THE GRASS ROOTS
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The name "Grass Roots" originated in 1965 as the name of a band project by the Los Angeles, California songwriter and producer duo of P.F. Sloan and Steve Barri. "Where Were You When I Needed You," was recorded by them. Sloan provided the lead vocals and played guitar. The song was released under "The Grass Roots" name and sent, as a demo, to several radio stations of the San Francisco Bay area. Coincidentally, the L.A.-based band Love at one point in 1965 also used the name "The Grass Roots". However, this group had no other connection to Sloan and Barri, and immediately changed their band name to Love. As The Grass Roots, they had their first Top 10 hit in the summer of 1967 with "Let's Live For Today" (an English-language cover version of "Piangi con me", a 1966 hit for the Italian quartet The Rokes). "Let's Live For Today" sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. Sloan and Barri were always in search for groups to play with such as; The Bedouins, a Wisconsin-based band The Robbs, The 13th Floor (not to be confused with the 13th Floor Elevators)... In the beginning, they were one of many U.S. guitar pop/rock bands, but with the help of Barri and their other Dunhill producers, they developed a unique sound for which they drew as heavily on British beat as on soul music, rhythm and blues and folk rock. Many of their recordings featured a brass section, which was a novelty in those days among American rock bands, with groups like Chicago just developing. The bulk of the band's material continued to be written by Dunhill Records staff (not only Sloan and Barri). The Grass Roots also recorded songs written by the group's musicians, which appeared on their albums and the B-sides of many hit singles. From 1970 on, success slipped away slowly but surely. The Grass Roots had their last top 10 hit with "Sooner Or Later" in June, 1971. In their career, The Grass Roots achieved one platinum album, two gold albums, one gold single and charted singles a total of 21 times. Between 1967 and 1972, The Grass Roots set a record for being on the Billboard charts for 307 straight weeks. They have sold over thirty million records worldwide. Early member Rob Grill and a newer lineup of The Grass Roots continue to play many live shows each year. The band released a new live album chronicling their fourteen Top 40 Billboard hits titled Live Gold in 2008.
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The River Is Wide
You Gotta Live For Love
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Stateside QSS 1136
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The River Is Wide
You Gotta Live For Love
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Stateside 1J-006-90168
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The River Is Wide
You Gotta Live For Love
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The Runaway
Move Along
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The Runaway
Move Along
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The Runaway
Move Along
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The Runaway
Move Along
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The Runaway / Baby Hold On
Two Divided By Love / Temptation Eyes
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Things I Should Have Said
Tip Of My Tongue
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Things I Should Have Said
House Of Stone
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Things I Should Have Said
House Of Stone
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PROMO
Things I Should Have Said
House Of Stone
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Things I Should Have Said / Mr. Jones
Let's Live For Today / Tell Me
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Let΄s Live For Today / Depressed Feeling
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Tip Of My Tongue
Look Out Girl
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Two Divided By Love
Let It Go
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Two Divided By Love
Let It Go
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Two Divided By Love
Let It Go
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Two Divided By Love
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Two Divided By Love
Let It Go
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Two Divided By Love
Let It Go
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Wake Up Wake Up
No Exit
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Wake Up Wake Up
No Exit
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Wake Up Wake Up
Tip Of My Tongue
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Wake Up Wake Up
No Exit
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Walking Through The Country
Truck Drivin' Man
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Walking Through The Country
Truck Drivin' Man
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Walking Through The Country
Truck Drivin' Man
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Where Were You When I Needed You
These Are Bad Times
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Where Were You When I Needed You
These Are Bad Times
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Where Were You When I Needed You
Let's Live For Today
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Where Were You When I Needed You
These Are Bad Times
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You're A Lonely Girl / Ballad Of A Thin Man
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