THE ASSOCIATION
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The Association is a pop music band from California in the folk rock or soft rock genre. Jules Alexander was in Hawaii in 1962 serving a stint in the Navy when he met Terry Kirkman , a visiting salesman. The two young musicians jammed together and promised to get together once Alexander was discharged. That happened a year later; the two eventually moved to Los Angeles and began exploring the city's music scene in the mid-1960s. At the same time, Kirkman played in groups with Frank Zappa for a short period before Zappa went on to form The Mothers of Invention. Eventually, at a Monday night hootenanny at the LA nightclub The Troubadour, in 1964, an ad hoc group called The Inner Tubes was formed by Kirkman, Alexander and Doug Dillard, whose rotating membership contained, at one time or another, Cass Elliot, David Crosby and many others who drifted in and out. This led, in 1965, to the forming of The Men. After a short time, however, The Men disbanded, with six of the members electing to go out on their own. At the suggestion of Kirkman's then-fiancιe, Judy, they took the name The Association. The new band spent about five months rehearsing before they began performing around the Los Angeles area, finally, Valiant Records gave them a contract, with the first result being a version of Bob Dylan's "One Too Many Mornings". Their national break would come with the song "Along Comes Mary". On June 16, 1967, the Association was the first act to perform at the Monterey Pop Festival. At the end of 1972, Kirkman departed, as did Meltz and Berkowitz. The group was then moved over to the CBS distributed Mums label and put out a new single "Names, Tags, Numbers & Labels". It failed to make much of an impression, though, and Mums folded by the end of 1974. 1975 saw the band now on RCA and they put out another single, "One Sunday Morning". During the summer of 2011, the Association appeared in a heavy touring schedule throughout the U.S. as part of the "Happy Together: 2011" tour, along with The Grass Roots, Mark Lindsay, The Buckinghams, and The Turtles featuring Flo & Eddie. In Summer 2013 Alexander, Giguere, Ramos and Yester became part of the "Where the Actions At" tour that included: Mary Wilson of the Supremes, Paul Revere and the Raiders, and Mitch Ryder.
MEMBERS:
Jules Alexander - Vocals and Guitar
Terry Kirkman - Vocals, Brass and Woodwinds
Russ Giguere - Vocals and Guitar
Jim Yester - Vocals, Guitar and Keyboards
Brian Cole - Vocals and Bass
Larry Ramos - Vocals, Bass and Guitar
Ted Bluechel, Jr. - Vocals and Drums
CURRENT MEMBERS:
Russ Giguere - Vocals and Guitar
Jim Yester - Vocals, Guitar and Keyboards
Jules Alexander - Vocals and Guitar
Bruce Pictor - Drums
Jordan Cole (Brians son) - Guitar and Keyboards
Del Ramos - Bass
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Along Comes Mary
Your Own Love
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Riviera 121083
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Along Comes Mary
Your Own Love
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Riviera 121083
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Along Comes Mary
Your Own Love
Germany
London DL 20813
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Along Comes Mary
Your Own Love
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London HL 10054
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Along Comes Mary / Jan & Dean: Popsicle
Tommy James: Hanky Panky / Crispian St. Peters: The Pied Piper
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Top4 EX-4109
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Along Comes Mary / Your Own Love
Cherish / Don't Blame The Rain
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Riviera 231 209
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Along Comes Mary / Your Own Love
Cherish / Don't Blame The Rain
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Warner Bros. Gamma GX 07-460
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Cherish
Don't Blame The Rain
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Riviera 121 093
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Cherish
Don't Blame The Rain
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London DL 20820
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Cherish
Don't Blame The Rain
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Riviera 121093
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Cherish
Don't Blame It On Me
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London HL 10074
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Cherish
Don't Blame It On Me
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London TOP-1088
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Cherish
Don't Blame It On Me
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London HL 10074
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Windy / Never My Love
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Cherish / Standing Still
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Darling Be Home Soon
Indian Wells Woman
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CBS S 8062
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Darling Be Home Soon
Indian Wells Woman
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CBS S 8062
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PROMO
Darling Be Home Soon
Indian Wells Woman
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CBS 8062
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Everything That Touches You
We Love Us
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Warner Bros. WV 5094
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Everything That Touches You
We Love Us
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Warner Bros. A 7163
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Everything That Touches You
We Love Us
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Warner Bros. WB 7163
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Everything That Touches You
We Love Us
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Everything That Touches You
We Love Us
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Warner Bros. BR-1877
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Everything That Touches You
We Love Us
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Warner Bros. Hispavox H 277
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Goodbye Colombus
The Time Is Today
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Warner Bros. WV 5118
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Goodbye Colombus
The Time Is Today
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Warner Bros. A 7267
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Goodbye Colombus
The Time Is Today
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Warner Bros. BR-2249
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Look At Me Look At You
Just About The Same
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Warner Bros. WB 1054
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Looking Glass
No Fair At All
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London DL 20 831
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Names Tags Numbers & Labels
Rainbows Bent
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CBS Epic EPC S 1300
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PROMO
Names Tags Numbers & Labels
Rainbows Bent
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Epic EPC 1300
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Never My Love
Requiem For The Masses
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Never My Love
Requiem For The Masses
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Never My Love
Requiem For The Masses
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Warner Bros. A 7074
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Never My Love
Windy
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Bellaphon 100.07.075
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REISSUE
Never My Love
Requiem For The Masses
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Riviera 121145
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Never My Love
Requiem For The Masses
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London HL 10157
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Never My Love
Requiem For The Masses
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London TOP-1203
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Never My Love
Windy
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Warner Bros. BR-2100
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REISSUE
Never My Love
Requiem For The Masses
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London Columbia ME 354
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