Their music was happy and uplifting I remember groovin down the street with my transistor radio still have my original albums✌️
@denniswaller82973 ай бұрын
✌️👍😎
@Glicksman19 ай бұрын
I used to see them live from time to time, and they wee the real thing, a great, innovative wonderful-sounding band. They deserved to go much farther than they did. "Sunday" was a great record.
@clevebaker83997 ай бұрын
No doubt one of the greatest groups of the 60s!! Play all of those LPs regularly!🥰😘😘🥳🥳
@whathappenedtothem_7 ай бұрын
Agreed!!
@jeffl18799 ай бұрын
I still listen to their music, just so good. Thank you for posting
@gmail42186 ай бұрын
THEIR TOP THREE: 1. Like To Get To Know You 2. Sunday Will Never Be The Same 3. Lazy Day
@user-ww8bk8wr8v6 ай бұрын
Four someday and will never be the same
@gmail42186 ай бұрын
What, LOL? @@user-ww8bk8wr8v
@LindaMerchant-bq2hp2 ай бұрын
Wasn't she also in the seekers? Georgie girl ?
@jeffreykoran4820Ай бұрын
NO...JUDITH DURHAM WAS THE LEAD SINGER OF THE SEEKERS...@@LindaMerchant-bq2hp
@bigneiltooАй бұрын
@@LindaMerchant-bq2hp That's Judith Durham. She passed away in 2022 age 79. They both have a Mama Cass sound and booming voice.
@jeremypaulcarroll73172 ай бұрын
it's 2024 and my son has just turned 6 years old. He knows all the words to Lazy Day and sings it at the top of his voice 🙂
@BlackRose-vz9ww7 ай бұрын
I still listen to their music and just ordered the Spanky & Our Gang Anthology on CD last week. The albums contained in this two CD set are: Spanky And Our Gang - Featuring: Sunday Will Never Be The Same - 1967 Anything You Choose B/W Without Rhyme Or Reason Like To Get To Know You Spanky & Our Gang Live I got word from Amazon that this set will be delivered today so am looking forward to it. I really dig Spanky & Our Gang yet there are no documentaries on them that I know of. I often wonder why they never played Woodstock or any other popular festivals. Either/or I thank you What Happened to Them? for this presentation. Peace & power. ☮
@jasonvoigt8 ай бұрын
My mom had a couple of their 45s in her collection and that's how I discovered them. Then recently I came across their old Ed Sullivan performances on here. Great job on the video!
@Kwosahla13 күн бұрын
My father was Oz Bach. Got his start in clubs in The Grove in Coconut Grove in Miami. Talented folk singer and guitarist.
@josephinerimmer68883 ай бұрын
Nigel Pickering was my heartthrob. I adored him. And his hat!
@johnmadden16058 ай бұрын
There's something I want to add I love Spanky and Our Gang I love their video even though it was 1968 and I was 2 years old but looking back on it the way ahead of their time
@EconAdviser8 ай бұрын
In interviews long after her time with the revived Mamas and Papas, McFarland put down that groups far less complex harmonies (vs. those in Spanky and Our Gang). She continues to perform, and her unique voice is still recognizable.
@jimjustice5818 ай бұрын
The Mamas and the Papas’ harmonies may not have been as complex, but they were as recognizable as the Our Gang’s. I love tight harmonies beginning back with The Beach Boys. When I think of harmony, I think of the Association. But, with a more sophisticated ear, I really love Spanky & Our Gang. Their songs have a lot going on musically.
@rman528 ай бұрын
Less complex? Really? I think the opposite. And the Mamas harmonies were better blended. Of course no one came close to those Beach guys when it came to harmonies.
@rman527 ай бұрын
I'm not schizoid...lol. responding to my own post about Spanky harmonies complexities compared to the Momas and Papas. After listening to more of their catalog, Spankys harmonies on certain songs are equal to and in some cases more complex than the Momas. In fact some were incredibly up there and beyond the Beach Boys! Hows that for a take back. Hale's passing ruined what should have been 10 + great albums. Now I wish that Spanky and Seiter play together one more concert series for closure.
