Learning to count

[vchimpanzee]

We play Three Dog Night, The Four Tops and The Fifth Dimension.

 

[Oldie919]

We play Three Dog Night, The Four Tops and The Fifth Dimension.

Don't forget the New Colony Six ("Things I'd Like to Say")!!

 

[lesnessmanme]

...More Numeric Acts

A far from
Complete list; but acts that might be remembered.
Either from their music, or notability.


One Direction
One Republic
U2
2 Live Crew
The Three Degrees
Third Eyed Blind
4 Non Blondes
Jackson 5
Five For Fighting
Maroon 5
Ben Folds Five
Sixpence None The Richer
Nine Inch Nails
10CC
Matchbox Twenty
38. Special
Level 42
50 Cent
B-52's
98 Degrees
Haircut 100
Blink 182
Andre 3000

 

[KeithE4]

A far from
Complete list; but acts that might be remembered.
Either from their music, or notability.


One Direction
One Republic
U2
2 Live Crew
The Three Degrees
Third Eyed Blind
4 Non Blondes
Jackson 5
Five For Fighting
Maroon 5
Ben Folds Five
Sixpence None The Richer
Nine Inch Nails
10CC
Matchbox Twenty
38. Special
Level 42
50 Cent
B-52's
98 Degrees
Haircut 100
Blink 182
Andre 3000

Don't forget the Five Satins, Unit 4+2, the We Five, and 10,000 Maniacs.

 

[KeithE4]

We play Three Dog Night, The Four Tops and The Fifth Dimension.

I think they're down to Two Dog Night, The Top, and the Fourth Dimension.

 

[oldradiotapes]

The Four Aces
The Four Freshmen
The Four Lads
The Four Lovers
The Four Preps
The Four Seasons
The Four Tops
The Four Tunes
The Four Five Six Seven Eight Niner.......

 

[TheBigA]

There's always the Bobby Fuller Four. Bobby died in 1966, as I Fought The Law was in the Top 10. The guitar player died in the 90s. But Bobby's brother Randy is still alive, and so is the original drummer.

 

[CTListener]

The Brothers Four
The Fab Four (American band best known for two albums of Christmas songs done Beatles-style)
Unit 4 + 2
The Five Stairsteps
Henhouse 5 Plus 2 (aka Ray Stevens)
The 13th Floor Elevators
Sergio Mendes & Brasil 66 (and 77)
The 1910 Fruitgum Company
10,000 Maniacs

 

[KeithE4]

How could any of you forget about the Kingston Trio, the Dave Clark Five, or the We Five?

Sergio Mendes also led Brasil '86.

 

[CTListener]

How could any of you forget about the Kingston Trio, the Dave Clark Five, or the We Five?

Sergio Mendes also led Brasil '86.

You already mentioned the We Five in a previous post. "Trio" isn't technically a number.

 

[TheBigA]

In the 50s, it was Johnny Cash & the Tennessee Two. But in 1961, they added a drummer and became the Tennessee Three.

 

[KeithE4]

You already mentioned the We Five in a previous post.

Yes, I did. Oh, well. It's hell getting old.

"Trio" isn't technically a number.

"Trio" does specify three members, so it should count. Also: the (Nat) King Cole Trio, the Vincent Guaraldi Trio, and the Big Three Trio (featuring Willie Dixon).

 

[CTListener]

"Trio" does specify three members, so it should count. Also: the (Nat) King Cole Trio, the Vincent Guaraldi Trio, and the Big Three Trio (featuring Willie Dixon).

I'll raise you a Sir Douglas Quintet, then.

 

[vchimpanzee]

Sergio Mendes also led Brasil '86.

You sure it wasn't 66?

 

[KeithE4]

You sure it wasn't 66?

It was '66, '77, and '86. Brasil '66 was far and away the most popular.

 

[oldradiotapes]

Has everybody forgotten the Five Americans?

Nobody (else) must have watched Conan O'Brien in the early 2000s because the Max Weinberg Seven haven't been mentioned (yet).

 

[FTRlistenerAM]

The 1910 Fruitgum Company

1910 Cotton Candy Castle is my favorite song by that group, but have never heard any radio station ever play it- not even Rich Appel or Ron Sedaille on FTR.

No mention in this thread of Apollo 100? Radio stations never play Exercise in A Minor either, which was the B side of Joy. WJMJ in Hartford still plays Joy occasionally- last time I heard it was January 2021.

 

[CTListener]

1910 Cotton Candy Castle is my favorite song by that group, but have never heard any radio station ever play it- not even Rich Appel or Ron Sedaille on FTR.

I don't remember that one at all, but I do recall "Goody Goody Gumdrops" and "Indian Giver." Neither were big enough hits to get onto any conventional oldies playlist, and today's radio might "cancel" a title like "Indian Giver" right out of the box, although I did hear Tim McGraw's "Indian Outlaw" on a classic country station in western Massachusetts last weekend.

 

[vchimpanzee]

I don't remember that one at all, but I do recall "Goody Goody Gumdrops" and "Indian Giver." Neither were big enough hits to get onto any conventional oldies playlist, and today's radio might "cancel" a title like "Indian Giver" right out of the box, although I did hear Tim McGraw's "Indian Outlaw" on a classic country station in western Massachusetts last weekend.

That one's been controversial for a long time. I've heard it, though.

 

[FTRlistenerAM]

I don't remember that one at all, but I do recall "Goody Goody Gumdrops" and "Indian Giver." Neither were big enough hits to get onto any conventional oldies playlist, and today's radio might "cancel" a title like "Indian Giver" right out of the box, although I did hear Tim McGraw's "Indian Outlaw" on a classic country station in western Massachusetts last weekend.

"Castle" was on the same album as Indian Giver. While most of us would agree that "Indians" is an outdated and inaccurate term, which is why schools are eliminating it as a mascot, that doesn't mean all references to the term in music need to be banned from the radio. There is nothing wrong with radio playing a fun song like Indian Lake by the Cowsills (which WJMJ played in May 2021) even in today's day and age. The term was more widely used and accepted back when the song was written, and we shouldn't have to avoid listening to such quality music just because the term is outdated now. On the other hand, you can see why Indian Giver has always been controversial- in that case, the term is used in a different context.

Rich Appel has played Goody Goody Gumdrops for sure.