams.

I would play (and still have) the 45 of "People Got to Be Free" over and over and.....!

I loved every song in r10. LOVED.

The Young Rascals will always be part of my college soundtrack.

Felix still tours!

Yup R21 they had a great sound that fit perfectly with the times......

R22, Yes!

Also, the Rascals included the organ. It was a sad day in Pop music when that instrument was dropped.

Meant to link:

What's better than roses on your piano?

Tulips on your organ. HAHAHAHAH!

Tulips on.....

You owe me a coke.