Jeff Tamarkin, Author at Best Classic Bands

Both the album and the title cut reached the top 5 of their respective charts in 1977-78.

They had three huge hits in less than a year and a half. Who were they and what became of them? We look back at their brief career.

The singer was recently re-discovered via an obscure 1962 recording, “Pretty Little Baby,” which went viral via TikTok, garnering billions of views.

The song had been kicking around for a few years when they recorded it. Their first release of the tune bombed. Then it became a timeless anthem.

“We were told that they were going to put our mom in the group. No one asked us. In she comes.”—Bob Cowsill

It was, to be sure, one of the bleakest songs ever to hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. And then the duo never charted again.

The Scottish band’s one great hit was the type that you might not hear for years, but when you do, it’s instantly familiar.

Their value lie not in their compositional skills but in their knack for choosing songs by others that fit their style and broadened their appeal.

Why did he kill himself? What was thrown from the bridge? What became of the singer-songwriter behind it? Here’s what’s known.

They scored a smash single with an unreleased Paul Simon song, were managed by Brian Epstein and disappeared after two hits.

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