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Critics loved the lyrics, harmonies and musicianship and hailed the band as the Next Big Thing. —S.A. The group— Mark “Sisqó” Andrew, James “Woody Rock” Green, Tamir “Nokio” Ruffin and opera student Larry “Jazz” Anthony— famously honed their chops while slinging chocolate at the Inner Harbor’s Fudgery. Rosen works in mortgage banking and has just started a mortgage software company and Katz works in bond trading. Past members. Brewer’s not sure if that is entirely correct, but notes that Townsend “has completely dropped out.”. Comments Read More. Biography. Album. Witkowski’s music can be heard on reruns of “GUTS,” “Action League Now” and “Figure It Out,” all Nick staples for the elementary school crowd— not quite the Crack The Sky demographic, but one he knows a lot about. Year Title Artist Rating Releases; 1969: Will You Be Staying After Sunday: The Peppermint Rainbow : 3: 2: Showing official release groups by this artist (Show official various artist release groups) Artist information Sort name: Peppermint Rainbow, The Type: Group Rating. Of the original five, only Palumbo, a psychologist who practices in Moorestown, N.J., has been a constant since 1973. The Peppermint Rainbow were an American sunshine pop group from Baltimore, Maryland. Sung by the Lamdin sisters Bonnie and Patty, the song is about a woman who has grown tired of being "the other woman" in an affair and wants something longer-lasting. National superstardom seemed certain for the band that Witkowski and vocalist and guitarist John Palumbo had formed in 1973 in Witkowski’s hometown of Weirton, W.Va. Genres: Sunshine Pop. Data has not been systematically reviewed or edited by ADP staff, except as indicated. 11.WINGSCAPE 12.青の夢 HCCD9600 ￥2,500 without tax CD VIVID SOUND / HIGH CONTRAST 2018.07.25 on sale VIVID SOUND Amazon TOWER RECORDS HMV Popular singles such as “Say You” and “Cry” followed— there were 23 chart-climbing hits in all— and Dove was named Billboard’s “Top Singles Artist” in 1965. More info at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peppermint_Rainbow And we are proud of it. Albums include The Get Easy! 1,097,225 Lyrics; 110,886 Artists; 1,737,493 Comments; SongMeanings . “A tango is a passionate dance between two people. 2 single off the soundtrack for the 1982 Universal film “Fast Times at Ridgemont High” and a Top 40 hit. “I want to break barriers in race, religion and other phobias,” she says. “People ask when I am going to retire, and I tell them I’ll quit on the way down that 6-foot hole.” —S.A. They formed in 1967 under the name New York Times, playing to local gigs in the mid-Atlantic states. Pat (Lamdin) Brown works for the juvenile court system, and Lamdin Phipps returned to Baltimore from Atlanta last year to become president and CEO of St. Agnes Hospital, the culmination of a 30-year career in the health care industry. 1 single “Thong Song” from his album “Unleash the Dragon.” Jazz recorded a traditional R&B album, which was never released; however, his songs have turned up on soundtracks for “Nutty Professor II” and “Rush Hour II.” Woody Rock released a gospel album, which reached No. By 1970, Bonnie Lamdin had married and the band members, worn out from touring and feeling a little defeated by the album’s failure to chart, went their separate ways. Sisqó is working on his third album, “The Last Dragon.” And later this year, Dru Hill will release a Christmas album just in time for the holidays. “I think he still has a bad taste in his mouth from the band, and last I heard, he was in California,” says Witkowski, who owns Studio L in Weirton and produces local artists. "Will You Be Staying After Sunday?" Baltimore's Peppermint Rainbow had a Top 40 hit in 1969 with their harmony-laden soft rocker "Will You Be Staying After Sunday" -- a nod (both thematically and musically) to the Spanky & Our Gang… After graduating from college, the band moved to Baltimore and played venues like Fletchers, Hammerjacks and Max’s On Broadway, before Max’s owner Ron Furman arranged a meeting with John Lay, who was managing Squeeze at the time. After cutting their first song, “It’s Too Soon To Know,” in 1948, the band changed their name to The Orioles, in honor of Maryland’s state bird. Today, he performs in venues smaller than the 5,000-seat, packed houses he played during his chart-topping, mid-1960s heyday, but his voice and fans are still there. External links. 