Peppermint Rainbow

[@christopherorourke6543]

The Peppermint Rainbows hit songs were very big in the spring of 1969, their songs were great and I was a Freshman living in Elwood, New Jersey, attended Oakcrest High School in Mays Landing, New Jersey. It was my final months of living in New Jersey. June 21,1969 I had moved to Newark,Delaware. The late 1960’s music and the music of the 1970’s was great.

[@bonniephipps2026]

I posted a song thta was not released "if we can make it to Monday" that you migh enjoy.

[@bonniephipps2026]

girls are alive and well. thanks for the kind comments!

[@rblambo2679]

Thanks for commenting Bonnie. It’s great to hear from one of the members.

[@steelers6titles]

Did Michael end up staying after Sunday? lol

[@bonniephipps2026]

@@steelers6titles - No. He walked out the door!

[@steelers6titles]

@@bonniephipps2026 his loss LOL

[@steelers6titles]

@@bonniephipps2026 Should have sent him a message. Wait, that was Dionne Warwick lol

[@robertheintze9413]

"Don't Wake Me Up" should have been a bigger hit with it's soaring harmonies. I had completely forgotten about this group.

[@uselessjoe]

well, not completely...

[@lr-musicfun9462]

It came closer to hitting the Top 40 on Cash Box (#50) and in Canada (#47), and it did reach the Top 40 on both the Canadian (#24) and U.S. (#21) Easy Listening charts.

[@kso808]

These two songs personify the vibe of 1969 for me. They just capture the feel of that year, which appealed for love and peace.

[@hansb1158]

Exactly my opinion too. You caught it!

[@1JUSTGOTLUCKY1]

This group is so underrated!! They are fantastic...great harmonies, great vocals and great stage presence. I don't know how the music business works but they dropped the ball with this group!! They should have been much bigger!

[@robertheintze9413]

Yes, "Don't Wake Me Up" should have easily been a top 10 hit.

[@dimitriberozny3729]

I think that they were confused with Spanky and Our Gang and this hindered them.

[@BenneWill]

They remind me of Spanky & Our Gang and Mamas & Papas. The lead singer sounds like Dusty Springfield.

[@ruthlibert9527]

I'm not sure this could be a more perfect song! This was a hit when we landed men on the moon!

[@onthegate7497]

This band played at my High School graduation in 1969

[@rblambo2679]

That is so cool!

[@MrKaywyn]

Really?

[@Slushers1]

What High school was that ?

[@tedexarhos9032]

That's awesome!!!

[@darleneramsey8913]

Super cool baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@pogodog7]

What's not to love. Two cute girls who could really sing especially Bonnie. The group did great harmony and actually played their own musical instruments.

[@bryanpalmer9660]

Remember as a young boy hearing their other hit "Will you be staying....and really liked the bright,sunny-sounding feel of this song and other similar songs of the late 60s thanks robndebb for posting Peppermint Rainbow,brings back some wonderful memories of my childhood Auckland New Zealand 2021

[@georgebur]

Me too, I am from Hastings but was boarding at Feilding in the late 1960s. Gorgeous sunshine pop is what you refer to.

[@iVenge]

I remember when girls looked liked this. I remember this magnificent era of our culture.

[@robertheintze9413]

All natural inner and outer beauty. No plastic surgery or tattoos

[@takfam07]

Lead singer is as lovely as can be----a perfect '60s beauty. The other girl is cute and appealing, too. I l also covet the dude's jade or turquoise Telecaster-style guitar. That's a really cool-looking instrument.

[@michaelobrien6412]

They are sisters.

[@greezzyman]

Identical twins

[@ChadQuick270W]

Their two “hits” and both were great songs. Perfect late 60s sunshine pop. Nice to see video of it.

[@rphall4504]

Don't forget "Sound of Love." Their "best" cd is really good.

[@steelers6titles]

Bonnie looked like Bobbie Gentry.

[@joeyvocals1]

I was born July 16th, 1996! I really love the song Staying after Sunday! As a lead vocalist, we do 60s, thru 2024! Plus, there are a few originals! I would ( I would like, I think, a label!) I have been told to be careful what you wish for! I hope all 5 of you are healthy and well! God bless you and everyone here 🙏! Joey in Cleveland

[@bonniephipps2026]

Not sure what you mean by a label.Skip unfortunately passed away but the rest of us are fine.

[@Nunofurdambiznez]

@@bonniephipps2026 What a total JOY to see you, Bonnie, and know folks from this marvelous group are still alive and kicking! I LOVE your sound and songs quite a bit!!

[@tonytuffers]

I remember being an eight year old kid and watching this wonderful performance on the family's old black and white cathode ray tube television, now Im watching it and I just turned twenty it really does hit differently

[@paulstewart8218]

outstanding harmony! so rare to hear these days

[@saigonlawman68]

Harmonic purity. So much discipline. Truly underrated. Wish they had a hundred songs of this caliber.

