Click here for more info.Īlternative Names - 1910 Fruit Gum Company, 1910 Fruitgum Co, 1910 Fruitgum Co.Īvailability - In Stock - Buy Now for shipping today Irrespective of the source, all of our collectables meet our strict grading and are 100% guaranteed. We buy items as close to Mint condition as possible and many will be unplayed and as close to new as you could hope to find. Global Trade Item Number (GTIN) - 5053200403374Ĭondition - This item is in Excellent condition or better (unless it says otherwise in the above description). Language - Regardless of country of origin all tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description. Title - Simon Says - 4pr (click link for more of the same title)įormat - 7' vinyl single (7 inch record / 45) Sleeve, the vinyl remains in excellent condition 7N.25447)Īrtist - 1910 Fruitgum Company (click link for complete listing) With an intact four prong centre, also including Reflections From Retrieved 19 April 2019.1910 FRUITGUM COMPANY Simon Says (1967 UK 7' vinyl single 'Remembering 1968: The Music of 50 Years Ago!'.

The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (Concise ed.). ^ 'Floyd Marcus of 1910 Fruitgum Co : Songwriter Interviews'.And so five young men from Linden with aspirations to be the next Vanilla Fudge scored a Top 10 hit. 'Jeckell's fellow founding members were Mark Gutkowski (lead vocals, keyboards), Pat Karwan (guitar), Steve Mortkowitz (bass), and Floyd Marcus (drums). '1910 Fruitgum Company: From Linden to the Top 10', NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, February 28, 2014, updated March 29, 2019. ^ 'Interview With The 1910 Fruitgum Company'.The Best of the 1910 Fruitgum Company: Simon Says 'May I Take a Giant Step (Into Your Heart)' 'Reflections from the Looking Glass' (Non-LP track) Larry Ripley (Bass, Woodwinds and Vocals)ĭiscography Singles Yearįrom same album as A-side except where indicated.Bob Brescia (Keyboards, Vocals and Music Director).Floyd Marcus (Original Member Drummer and Vocals).Steve Mortkowitz (Original Member Bass Player and Vocals).Pat Karwan (Original Member Lead Guitarist and Vocals).Mark Gutkowski (Original Member Lead Singer on all the hits and Hammond B3 Organist).John Roginski (Guitar, Keyboards and Vocals).Mick Mansueto (Lead Vocals and Percussion).Frank Jeckell (Original Member Guitar and Vocals).Members, past and present Current lineup '1, 2, 3, Red Light' and 'Indian Giver' each sold over one million copies. 'Simon Says' sold three and a half million. As of 2019, Fruitgum currently performs its own hits, in addition to other songs from the 1960s. In 1999, original member Frank Jeckell and Mick Mansueto put the act back together. In the years of 1979-1980 the band was briefly resurrected through Jolly Joyce Agency out of Philadelphia with members Chuck Allen, Fred Eyer, Tony DiNiso, Cindy Tritz, Mike Schneider and Kevin. They also released these other chart hits: 'May I Take a Giant Step' (U.S. The band started touring, opening for major acts such as The Beach Boys. Shown on top from the left are Floyd and Steve. The original five members of the 1910 Fruitgum Company circa 1966 photo taken at the home of Floyd Marcus. The track peaked at #2 on the UK Singles Chart and was heard in the 1968 Frederick Wiseman documentary High School. 'Simon Says' soon became a success, hitting #4 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. During the recording process, the band changed the beat and patterned the song after ' Wooly Bully' by Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs. Their first hit single, 'Simon Says', was written by Elliot Chiprut. ĭuring 1967, they were signed to Buddah Records, where they released five LPs under their own name and a variety of singles, as well as appearing on the LP The Kasenetz-Katz Singing Orchestral Circus, which sounded like the usual Buddah studio band in spite of its promotion as a 'bubblegum superjam'. The original members were Frank Jeckell, Mark Gutkowski, Floyd Marcus, Pat Karwan and Steve Mortkowitz - all from Linden, New Jersey. The band began as Jeckell and The Hydes in New Jersey in 1966.

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