5 on the gospel charts. Only one of the band members, Doug Lewis, still plays music regularly, handling a variety of instruments and vocals in the local band The New Monopoly. Macre works in video post production in Dallas. After a decade of making music, CiNDY settled down for motherhood in 1998. 732498 "Rosemary" 1969 lite ringwear one side Sell. After completing his military service in 1959, Dove returned to Baltimore to form Ronnie Dove and the Belltones. The Huseman brothers left to further pursue their own band, Splitsville, and Katz formed a band called Wonderfool. —L.G. “I used to call them fans,” says Dove. They formed in 1967 under the name 'New York Times' and played local gigs in the mid-Atlantic states before changing their name to the 'Peppermint Rainbow' in 1968. There are CD collections of Dove classics, a Christmas album that includes (naturally) a few Elvis classics, and a DVD retrospective (check out http://www.ronniedove.com). (Witkowski proudly notes that they lost only to Jimi Hendrix in a 98Rock “Super Bowl of Rock” By his count, 18 musicians have been members at one time or another excluding the nine horn players in the sometimes horn section. Discography. Since then, she’s made a name for herself, winning a 2004 Grammy nomination for Contemporary Folk Album with “No Bomb is Smart,” and sharing the stage with Sarah McLachlan, Ani Difranco and Peter, Paul and Mary. The Peppermint Rainbow. Terry Flippen Gonzalez is married and “lives a life of leisure in California,” says Burnett jokingly. And the rest is brief history. Besides making a splash on the R&B charts, the song, known as a “race record” at the time for its assumed appeal to African-American audiences, was the first to cross over to the pop charts, climbing to No. The tune, written by Al Kasha and Paul Leka, who had just scored a No. Like Spanky & Our Gang, the Peppermint Rainbow excelled at soaring vocal harmony work, with Bonnie Lamdin (later … “They didn’t know how to market us.”, Their second album, “Animal Notes,” was released in 1976. In the annals of Baltimore musical history, only one act that we know of can claim to be named after a city park. Witkowski has 13 godchildren, and for a few nights each summer, he plays to packed, non-air-conditioned auditoriums at his church’s vacation bible school. So where are they now? The sisters, who’d sung together their whole lives, teamed up in the late ’80s with SONiA writing songs and playing guitar and CiNDY harmonizing. Nokio has since served as a producer for rapper DMX and helped discover and develop new R&B acts. Billboard Easy Listening: 22 "Don't Wake Me Up in the Morning, Michael" Chart (1969) Peak … Currently, Woody Rock, Jazz and new Dru Hill member Rufus “Scola” Waller have formed a side group called 3 Da Hardway. The group has recorded 21 albums over the past three decades, with another album— a concept piece about the Iraq War— sitting on original bass guitarist Joe Macre’s hard drive, awaiting final touches. oh! Roni Brown is a legal secretary for a law firm in Baltimore City, and puts her pipes to use in the Women’s Church Choir at St. Bernardine Catholic Church. But that hardly sounded the death knell for CTS in Baltimore. Undaunted, Brewer and Fahey re-formed with bass player Lee Townsend, drummer Tim Steele and guitarist Dave Bell. Required fields are marked *, © Copyright 2021 Baltimore Style, All Rights Reserved -. Album. The band toured nationally and in Canada, opening for Supertramp, Journey and the Atlanta Rhythm Section but getting little or no national airplay. And for a band that sang about the wonders of radio, the entire Ravyns’ canon and the past and present musical projects of several former members are ready for download or purchase on— what else?