THE SPOKESMEN
The Spokesmen were an American pop music trio. They scored a hit single in the U.S. in 1965 with the tune “The Dawn of Correction”, which was a partially sarcastic counterpoint and answer record to Barry McGuire’s protest song, “Eve of Destruction”. The song was written by the group’s members, John Medora, David White, and Ray Gilmore, the latter a long time radio personality at WIBG (Wibbage) 990AM in Philadelphia, Pa. The tune hit #36 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. They also released a cover version on a 45 rpm of the Beatles’ “Michelle” on Decca Records that got significant airplay on WIBG. (More from Wikipedia)
In 1965, David White and John Madara formed a band called the Spokesmen with a popular Philadelphia disc jockey named Ray Gilmore. They had an “answer song” that year to the Barry McGuire protest song “Eve of Destruction” that was called “The Dawn of Correction” (“You missed all the good in your evaluation . . .”). I used to play those two singles back to back all the time back in the day. White and Madara produced the song, which was written by all three bandmembers. A cover version of the Beatles song “Michelle” by the Spokesmen was a minor hit in the Philadelphia area.
David White, John Madara and Ray Gilmore of the Spokesmen also co-wrote a song called “Sadie (the Cleaning Lady)” that became a #1 hit in Australia in 1967 for Johnny Farnham.
(August 2015)