[@SilverSergeant]

This is the best clip of this program I have found.....It's much better than another version which is looped and magnified...Thanks for posting!!!!

[@martinlintzgy1361]

so sweet, innocent. Lovely .. shame those days are so far behind us now

[@andyourbirdcansingfrankrya1280]

60's girls had such great hair.

[@wmden1]

Great vocals, harmony and band.

[@stephenbultinck2364]

Outstanding music. So glad to have experienced, where is this talent today?

[@AirborneAirAssault6565]

Another wonderful song and the memories just flood in! Special moments in time! Thank you for posting and bring the life, love and dreams back! You truly have no idea the joy you bring into my heart. If only the turning back time was more than a dream. But now I just close my eyes and dream.

[@danieljohnstone6805]

Agreed Danny Ru

[@MustangMach1696.0]

What a beautiful😍voice.

[@steelers6titles]

Group sounded like Spanky and Our Gang. Bonnie Lambdin looked like Bobbie Gentry.

[@fredericbarclay7468]

Big Band meets da Beach Boys (and Girls,in dis case). I'm 60 now and do not remember ever hearing of them. Nice Sound for that time!

[@rozzreb607]

@bonniephipps2026, such a beautiful voice! What a gift! 💐THANK YOU💐 and the PR group for making music that continues to stay with us, makes us smile, and makes us feel good! Decades later, I am still playing the song over, and over, and over again (but no longer wearing out the needle on the record player!)

[@russellcandy9850]

I really, really enjoyed this song Morning Michael!!

[@eddiehaynes9150]

Shes is the most beautiful woman that ive ever seen i couldve loved her forever

[@Mike-yg8ig]

I think she's sexy as hell too.

[@gilobregon]

Tell her yourself! She responds to the comment (below) left by Rudy Del Veccio. I Double Dog Dare Ya' !!

[@RC-Flight]

I’m still enjoying this in 2021 locked down and watching these oldies fr9m my childhood.

[@alirashada2006]

She was a pretty girl back in her day and she has a good singing voice.

[@Mike-yg8ig]

Oh yes to both...

[@MrKaywyn]

They're both very nice girls.

[@carlc88]

Great legs, pretty face, nice shape. I didn’t notice, was she singing?

[@alirashada2006]

@@carlc88 She's the lead singer of the group

[@lvdisc]

And she is still very attractive today.

[@rjmcallister1888]

Second single from the "Will You Be Staying After Sunday" LP (1969). Got to #53 on the Hot 100. The title track hit #32 earlier in '69 and #4 at influential KHJ/Los Angeles. Produced by Paul Leka (Lemon Pipers); straight outta Baltimore.

[@rblambo2679]

I uploaded this video since the only other one available on the internet is "Will You Be Staying After Sunday." Thought Peppermint Rainbow fans might like a different look.

[@Sargebri]

Discovered by fellow Baltimore native Cass Elliot.

[@davethompson8283]

YOU CAN ALL HAVE BONNIE.... PAT IS SOOOOO HOT!!!!

[@davethompson8283]

@@Sargebri NEVER KNEW ....I MET ELLEN IN CHICAGO...FELL IN LOVE...

[@robertheintze9413]

@@Sargebri I worked in the Federal government back in the 80s with a guy who grew up in Baltimore. Bob Brady (of Bob Brady and the Concords) was his childhood friend and next door neighbor.

[@eddiehaynes9150]

I just simply couldnt get enough of listening to the group sing never saw but once on A B but i could only dream of meeting them i was 17 then bonnie can sing thats for sure

[@RichD384]

I think this clip is from a TV show called Generation Gap that was on ABC on Friday nights in the spring of 1969.

[@bradsmack1]

Yep, lip-synching. But, an interesting twist at the end of "Sunday." They quickly turned down the studio sound at one point, cutting to our two hosts for a chorus of "You Made Me So Very Happy," with PR providing obvious live harmonies! Very cool!

[@eddiehaynes9150]

That was a beautiful woman her picture is still beautiful love her

[@russellcandy9850]

I'd love to have one of those guys suits!! LoL!!

[@buddyseattle]

Generation Gap was a game show that only featured snippets from songs eg. "Yummy, Yummy, Yummy", by Ohio Express.

[@jameswoodard9252]

I keep thinking it was from one of the King Family specials that was popular in the 60's..

[@eileenjones3832]

Wish we had good bands like this at prom. All we got was a kid at schools band, or a dj playing records. Senior was cool. Everyone got drunk.

[@atp1962]

They had a awesome sound, the disco era kind of took alot of really good groups out. Much like Rap did to Disco. I miss this kind of music with harmonies and folks that could sing and actually play their own music.