— the Internet. Baltimore’s The Orioles— the R&B group, not the baseball team— are almost forgotten, but their songs have been covered by icons such as Elvis Presley and Ella Fitzgerald and influenced hundreds of other musicians. Despite positive critical reviews, the band made only two albums before breaking up. Except in Baltimore. —M.Z. Throughout the 1990s, Brewer played in the blues-rock Company of Wolves before discovering the bagpipes and co-founding Barleyjuice, an Irish rock band based out of Philadelphia. Sofia Casieri: Sofia joined the group in June 2016. Nelson soon quit the group and Til found replacements. 32 on the Billboard charts in 1969 amidst the Beatles’ “Get Back” and debut singles by the Chicago Transit Authority and Three Dog Night. They formed in 1967 under the name New York Times, and played local gigs in the mid-Atlantic states before changing their name to the Peppermint Rainbow in 1968. Their “Raised on the Radio” was the No. Sheila Ross Burnett continues to perform for organizations in the Baltimore area, and in 2006 she received Woman of the Year in Cultural Arts for the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc., Alpha Chapter, for her outstanding contribution to the musical industry and community. Dru Hill, named after Druid Hill Park, formed in the early ’90s, and scored seven Top 40 and three R&B No. Rolling Stone named the self-titled progressive rock LP Album of the Year. “Hammerjacks had to tear walls down to make room for the crowds,” says Crack The Sky co-founder and guitarist Rick Witkowski , still in awe. Lead singer Bonnie Lamdin Phipps remembers Peppermint Rainbow’s audition for the “Dinah Shore Show”— in Dinah Shore’s living room— and how Shore’s influence got the band invited to perform on the “Mike Douglas Show.” (“I still have the tape,” she says fondly.). So are his mega-watt smile and matinee-idol looks. The Peppermint Rainbow was an American sunshine pop group from Baltimore, Maryland. In addition to releasing solo albums, Brewer discovered the voice-over world, and today, he may be heard as the voice of Dodge automobiles and on VH1 reruns of “Before They Were Rock Stars.” In 1992, Fahey released a solo album, and later created another band, The Pieces. Warm up to the coming of spring with three reflective reads, Nonprofit uses its reach and resources to build a better world for animals in Baltimore and beyond. Overnight, the bandmembers went from sharing bologna sandwiches to playing alongside acts like the 5th Dimension and Sly & the Family Stone, as well as appearing on numerous television shows. Your email address will not be published. The Peppermint Rainbow was an American sunshine pop group from Baltimore, Maryland. She donates a percentage of profits from her music downloads to end world hunger. —L.G. About; Forum; Who … They formed in 1967 under the name "New York Times", playing to local gigs in the mid-Atlantic states. That year, three Orioles were involved in a car crash in Essex that killed Gaither. Carole King may have asked “Will you still love me tomorrow?” but Baltimore’s Peppermint Rainbow was a bit more specific. Show all release groups instead, or show various artists release groups. The crooner from Herndon, Va., got his start covering Elvis Presley tunes in local cafes while stationed in Baltimore with the U.S. Coast Guard. In 1984, MCA Records released The Ravyns’ album, and though three MTV music videos and a national tour followed, Brewer says the label never really put any boost behind the band. He’s not sure what happened to guitarist Jim Griffiths. Originally calling themselves the Vibranaires, the group organized in 1947 after meeting at West Baltimore’s Avenue Café where future lead singer Sonny Til frequently performed. With the advent of disco, he moved to Nashville and went country, but it was oldies radio in the 1980s that breathed new life into Dove’s career. “We’re huge in China, Germany and Yugoslavia,” he says with a laugh. Til went through six incarnations of bands— one was called “Sonny Til and his New Orioles”— but none were as successful as the original group. Just click the "Edit page" button at the bottom of the page or learn more in the Biography submission guide. Why you should buy from us: eil.com (also known as Esprit) has been the world's biggest and best seller of premium quality and top condition rare and vintage vinyl records, rare CD's and music memorabilia since 1985 - that's 35 years! Local gigs include area Elk, Moose and VFW lodges, music festivals and a few benefit concerts. “But now they’re all friends.”