Genres Sunshine pop Genre Sunshine pop | Labels Imperial Records Record label Imperial Records | |
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Years active 1967 (1967)–1968 (1968) Past members Mary Nance
Maury Manseau
Douglas Mark
Larry Sims
Merel Bregante
Dave Hodgkins Origin Los Angeles, California, United States (1967) Albums The Best Of, Summer Time - Fun Time, The Sunshine Company Similar The Blades of Grass, Steve Gillette, The Peppermint Rainbow, Curt Boettcher, Eternity's Children | ||
The sunshine company happy is the sunshine company 1967 full album
The Sunshine Company was an American sunshine pop band from Los Angeles, California. Originally the duo of Mary Nance and Maury Manseau, the group later added the rhythm section of bassist Larry Sims and drummer Merle Bregante and signed to Imperial Records, releasing their debut album in 1967. They scored three hit singles on the U.S. singles chart over the next two years before disbanding after their third album, 1968's self-titled effort. Sims and Bregante later backed Loggins and Messina.
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- The sunshine company happy is the sunshine company 1967 full album
- The sunshine company 11 back on the street again
- History
- Members
- Albums
- Charting singles
- Songs
- References
The sunshine company 11 back on the street again
History
The group was discovered by band manager of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Bill McEuen. McEuen proposed they record a single, titled Up, Up and Away, which would have been released had not the 5th Dimension released their own top ten version. Their first released single, "Happy", charted at number 50 nationally, while competing with another version by The Blades of Grass, and the band put The Sunshine Company to its name. Guitarist Douglas Mark joined to form a quintet as the band released their top 40 hit, "Back On the Street Again", but the band never again achieved such success.
By the fall of 1967, the band released their debut LP under Imperial Records, titled Happy Is The Sunshine Company. It included their two charting singles and charted at number 126 on the Billboard 200. In 1968, the group released their last top 100 charting single, "Look Here Comes The Sun", charting at number 56. A further two albums were released in the year but success eluded the band. There was a proposed fourth album Think but The Sunshine Company broke up before recordings were complete.
Bregante now lives in Liberty Hill, Texas, where he has his own recording studio. Sims died in December 2014.
Members
Albums
Charting singles
Songs
Back On the Street Again1987
Sunday Brought the Rain
Springtime Meadows2002