The Yellow Balloon (band)

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The Yellow Balloon
The Yellow Balloon in 1967
Background information
OriginLos Angeles, California, United States
GenresSunshine pop
Years active1967
Labels
Past members
The cover of The Yellow Balloon's 1967 self-titled album

The Yellow Balloon was an American

lead singer), and included Frosty Green (keyboards), Don Braucht (bass guitar), and Paul Canella (lead guitar).[4] The band at one time also included Daryl Dragon, later the male half of Captain & Tennille.[5]

The Yellow Balloon released multiple

Billboard 100 Chart and "Good Feelin' Time,"[6] which peaked at #1 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 extension chart. Both are taken from the group's debut album
.

The band's 1967 self-titled

LP was released through Canterbury Records and besides featuring the hit single "Yellow Balloon", also included two songs co-written by former The Mamas & the Papas singer Jill Gibson. The album was re-released in 1998 as a CD by Sundazed Music, including all eleven songs from the original album, a few songs Grady released as singles, a demo, and a Zekley recorded interview[5] conducted by the music historian Domenic Priore
.

The group disbanded soon after their first release, when further success eluded them. Band members felt they had nothing new to produce, so the breakup was amicable.

Discography

1967: The Yellow Balloon
No.TitleLength
1."How Can I Be Down"2:14
2."Stained Glass Window"2:03
3."Baby Baby It's You"1:57
4."Panama Red"1:39
5."I've Got a Feeling for Love"2:18
6."Yellow Balloon"2:16
7."Good Feelin' Time"2:12
8."Follow the Sunshine"2:35
9."Springtime Girl"2:06
10."Can't Get Enough of Your Love"2:16
11."Junk Maker Shoppe"2:37

References

  1. AllMusic
    . Retrieved September 19, 2015.
  2. ISBN 978-1-4422-4008-7
    .
  3. ^ "Gary Zekley at Spectropop". spectropop. Retrieved 2007-07-19.
  4. ^ "Yellow Balloon". answers.com. Retrieved 2007-07-19.
  5. ^ a b "Yellow Balloon Biography". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2007-07-19.
  6. ^ "Pacific Northwest Bands". pnwbands.com. Retrieved 2007-07-19.

External links

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