Sounds of Sunshine
Sounds of Sunshine were an American sunshine pop[1] group from Los Angeles, California consisting of three brothers. The group released one album on Ranwood Records in 1971, which peaked on the Billboard 200 at #187.[2] Its title track, "Love Means (You Never Have to Say You're Sorry)", was a minor U.S. hit, peaking at #39 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.[3]
The song found a much wider audience among adults, reaching #5 on Billboard's Easy Listening survey. In Canada, the song reached #45 on the Pop chart[4] and #33 Adult Contemporary.[5] The title of the song was taken from a line from the 1970 film Love Story. Their debut album was followed by three more albums as well as numerous singles.
On the back cover of Dead Kennedys' Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables album, a press shot of the group found by bassist Klaus Flouride at a garage sale[6] (without anything identifying the people in the photo as the members of the group) was used without their permission; the group subsequently sued band member Jello Biafra's label Alternative Tentacles, and received a $3000 payment and alterations to be made to the album art.[7]
Members
[edit]- Walt Wilder
- Warner Wilder
- George Wilder
References
[edit]- ^ Goldenburg, Joel (February 27, 2016). "Joel Goldenberg: Sunshine pop offered some respite from '60s strife". The Suburban.
- ^ Billboard, Allmusic.com
- ^ Joel Whitburn, The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits. 7th edn, 2000
- ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1971-08-07. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
- ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1971-08-14. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
- ^ Ogg, Alex. (2014). Dead Kennedys: Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables: The Early Years. p. 119. ISBN 9781604864892.
- ^ Nate Goyer (Mar 14, 2016). "Ep023: Dead Kennedys Klaus Flouride Interview & The Story of the "Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables" LP". The Vinyl Guide (Podcast). Event occurs at 16:06. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
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