COME AND GET YOUR LOVE
“Come and Get Your Love” is a 1974 hit single by the Native American rock band Redbone. The song was written by band member Lolly Vegas and produced by Lolly and his brother Pat Vegas, who was also a band member. It was originally featured on Redbone’s album, Wovoka; later the song appeared on many “greatest hits” albums released by the band, as well as on numerous compilation albums of the 1970s. The song peaked at number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in April 1974. It spent 18 weeks in the Top 40 and landed as the 4th most popular song on the Hot 100 for 1974. (More from Wikipedia)
Probably the best-known Native American rock band is Redbone, who had a half-million–selling single in 1974, “Come and Get Your Love” that still gets a lot of radio play. This song is at the top of the playlist on the website for Native American Music Association & Awards.
Redbone released a total of seven albums between 1970 and 1977; “Come and Get Your Love” is on their fifth album, Wovoka. The band had two earlier successful singles also, “Maggie” (1970) and “The Witch Queen of New Orleans”, which reached #21 in 1971.
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