@johnmadden16058 ай бұрын
My name is John Madden I was born in 1966 I enjoy listening to groups or rock groups or folk music like Spanky and Our Gang yeah I grew up listening to that type of music when I was going to Shay back in the early eighties of course there are other groups like Madonna Michael Jackson and many others but I grew up listening to Jim Morrison The Beatles and Jimi Hendrix I appreciate what they have is that they were great artists and Spanky and Our Gang is no different I love Spanky and Our Gang my favorite song I like to get to know you that is the most go to song I love with Spanky and Our Gang I love the video they're way ahead of their time
@robertriteman32275 ай бұрын
You are about 10 years younger than me so i would like to think that worked out for me since I grew up with this band, The Loving Spoonful, The Rascals, The Turtles et al . But I agree with you that " I like to get to know you " is their best song. Everyone in Canada and the USA tuned in on Sunday night to Ed Sullivan and I always remembered the way they opened the song on the show and when I watched the clip today of it - it was exactly as I remembered
@stevelombardi132811 күн бұрын
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@a2ndopynyn8 ай бұрын
I grew up with Spanky's and The Association's Greatest Hits albums in my parents' record collection. I have both of them in my CD collection. This music stands the test of time, and is better than most of what's been released especially in the 21st Century.
@yuvegotmale9 ай бұрын
Fantastic group,
@whathappenedtothem_9 ай бұрын
Yes they are!
@miguelofthehillcount8 ай бұрын
They toured thru Texas during this time. They rented a house over by my High School. I used to stand in their driveway and listen to them practice.
@IAM-zu9nx4 ай бұрын
Teenager back then and just loved their music and such wonderful memories, thank you
@MrPanama9red16 күн бұрын
Though they had MANY great songs, "Give a damn" and "I'd like to get to know you" really touched me. Love them!
@samwst563 күн бұрын
I recall SUNDAY WILL NEVER BE THE SAME playing on Houle's juke box in their bar. Awesome!
@elainevankat53539 ай бұрын
Great channel👏
@whathappenedtothem_9 ай бұрын
Glad you think so!
@Soundofsilence-j4d3 ай бұрын
WHEN I SEE THEM DO I LIKE GET TO KNOW YOU. ON ED SULLIVAN SHOW. ITS SO CLASSY I MISS ALL THAT TALENT AND YOUTH. ITS REALLY SAD THINK WHY COULD IT JUST STAY
@denniswaller82973 ай бұрын
Absolutely
@Idelia4126 ай бұрын
Thanks for doing the research on this group as this was one of my favorite groups.
@whathappenedtothem_6 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@JackWebb7138 ай бұрын
Good job. Love 'Lazy Day'.
@whathappenedtothem_8 ай бұрын
Me too!
@davidanthonystone51653 ай бұрын
I am so privileged to have lived and came of age in 1962 through the wonderful and turbulent 60’s. Class of 69 here
@onsesejoo26056 ай бұрын
Mm, this is odd. Their biggest hit "Like To Get To Know You" is not mentioned at all al though it was on their second album with more ambitious direction.
@caraqueno2 ай бұрын
I wonder why the narrator didn't mention "I'd Like to Get to Know You"?
@jeremypaulcarroll73172 ай бұрын
... and in the process left behind some of the most utterly joyous music ever created.
@Polyphemus47Ай бұрын
So great to see so many fans here in the comments. They were SO good. Their "Anything You Choose/Without Rhyme or Reason" album is in my top 10 forever. The 'Live' album is essential if only for Spanky's version of "Buddy Can You Spare a Dime" - SUCH a moving version.
@Polyphemus47Ай бұрын
I've been listening to a stack of their singles for days, now. Pretty amazing that this vid popped up in my suggestions.
@TyroneEpps5 ай бұрын
I ❤ spanky and our gang❤❤❤
@wildmountainthyme41235 күн бұрын
Lazy Day is one of my favorite feel good songs!
