Superman – The Only Way to Know How Strong You Are is to Keep Testing Your Limits. #MusicisLife #TedTocksCovers #REM #TheClique #Spiderman I have written today’s feature in my head many times. In recent weeks I have plotted it out during sleepless nights, aiming to get every word just right, and capture every wonderful memory. By the …

Ted Tocks Covers - Year 9 - Day 26

Superman

Our friendly neighbourhood superfriend is Alberta bound.

“A superhero is just an ordinary person who has found a better way to mask their human frailties.”

#rem #mikemills #billberry #peterbuck #theclique #garyzekley #RogerTroutman #SpiderMan

#QuickSidenote I’d be remiss if I didn’t include the Clique version of “Superman,” right? #TheClique #GaryZekley #OneHitWondered

#QuickSidenote The flipside was “Superman,” co-written & produced by Gary Zekley… R.E.M. decided to cover the track on their 1986 album, Life’s Rich Pageant. #REM #TheClique #GaryZekley #OneHitWondered

#OneHitHistory The week ending April 29, 1967, the LA sunshine pop group The Yellow Balloon earned US #OneHitWonder honors when “Yellow Balloon” entered the US #Billboard Top 40 at #37. It spent 5 weeks on the chart, peaking at #25. #TheYellowBalloon #GaryZekley #OneHitWondered

#QuickSidenote Gary Zekley was the architect behind the LA sunshine pop group The Yellow Balloon. He formed ‘em, co-wrote their 1967 single “Yellow Balloon,” & produced (using the alias Yodar Critch)... Zekley had originally written the song for Dean Torrance... #GaryZekley #OneHitWondered

#Interestingly The B-side of The Clique’s “Sugar On Sunday” single was the jangly, nervy, “Superman,” written by producer Gary Zekley & Mitchell Bottler… it would go on to become alt-rock canon in 1986. #TheClique #GaryZekley #OneHitWondered

Endless Summer: A Sunshine Pop Primer We spotlight the best sunshine sounds on Bandcamp, from mid-sixties pioneers to current artists.

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If dappled sunlight twinkling off the ocean on a breezy August afternoon were a band, it would undoubtedly play sunshine pop.
#Summer #SunshinePop #Bandcamp #Music #BrianWilson #TheBeachBoys #LA #TheLemonTwigs #GoodVibrations #Jan&Dean #GaryZekley #Wendy&Bonnie

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