THE HAPPENINGS

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THE HAPPENINGS
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The Happenings were a pop music group that originated in the 1960s. The group's major hits were "See You In September" (1966), which was originally recorded by the Tempos in 1959, and a cover version of the George Gershwin/Ira Gershwin song, "I Got Rhythm" (1967), updated for the group's sunshine pop musical style. In 1963 after meeting three other singers, Bob Miranda formed a group called The Four Graduates. They caught the attention of The Tokens - a hot production team at the time. In 1965 The Tokens and Jubilee Records formed another company called B.T. Puppy Records. They were looking for artists and The Four Graduates auditioned and were signed to a five year contract. At this time, the name "The Four Graduates" seemed dated and was subsequently changed to "The Happenings", with Bob Miranda as the lead singer. They appeared on all the major television shows including seven appearances on The Tonight Show. They toured the United States, most of Europe, as well as South America with huge success. The band performing mostly at colleges and universities until 1970 when Libert left the band to pursue other endeavors within the music industry. Libert went on to manage various bands, including George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic, Living Colour, Brian Auger, Vanilla Fudge, The Runaways, Mother's Finest, Alice Cooper and Evelyn "Champagne" King. The group had nine Billboard Hot 100 Singles hits from 1967 to 1968. "Hare Krishna," a cover version of a song from the musical Hair (1969), was the group's last Hot 100 hit. The band's original concept was as a cover band, and most of its commercial success came from cover versions of other songs. According to Miranda, the group's original formula was to "take a song that's already proven it could be a hit and put our spin on it". They later wrote some of their own songs. The band still exists and continues to perform with lead singer Miranda as the only remaining original member. Following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, "See You In September" was listed in a memo containing 150 songs that radio conglomerate Clear Channel Communications suggested to be pulled from the airwaves - despite the fact that the song is about two lovers saying goodbye for the summer, and has nothing to do with terrorism (the suggestion to remove the song was apparently solely based on the mention of the month of September in the lyrics).

MEMBERS (& His Soul Band):

Bob Miranda Lead Vocals
David Libert Bass
Tom Giuliano Vocals First Tenor
Ralph DiVito replaced by Bernie LaPorta Vocals Baritone
Lenny Conforti Drums

BEST LINK:

The official The Happenings website

See You In September He Thinks He's A Hero Germany Vogue DV 14563 Value: 20 € DIFFERENT SLEEVE	See You In September He Thinks He's A Hero Germany Vogue DV 14563 Value: 20 € DIFFERENT SLEEVE	See You In September He Thinks He's A Hero Germany Vogue DV 14563 Value: 15 € DIFFERENT SLEEVE	See You In September He Thinks He's A Hero Holland Fontana 269 806 TF Value: 15 €
See You In September He Thinks He's A Hero Italy B.T. Puppy / CDB 1090 Value: 15 €	See You In September He Thinks He's A Hero Norway Fontana 269 806 TF Value: 50 €	See You In September / Answer My Love Where Do I Go / Be-In / I Got Rhythm Mexico Jubilee Orfeon EP 1-146 Value: 15 €	See You In September / He Think He's A Hero Jummy Mayes And The Soul Breed: Pluckin'/ Drums For Sale France Vogue INT 18090 Value: 35 €
See You In September / Tonight I Fell In Love Go Away Little Girl / Sealed With A Kiss Mexico Tico REP-10045 Value: 15 €	See You In September / Tonight I Fell In Love If You Love Me Really Love Me / Go Away Little Girl Spain Jubilee Sono Play SBP - 10.054 Value: 20 €	Where Do I Go/Be-In New Day Comin' France B.T. Puppy 606 Value: 15 €	Where Do I Go/Be-In New Day Comin' Germany London DL 20 894 Value: 20 €
Why Do Fools Fall In Love When The Summer Is Through France Barclay Value: 40 € PROMO	Why Do Fools Fall In Love When The Summer Is Through France B.T. Puppy 602 Value: 15 €	Why Do Fools Fall In Love When The Summer Is Through Germany London DL 20 844 Value: 20 €	Why Do Fools Fall In Love When The Summer Is Through Germany London DL 20 844 Value: 30 € PROMO
Why Do Fools Fall In Love When The Summer Is Through Japan London TOP-1211 Value: 60 €	Why Do Fools Fall In Love When The Summer Is Through USA B.T. Puppy 45-532 Value: 10 €

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