@FL8mileshigh119 күн бұрын
Spanky & Our Gang released a single in 1968 called, "Like To Get To Know You." It was the title track of the album. "Coda" was the closing track from this album and it followed "Stardust," a Hoagy Carmichael classic. The engineers mixed "Coda" as the ending to the single release of "Like To Get To Know You." It is one of the most beautiful and greatest endings to any song in history. Check it out. The Coda begins at 2:02 of 3:20 in the single recording of "Like To Get To Know You."
@patrickbeck32859 ай бұрын
You mentioned that Terry Cashman wrote their hit. He was part of Cashman and West in the early 70s. He and Tommy West had several hit records as well as producers of the big albums of Jim Croce.
@perlman73767 ай бұрын
"Sunday will never be the same" was co-written by Terry Cashman & Gene Pistilli.
@tinydancer626 ай бұрын
I was friends with Gene and Tommy (RIP both of these talented singer-songwriters). I love Cashman, Pistilli and West's version of "Sunday will Never Be the Same" which is very different than Spanky and our Gang's, which I also love.
@jimmcmurtry30467 ай бұрын
Went to school with John Seiter. I think he drummed with Flo and Eddie as well
@samwst563 күн бұрын
Such scholarship information. Details! I recall Spanky singing with the Mamas and the Papas.
@whathappenedtothem_3 күн бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
@jeffking41768 ай бұрын
I always really liked their music.
@SaraConr5 ай бұрын
I once asked Oz if he sang on Like to Get to Know You. His only comment was "I worked on it." It is possible they used several of the guys' voices alternating since they had such an amazing blend, they could all sound nearly alike. Another reason for this would be continuity. Oz had been the soloist on the B side of Sunday Will Never Be the Same. Stu would never talk about it, but when I asked him if he had done any of the vocal arranging, he said, "I hear tape hiss." That would explain the pristine quality of the later two albums. Add to that Dorough's superb jazz vocal stylings . . .
@Kwosahla13 күн бұрын
Oz was my father.
@tommysmith24095 ай бұрын
What is considered to be their best single? I've always been enthralled with Like to Get to Know You, but did not hear it mentioned in the video.
@docheine9 ай бұрын
I’ve got some homework to do. I was looking for Alfalfa and Buckwheat.
@docheine9 ай бұрын
Now I know “Talkin’ Baseball”!
@cindydahl96358 ай бұрын
That was the little rascals 😅😅
@jasonvoigt8 ай бұрын
@@docheine and "Talkin' Softball" from the Simpsons
@locker13257 ай бұрын
What great tslents they were. I love there songs every time they come on the radio.
@tinydancer626 ай бұрын
My favorite song of theirs is an album track, "If You could Only be Me".
@Tblillard9 ай бұрын
Nicely done!
@whathappenedtothem_8 ай бұрын
Thanks for the visit
@johnschmidt28184 ай бұрын
Years ago in the late 1970's I was in Houston at the Texas Opry House Bar. Spanky and our Gang had become a country band. I listened to the sets and was not impressed. At the end of the night they said they would like to play some old songs of theirs. Sunday Morning, Like to get to know you and Give a Damn. They were wonderful.
@wmden17 ай бұрын
Good information and subject. Thanks.
@whathappenedtothem_7 ай бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@glennday78024 күн бұрын
No cheeseburger was safe if Spanky was anywhere near.
@jimkangas41762 ай бұрын
This was marginally interesting but it inspired me to go back and listen. Amazing.
@whathappenedtothem_2 ай бұрын
I'm glad!
@lorensr.bingham52176 ай бұрын
Thank you ! They were sweet👍👍👍👍👍👍
@whathappenedtothem_6 ай бұрын
Thank you too
@denniswaller82973 ай бұрын
BEST MUSIC EVER
@davidanthonystone51653 ай бұрын
Up there with Peter Paul and Mary who had a longer career
@dr.roberts4508Ай бұрын
Thank you very informative
@whathappenedtothem_Ай бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@amandabarrymore7786 ай бұрын
Id like to hear about one of my fave British 60s bands The Applejacks please?
