Tuesday, August 22, 2017

"The River Is Wide" (Forum) #45 8/19/1967

Third time's a charm! Two previous releases of this record did absolutely nothing for a Southern California group calłed the Forum. Good thing someone at Decca Records in the UK believed in the song. It got some airplay over there, and a Seattle DJ picked up on the single. The Grass Roots did slightly better with a 1969 remake. Front man Phil Campos was formerly in bandleader Les Baxter's Balladeers. Another ex-member of the Balladeers was David Crosby - as in the Byrds and Crosby, Stills and Nash.


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