Introduction The DeFranco Family featuring Tony DeFranco were a Canadian family of Italian heritage and a 1970s pop group hailing from Ontario. They comprise of all siblings: Benny, Marisa, Nino, Merlina and the youngest, Tony. The group released their first single, “Heartbeat, It’s a Lovebeat” which eventually went to US Top 10 … Read more
Introduction: The Cowsills is an American bubblegum pop-rock band formed during the 60s music era. They entirely composed of the Cowsill family, who hailed from Newport, Rhode Island. Among their biggest hits are “The Rain, the Park and Other Things,” “Indian Lake” and “Hair.” They family revived the group during the 1990s … Read more
Introduction: The Crystals are an American pop and R&B vocal group formed in New York, one of Phil Spector’s stable of artists and also one of the most popular girl groups in the 60s music scene. The original lineup consisted of Barbara Alston, Mary Thomas, Dee Dee Kenniebrew, Myrna Giraud and Patsy … Read more
Introduction The Babys is a British hard rock band that was active from 1975-1981. The band originally consisted of John Waite (lead singer), Michael Corby (guiter, keyboards), Tony Brock (drums) and Walter (Wally) Stocker (lead guitar). Michael Corby was released from the band in 1978 and was replaced by Jonathon Cain, who … Read more
Introduction to Crazy Elephant Crazy Elephant is one of the several manufactured studio groups by the Kasenetz-Katz production duo during the bubblegum pop fad in the late 60s music era. Session singer Robert Spencer (formerly of the Cadillacs) sang most of Crazy Elephant’s songs, including the hit “Gimme Gimme Good Lovin’,” a … Read more
Who is Climax? Climax is a now-defunct American pop and classic rock band formed during the 70s music era. The achieved fame for their top ten Billboard pop hit “Precious and Few” in early 1972. The group recorded one LP, which made a minor success on the chart. Climax disbanded in the … Read more
Introduction: Cymarron is a now-defunct American soft rock band from the 70s music era. They achieved momentary fame through their hit single “Rings,” which reached the Top 20 Billboard pop chart. Despite releasing a full-length LP and several other singles, Cymarron wasn’t able to enjoy their success for long, ending up as … Read more
Introduction: Crabby Appleton is a now-defunct American pop-rock band from Los Angeles, California. Singer-songwriter Michael Fennelly (formerly of Millennium) founded the band during the late 1960s, and also became its frontman. In the early 70s music scene the band achieved a Top 40 hit with “Go Back.” They didn’t have any hits … Read more
Introduction: Claudine Clark is an American R&B singer born in Georgia but spent her formative years in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her most memorable song is “Party Lights,” a top 10 pop hit during the 60s music era. She also writes her own songs; in fact she composed “Party Lights” and that set her … Read more
Introduction to Brenda Lee Brenda Lee (birth name Brenda Mae Tarpley) is an American singer who was one of the biggest stars during the early 60s music era. The petite Lee (at 4’11”) has been tagged as “Little Miss Dynamite” (after her song” Dynamite”) since her heyday, but she has huge talent, … Read more
Introduction to Crystal Gayle Crystal Gayle (born Brenda Gail Webb in 1951) is an American country and pop singer-songwriter whose popularity in during the 70s music era up to 80s rested on her crossover appeal, as well as her physical beauty, not to mention her famous floor-length hair. She is the sister … Read more
Introduction Burl Ives (1909 – 1995) was an American entertainer, with a career that spanned in over sixty years. He expanded his talent into in many forms of media, with a wide range. He was an itinerant folk singer before becoming a radio personality during the 1940s, appearing on his own radio … Read more