We Five

WE FIVE
 
 
We Five  was a 1960s folk rock musical group based in San Francisco, California.  Their best-known hit was their 1965 remake of Ian and Sylvia's "You Were on My Mind," which reached #1 on the Cashbox chart, #3 on the Billboard Hot 100, and #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart.  The original group split after recording their second album in 1967, but a re-formed band produced three more albums between 1968 and 1977.  (More from Wikipedia)
 
 
The final song on "Side 1" of Each One Heard in His Own Language is a rocking rendition of the well-known "Get Together", though this was before the Youngbloods made a hit of the song in 1969.  The song dates from the early 1960's and had been recorded by We Five (it was the follow-up to the 1965 hit song "You Were on My Mind" by this band, who as I recall style themselves as the first band in San Francisco to go electric).  Other versions were made by Linda Ronstadt and the Stone PoneysJefferson AirplaneHamilton Camp, Carpenters, the Dave Clark Five, H. P. Lovecraft, and many others.  
 
(September 2014)
 
Last edited: March 22, 2021