The Sunshine Company - Blue May 1967 video free download
Lost Jukebox Volume 8 Track #6
The Sunshine Company was an American pop group from Los Angeles, California. Originally the duo of Mary Nance and Maury Manseau, the group signed to Imperial Records and released their debut album in 1967. They scored three hit singles on the U.S. singles chart over the next two years before disbanding after their third album, 1968's self-titled effort. Bassist Sims and drummer Brigante later backed Loggins and Messina. They were the first group to record "Up, Up and Away", the Jimmy Webb song made famous by the 5th Dimension.
Members
Mary Nance - vocals
Maury Manseau - vocals, guitar
Douglas Mark - violin, guitar
Larry Sims - bass guitar
Merle Bregante - drums (usually referred to as Merel Brigante)
Dave Hodgkins - acoustic guitar (1968)
Album discography
Happy Is the Sunshine Company (Imperial Records, 1967) U.S. #126
The Sunshine Company (Imperial, 1968)
Sunshine & Shadows (Imperial, 1968)
Charting singles
"Happy" (15 July 1967) U.S. #50
"Back on the Street Again" (21 October 1967) U.S. #36
"Look, Here Comes the Sun" (10 February 1968) U.S. #56
"Let's Get Together" (18 May 1968) U.S. #112
"On A Beautiful Day" (27 July 1968) U.S. #106
"Willie Jean" (19 October 1968) U.S. #111
Comments
6 years ago
sauquoit13456
On this day in 1967 {September 2nd} the Sunshine Company performed "Blue May" on the Dick Clark ABC-TV Saturday-afternoon program 'American Bandstand'...And on the same 'Bandstand' show they also performed the record's A-side, "Happy", at the time "Happy" was at #52 on Billboard's Top 100 chart, two weeks later it would peak at #50, and the week it peaked at #50 was it's tenth and last week on the Top 100...The Los Angeles-based quintet had two other Top 100 records, "Back On The Street Again" {#36 in 1967} and "Look, Here Comes the Sun" {#56 in 1968}... They also had three records make Billboard's 'Bubbling Under the Top 100' chart; "Let's Get Together" {#112 in 1968}, "On a Beautiful Day" {#106 in 1968} and "Willie Jean" {#111 in 1968}...7 years ago
Alan Olbrych
an era that came and went all too soon.7 years ago
rod1148
Does anyone have the lyrics to this one. Lyrics for Sunshine Company seem to be very hard to find.8 years ago
P. David Hornik
Yes, this is a gently beautiful, evocative song, unfairly neglected. It's great that YouTube has rescued it.9 years ago
builttrainer
beautiful, wistful, slightly haunting pop masterpiece. Odd that this b-side to Happy never found its way onto a Sunshine Company LP. And did you know... apparently there was supposed to be a FOURTH lp? Imperial Records set aside a matrix number for it and everything. Maybe there's a lost classic out there somewhere?Related Videos
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