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Released
  
6 April 1967

Length
  
42:12

Release date
  
6 April 1967

Label
  
Project 3 Records

Recorded
  
1967

Artist
  
The Free Design

Producer
  
Enoch Light

Genres
  
Sunshine pop, Baroque pop

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Kites Are Fun (1967)
  
You Could Be Born Again (1968)

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You Could Be Born Again, Sing for Very Important, Heaven/Earth, Stars/Time/Bubbles/Love, Cosmic Peekaboo

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Kites are Fun is the debut album from The Free Design, released in 1967. The group was signed to the Project 3 label after a demo recording that was completed with the assistance of the band's father.

Contents

The tracks are composed of precise instrumental arrangements with high ranges in complex vocal harmonies. The title track was the group's only charting single, hitting #33 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary Charts, and #114 Pop.

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Track listing

  1. "Kites Are Fun" (Chris Dedrick)
  2. "Make the Madness Stop" (Chris Dedrick)
  3. "When Love is Young" (Sandy Dedrick and Stephanie Dedrick)
  4. "The Proper Ornaments" (Chris Dedrick)
  5. "My Brother Woody" (Chris Dedrick)
  6. "59th Street Bridge Song" (Paul Simon)
  7. "Don't Turn Away" (Chris Dedrick)
  8. "Umbrellas" (Bruce Dedrick)
  9. "Michelle" (Lennon–McCartney)
  10. "Never Tell the World" (Sandy Dedrick and Chris Dedrick)
  11. "A Man and a Woman" (Francis Lai)
  12. "Stay Another Season" (Chris Dedrick)

The title cut, released as a single, earned status on Billboard's "Bubbling Under The Top 100" and "Top 40 Easy Listening" surveys.

Charts

  • "Kites Are Fun" - Billboard Adult Contemporary Chart #33
  • "Kites Are Fun" - Billboard Pop Charts #114

    • Personnel

  • Bruce Dedrick - vocals, guitar
  • Chris Dedrick - vocals, guitar
  • Ellen Dedrick - vocals
  • Sandra Dedrick - vocals, keyboards
  • Stefanie Dedrick - vocals

    • Songs

    1Kites Are Fun2:38
    2Make the Madness Stop3:08
    3When Love Is Young2:55

    References

    Kites Are Fun Wikipedia
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