“Gimme Gimme Good Lovin’” is a song written by Joey Levine and Ritchie Cordell and performed by Crazy Elephant. It reached No.12 on both the Billboard and the Uk Singles Chart in 1969, and was featured on their 1969 album, Crazy Elephant. The single was first released in January 1969, with “Hips and Lips” as the B-side, but it did not become a hit until re-released in March 1969. It was produced by Joey Levine and Artie Resnick and arranged by Levine. The single ranked #89 on the Billboard Hot Singles of 1969.
“The Weaver’s Answer” is a song by the British progressive rock band Family. It is the first track on their 1969 album Family Entertainment and became the band’s signature song in concert. “The Weaver’s Answer” was composed by the two leaders of Family, guitarist Charlie Whitney and lead vocalist Roger Chapman. It was performed live frequently before being properly recorded in the studio. Family also performed “The Weaver’s Answer” for BBC Radio 1 in July 1968, broadcast that September.
From the Underworld is a 1967 single from British psychedelic band The Herd, with seventeen year old Peter Frampton singing the vocal. It became the band’s first hit upon release, reaching no.6 in the UK charts and no.3 in the Netherlands that Autumn.The song is based on the ancient Greek legend of Orpheus and his wife Eurydice in their flight from Hades which, according to the blog themodgeneration.co.uk, is used as a metaphor for the death of the Mod subculture. Mojo Magazine voted ‘From the Underworld’ one of the 100 greatest psychedelic songs.
“Gimme Little Sign” is a classic soul music song, originally performed by Brenton Wood and written by Wood (under his real name, Alfred Smith), Joe Hooven and Jerry Winn. The song was released in 1967 on the album Oogum Boogum. Wood’s version peaked at number nine on the US Billboard, and also was top 10 in the UK Singles Chart and in Australia. Mighty Mo Rodgers played the electronic organ on the recording.
“Ain’t Nothin’ But a Houseparty” The Showstoppers were a four-piece African-American vocal soul group formed in Philadelphia about 1967. They are best remembered for their 1967 hit, “Ain’t Nothin’ But a Houseparty”, which was the debut release on three record labels: Showtime Records, Heritage Records, and Beacon Records. The song caught on with DJs in the UK, and spent 16 weeks in the chart, debuting at No. 57 in March 1968. By the end of March, Samuel organized a British visit for the Showstoppers. The Showstoppers made the first of their three appearances on the British television program TOTP in April 1968. According to one British source, “Ain’t Nothing But a House Party” “was played to death and back to life at the Twisted Wheel and Blue Note Club in Manchester”, and peaked at No. 11 in May 1968, in the UK.
