{"id":7423,"date":"2018-06-03T10:23:01","date_gmt":"2018-06-03T15:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=7423"},"modified":"2018-06-03T10:23:01","modified_gmt":"2018-06-03T15:23:01","slug":"the-groovers-everyday-will-be-like-a-holiday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=7423","title":{"rendered":"The Groovers – Everyday Will Be Like a Holiday"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Listen\/Download – The Groovers – Everyday Will Be Like a Holiday MP3<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Greetings all.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Today\u2019s selection is an object lesson in how common band names and cover material can send you down all kinds of dark alleys.<\/p>\n

I picked up the Groovers<\/strong> 45 you see before you a few years back on the strength of both sides being soul covers, even though I\u2019d never heard of the band.<\/p>\n

I recorded the 45, and into the box it went.<\/p>\n

In the time since, I picked up another 45 by a group called the Groovers, but had no idea it was the same group.<\/p>\n

The fact that some online resources contained conflicting (and incorrect, this is not the LA band that recorded for Minit and Teri De) information didn\u2019t help matters.<\/p>\n

This particular Groovers appears to have been another white showband on the Beach Music scene who recorded for the Fredericksburg, VA labels Groovy (a cover of Rex Garvin and the Mighty Cravers<\/strong> \u2018I Gotta Go Now (Up On the Floor)\u2019) and TCB (the Goffin\/King<\/strong> number \u2018I Need You\u2019) and two 45s for A&M, all produced by Warren Harding Jr<\/strong> and at least a few of them arranged by none other than Fonce Mizell<\/strong> (?!?).<\/p>\n

My educated guess is that these were done when the Mizell brothers<\/strong> were attending Howard University in DC.<\/p>\n

The version of \u2018I Gotta Go Now\u2019 has a garagey edge to it, as does their take on Ain\u2019t Too Proud To Beg\u2019 (I haven\u2019t heard their TCB single).<\/p>\n

The Groovers take on William Bell\u2019s<\/strong> \u2018Everyday Will Be Like a Holiday\u2019 is very groovy indeed. Featuring some subtle and soulful guitar, gospel-inflected organ, tastefully applied strings and great vocals.<\/p>\n

\u2018Everyday Will Be Like a Holiday\u2019 seems to have brought the group some success, having charted regionally early in 1970.<\/p>\n

According to a Fredericksburg music site, the Groovers were together from the mid-50s until the mid-80s (and a few of the members seem to still be playing today).<\/p>\n

I hope you dig the tune, and I\u2019ll see you all next week.<\/p>\n

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Larry<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

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