[@bobdavis4848]

This great group's demise had nothing to do with disco. The Peppermint Rainbow broke up in 1970. 1975 and 1977 were the years disco's popularity took off and took off moreso. Sunshine pop like this, and disco, are two of my favorite types of music.

[@mikehasuga4959]

Love this Band.

[@sssmmitt]

Thanks for uploading this! Love this group!!!

[@jimst.george669]

They were a great group. They sound was as great as Spanky & Our Gang and The Mama's & The Papa's🙂. . \

[@susiepittman601]

Love this so much. I was in junior high when they were popular!

[@eddiehaynes9150]

Bonnie is beautiful i know she had to be a great kisser would have liked to been her Michael shes still beautiiful love the voice the group and Bonnie

[@scottmiller6495]

Terrific Sunshine Pop Group very similar to Spanky and Our Gang, they were sensational !!!!!!

[@johnnydollar666]

I was born on the tail end of 1970, this could have almost been on the Lawrence Welk show when I was watching TV when my grandparents were in town.

[@billbright1755]

Bonnie and Pat,,, lovely.

[@desert3347]

I loved this song, bought it, wore it out!!

[@darleneramsey8913]

The one sister looks like Rachel Ray, SUPER COOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@akgypsy54]

I loved this song back then and still do!! ♥️🎶👍thank you for posting this song!!

[@onthegate7497]

I had not heard of this band until that night held in the HS gym, a good time was had by all 🎉

[@Branner]

It's such a shame the cheesy hosts cut in at the end. Even though the group was lip-synching, it would have been better to let them finish the song. Lead singer's voice is clear as a bell (heavy influence of Cass Elliot, who helped discover them).

[@rblambo2679]

And what's worse? The guy blows his line. He sings "You make me..." in the second verse even though he was supposed to sing, "I'm so glad..."

[@rogeliocuellar9454]

She is truly so beautiful and just plain seems like a person I would like to meet and just talk too. 😍😍😍

[@JudithTheROSE]

Great group…. My precious memories of the 60s

[@premiumblue1637]

Gosh those girls are so cute!

[@schibilio]

They are sisters

[@Slushers1]

And without Tats 🙄🙄🙄😔

[@robertmasi9955]

aka "Mad Dad" Yeah "Will You Be Staying After Sunday" was a big favorite here in Southern New England at the time.

[@mottledbrain]

2018, and as far as I can remember, this is my first time hearing "Don't Wake Me UP".

[@MsLeimomi]

R. W. Smith s

[@cliveculbertson2855]

I love the music they made. Such great harmonies.

[@joebergeron62]

Bonnie and her husband Charlie, were my best buddies when I lived in Atlanta. Lovely, people.

[@michaelg3074]

Like the 5th Dimension playing instruments. Marylin did a lot to promote ths group. True.

[@GeorgeStickler-d5i]

These people are AWESOME!!!don’t know why those two trying to sing and can’t had to be in this presentation😂😂😂

[@davethompson8283]

ID TRADE 5 BONNIES FOR ONE PAT... SO HOT!!!

[@jerrynash8920]

I just turned 60. And I have never heard group. Until now. And they were/are great.

[@rblambo2679]

Wow, that’s amazing.

[@jeremynv89523]

61 years old here. We were too little.

[@jerrynash8920]

I meant that I never heard of them until just recently.

[@jeremynv89523]

@@jerrynash8920 I see. I don't think they were popular enough in the 1960s for us to be able to remember them at our ages back then. (I was only 7.) I didn't hear about them until about 10 years ago.

[@dagnabbit6187]

I was barely a teenager when this group came out . Of course this young lady had an excellent voice but my gosh she is beautiful as were a lot of women of that era. They wore makeup that accentuated their natural beauty which made their sex appeal warm and wholesome not vulgar and aggressive ! Whether it was Gayle McCormick of Smith or this lead Singer Bonnie Lambdin or PR's keyboardist Pat Lambdin, I would have loved to have gotten my first kiss from one of them.

[@Mike-yg8ig]

Bonnie was sexy AF!

[@scottbakanumba1heathen313]

Quickly became a favorite group recently. 🌹

[@walterharp1773]

Group didn't last long , and Bonnie went on to CEO of a Hospital.

[@hotgoalie11565]

And her sister Patti became an attorney.

[@jaybee5659]

According to a 2019 interview with a Baltimore newspaper reporter I found online, Bonnie Lamdin Phipps mentioned that she is retired from being CEO of St. Agnes HealthCare in Baltimore and now does consulting work in the healthcare industry. Her sister Patricia Lamdin Brown is an attorney assigned as a Magistrate in the Baltimore Juvenile Courts. Patricia might be retired by now since Lawyer.com indicates she is not active.