@johnu11005 ай бұрын
Good grief, can you turn a story into the most boring narrative? Why yes, he did!
@michaelallison60754 ай бұрын
create a channel so we can stop by to hear your wonderful thoughts and voice
@pmsfar-outgrooviness80256 ай бұрын
Excellent overview, only a few errors (and no mention of Lefty and Kenny's passings). I am so glad you mentioned that there are two possible causes of Malcolm's death - most people only mention the circumstantial theory and not the official cause nowadays.
@SaraConr5 ай бұрын
Stu Scharf told me they were all taking decongestants so they could keep performing while plagued with respiratory or throat problems. Malcolm was on a National Guard weekend and died of pneumonia which went undiagnosed because of the medication. Stu remarked that the group he'd been signed to produce "no longer existed" because Oz had left the group. This meant hiring someone to replace him. Kenny and Lefty had worked together and were both hired. After Malcolm died, the group disbanded. Malcolm had been a long time friend of Spanky's dating back to the New Wine Singers.
@pmsfar-outgrooviness80255 ай бұрын
@@SaraConr yes, Stu also told me exactly the same
@debijacques19724 ай бұрын
Lefty Baker died of cirrhosis of the liver in 1971 in California. When the band broke up he became a business partner in a recording studio in CA.
@daphnejohnson57295 ай бұрын
Thank you😊
@thomaspick41232 ай бұрын
I thought their drummer went on to the Turtles? Sieder.
@142horizon6 ай бұрын
They got a Spanky for being Gang members - and so they broke up🙄.
@MichaelJirochVisualArtistАй бұрын
Ahhh, what happened to Lefty Baker?
@philiprife55565 ай бұрын
It was in 1967 or 1968 that I heard the first swear word in a song. It was that song, "Give A Damn". My 14 yo mind said, "That's cool". I was for almost anything that would shake up the established order. I don't recall any uproar about it, but I'm sure there was some.
@robertwalker55215 ай бұрын
Kingston Trio..."Well, I don't give a damn about a GREEN BACK DOLLAR, spend it fast as i can...cause a wailin' song and a good guitar, the only thing that I understand.."
@mikezylstra75146 ай бұрын
I presume they did an autopsy. If they said carbon monoxide, that's pretty much unmistakeable (globus pallidus turns cherry red). The pneumonia claim? Could be aspiration - something that can accompany CO poisoning especially if it is chronic.
@PollyPurree2 ай бұрын
They claim it was carbon monoxide from a space heater. Space heaters were notorious back then for carbon monoxide.
@michaelhudecek277828 күн бұрын
Thank you!! I don't like the song with dam in it either!!!!!!!! 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
@peterm18262 ай бұрын
Malcolm Hale died 1968. And lefty Baker Died 1971.
@spambott120 күн бұрын
This narrator is almost as bad as AI
@barrys49225 ай бұрын
The Fickle Pickle is a terrific name for a nightclub.
@SpenceCurry8 ай бұрын
I recently listened to all four spanky lps and then Mama's and papas four. Spanky singles equal to mama and papas singles, but their lps full of cringeworthy faux psychedelia
@kelvinwebber905 ай бұрын
They got spanked
@sexymama19665 ай бұрын
I love their 3 top 20 hits but if I had to choose a favorite, it would "like to get to know you" and yes, i like their song "give a damn".
@iwasanangryyoungman4 ай бұрын
Like to Get to Know You is a perennial favourite jam of mine
@SpenceCurry8 ай бұрын
I recently listened to all four spanky lps and then Mama's and papas four. Spanky singles equal to mama and papas singles, but their lps full of cringeworthy faux psychedelia
@SpenceCurry8 ай бұрын
I recently listened to all four spanky lps and then Mama's and papas four. Spanky singles equal to mama and papas singles, but their lps full of cringeworthy faux psychedelia