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"Incense and Peppermints"
John S. Carter
  • Tim Gilbert
  • (uncredited: Mark Weitz, Ed King)
    Producer(s)Frank Slay
    Strawberry Alarm Clock singles chronology
    "Incense and Peppermints"
    (1967)
    "
    Tomorrow
    "
    (1967)
    Official audio
    "Incense And Peppermints" on
    YouTube

    "Incense and Peppermints" is a song by the Los Angeles–based

    Daisy Jones and the Six
    .

    History

    Prior to the release of "Incense and Peppermints," Strawberry Alarm Clock had already issued four singles ("Long Day's Care" b/w "Can't Explain," "My Flash on You" b/w "Fortune Teller," "In the Building" b/w "Hey Joe," and "Heart Full of Rain" b/w "First Plane Home") on All-American Records under the name Thee Sixpence.[6][10] During recording sessions for "Incense and Peppermints," the Thee Sixpence members expressed a dislike for the song lyrics (which John S. Carter wrote, relying on a rhyming dictionary[citation needed] for the purpose), so the lead vocals were sung by a friend of the band, Greg Munford, who was attending the recording session as a visitor. The regular vocalists in the band were relegated to providing background and harmony vocals on the record.[11] Band members Mark Weitz and Ed King were both denied songwriting credits by producer Frank Slay, despite the fact that the song was, at least partially, built on an instrumental idea by Weitz and King.[5] The songwriting credits went to Carter and to his songwriting partner Tim Gilbert, despite the latter neither writing nor helping to write the song. King would go on to greater fame as a member of the 1970s Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd.

    "Incense and Peppermints" initially appeared on the B-side of Thee Sixpence's fifth single, "The Birdman of Alkatrash," released on All-American Records in April 1967.[12] However, local radio stations began playing "Incense and Peppermints" instead of the A-side, and the song began to gain in popularity in and around Los Angeles. Sensing the possibility of a national hit, the Uni Records subsidiary of MCA (now called Universal Music Group) picked up the record for national distribution and the single was re-released in May 1967: this time with "Incense and Peppermints" on the A-side and "The Birdman of Alkatrash" as the B-side. By the time of this second pressing, the band had changed its name to "The Strawberry Alarm Clock" due to the existence of a local group with a name somewhat similar to Thee Sixpence.[6]

    "Incense and Peppermints" spent 16 weeks on the

    gold disc from the RIAA on December 7, 1967, for sales of one million copies.[13]

    Chart performance

    References

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    15. ^ "RPM Top 100 Singles - November 18, 1967" (PDF).
    16. ^ "CHUM Hit Parade - October 23, 1967".
    17. ^ [Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2002]
    18. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 2016-08-12. Retrieved 2017-04-05.
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