[@byronbenguche]

Man that drumbeat is tight

[@steelers6titles]

Note--despite the song's wholesomeness, the singer is sleeping with her boyfriend, according to the lyrics. It was the late Sixties; times had changed.

[@MrCockytoad]

Ultra groovy!!

[@Illusions2020]

Many many many thanks for sharing this!!

[@GrahamWaltonMusic-gr5vm]

Sure does bring back memories and lets me live in the moment !!!!

[@mountainmanws]

Firing some long ago memory. Thanks for posting, robbndebb.

[@robbndebb]

My pleasure.

[@AirborneAirAssault6565]

If I could turn back the hands of time! Well, I can't so it's flash back to a special moment in time, memories!!!!!!!

[@steelers6titles]

Tyrone Davis 1970

[@jimj2839]

They had a great sound. I was a fan back in the day.

[@davidglasgow7483]

What is that endin? I have no idea who the hosts are or who thought that alternate ending made sense. Love both songs (and “Pink Lemonade”). Wish there was more from this group. Read all their master tapes were burned up in the music company’s warehouse fire along many other originals by thousands of artist. A terrible loss of music.

[@glennwilliams3100]

Always a joy to listen to them….

[@BillDerBerg]

Singer was gorgeous

[@Mike-yg8ig]

Hell yeah. And she doesn't even have to try.

[@drstevie]

Great 7" single / song !!

[@VincentTPackhorse]

Highly produced bubblegum at its finest.

[@gilobregon]

I am a recent new-comer to the descriptive term, Sunshine Pop. Was/is that considered to be a (sort of) subdivision of, Bubblegum? And, which term was used first -- if you happen to know?

[@BillDerBerg]

Props for the Paisley Telecaster

[@hotgoalie11565]

Doug Lewis, the guitar player, is still gigging in the Baltimore/DC area.

[@MrKaywyn]

They're actually playing the song. Which is better than the video for Will You Be Staying After Sunday?

[@swerzer]

They were a great group. Too bad they didn't go further. Wonder where they are now..........

[@emoney8098]

Probably dead

[@angelaallen340]

Such great music.........

[@lepee5830]

Very pretty! (The singer)

[@funnyside6]

Is that Marilyn from the King Sisters introducing the group and singing at the end with her husband?

[@rblambo2679]

Yes it is.

[@Darvada]

AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@steelers6titles]

Song is kind of like early Laura Nyro ("Goodbye Joe").

[@gumballrally427]

Bonnie was/is the twin of my girlfriend. Shame I couldn't way to keep her. Don't wake me up ...

[@Mike-yg8ig]

She's beautiful.

[@melodyofpsalm9468]

What year was this?

[@Jameswilliamson405]

Great song

[@Football-Sidelines-NO]

Does anyone know what TV show these clips are from?

[@Football-Sidelines-NO]

Sorry, that the show I think called "King" (The King Family Singers)

[@jamesharper5545]

They played a my graduation in 1968 also

[@RaulRodriguez-gt4dp]

Wow diez veces. Por siempre serán.

[@mimirudow8550]

Grew up in Chatham class of 1969

[@snuggybearkids]

Those two interrupting the song at the end is just cringe and disrespectful. I know it was their show but the arrogance is palpable.

[@starcruze328]

Thank you! Someone FINALLY said what I was thinking!!

[@steveperry1344]

music is a time machine.

[@lindajgaeta8935]

what TV show was this? not aired in NY.

[@rblambo2679]

King Family Show.

[@gumballrally427]

Bonnie Lamdin!

[@jim2lane]

That is some serious hair! 😊

[@jwbmw6084]

Introduced by Marilyn King of the King Sisters. Interesting

[@mountainmanws]

Thank you, jw. I thought she was one of the King Sisters. Was this snippet from their American TV Series?

[@dmullsr]

They had their own series a few yrs . Tina Cole ( Katie of My 3 Sons) Show was in it.. Shes related to them..Think Daughter of 1 of the King sisters

[@jwbmw6084]

The king Family Show. Most likely.

[@jwbmw6084]

Tina and Cathy Cole were daughters of Vonnie King.

[@gilobregon]

@@jwbmw6084 Agree. Can't say, "most assuredly". But can say, "ALMOST assuredly".

[@carltondean3005]

I like the two songs, but I do not like the two people at the end of the video! As for the two ladies in The Peppermint Rainbow, Bonnie and Pat Lamdin, I will wake them up in the morning and I will be staying after Sunday!

[@steelers6titles]

Bonnie's sister Patty is "on" keyboards. Group is lip-syncing to the recording.

[@DaBear1950]

Lead singer is hot!

[@badasshiker9637]

Those were some WIDE white ties, if that's what they are.