The Association
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The Association is a pop music band from California in the sunshine pop genre. As of 2006 they are still playing, but they are best known for their popularity in the 1960s, when they had numerous hits at or near the top of the charts. They are also notable for being the lead-off band at 1967's Monterey Pop Festival, essentially the first multi-group rock festival. They are known for tight vocal harmony, which was heavily influenced by The Beach Boys.
Albums
- The Association (1966) (peaked at number 5)
- Insight Out (1967)
- Renaissance (1967)
- Birthday (1968)
- Goodbye, Columbus (1969)
- The Association (1969)
- Greatest Hits (1969) (peaked at number 4)
- The Association Live (1970)
- Stop Your Motor (1971)
- Waterbeds in Trinidad! (1972)
- (1995)
Selected well-known songs
- "Along Comes Mary" (#7 1966)
- "Cherish" (#1 1966)
- "Pandora's Golden Heebie Jeebies" (#35 1966)
- "Never My Love" (#2 1967)
- "No Fair at All" (#51 1967)
- "Requiem for the Masses" (#100 1967)
- "Windy" (#1 1967)
- "Everything That Touches You" (#10 1968)
- "Six Man Band" (#47 1968)
- "Time for Livin'" (#39 1968)
- "Goodbye Columbus" (#80 1969)
- "Names, Tags, Numbers and Labels" (#81 1973)
- "Dreamer" (#66 1981)
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