. 1 hit in writing “Green Tambourine” for the Lemon Pipers, featured the rich vocal harmonies of Bonnie Lamdin (who sounds like a dead ringer for Spanky McFarlane on this cut) and her sister, Pat, and the backing efforts of a trio of guys— Tony Carey on drums, Doug Lewis on lead guitar and Skip Harris on bass. Discogs; en: The Peppermint Rainbow; Q1721141; View all … Named after an apartment complex on Northern Parkway, Greenberry Woods consisted of Huseman and his twin brother, Matt (on vocals and guitar), Matt’s dorm mate at College Park, Ira Katz (also on vocals and guitar), and high school friend Miles Rosen on drums. Baltimore's Peppermint Rainbow had a Top 40 hit in 1969 with their harmony-laden soft rocker "Will You Be Staying After Sunday" -- a nod (both thematically and musically) to the Spanky & Our Gang hits "Sunday Morning" and "Sunday Will Never Be the Same." In 2005, SONiA’s drummer Laura Cerulli and CiNDY joined in on vocals, and SONiA released “DF05” under the name SONiA & disappear fear. Sunshine Pop Collection, Chartbusters USA Special Sunshine Pop Edition, and Bubblegum Classics Volume One. We do not share data with third party vendors. Today, Brandt Huseman plays around Baltimore in a band called The Pale Stars and is the vice president of operations for Agora Press. 13. Original member and keyboardist David Long— now president of the Jamestown, R.I., City Council— returned to Baltimore to play some reunion shows in the 1980s. Lamdin Phipps is philosophical about her time as part of the Peppermint Rainbow. Baltimore's the Peppermint Rainbow got their big break when CassElliot of the Mamas and the Papas caught their act at a club inGeorgetown, VA, and was impressed enough to help them land a recordcontract and a management deal. Lightning still sparks through a popular MySpace.com page with gushing fan entries. And once a year, Dove sails the Caribbean for the “Ronnie Dove Cruise,” a weeklong trip for fans, complete with a concert by the man himself. Compare. Are Internet Memes Fostering Destructive Drinking Habits? Members. A real working road band, the Peppermint Rainbow slugged it out in the clubs of Baltimore and Georgetown (under the name the New York Times) in 1967-1968, and got their first break when they caught the attention of Cass Elliot (Mama Cass, duly impressed and probably flattered, joined the group on-stage during a Mamas & the Papas medley and quickly hooked the group up with her contacts at Decca Records). Guitarist Rob Fahey and keyboardist Kyf Brewer had formed the band’s first incarnation in 1979 after meeting and discovering a shared love of British Invasion music and the dream of becoming rock stars. (The band’s last reunion gig was in 2005.). Log in to add lyrics, add aliases, add genres, follow this artist & more. When logistics allow, the Huseman brothers still play together as Splitsville, and released a greatest hits CD, “Let’s Go!,” in mid-July. Tags (none) External links. (It was also a Top 10 hit for singer Deniece Williams in 1982.). Alixia Mistral: Alixia joined the group in June 2016. The Orioles garnered tremendous success— girls tore off Til’s clothes and fainted at concerts— until 1950. Instead, Crack The Sky reached superstardom only in Baltimore. See also . He left the group four years later for a solo career. It looks like we don't have any Biography for The Peppermint Rainbow yet. Though sisters SONiA and CiNDY (also known as Sonia and Cindy Rutstein) still sing together, these days you’re more likely to see SONiA as a solo artist. Discography. Biography 'The Peppermint Rainbow' were a bubblegum pop / sunshine pop group from Baltimore, Maryland, known for their close male and female vocals and good-feeling vibe. Tony Carey, who Lamdin Phipps describes as the band’s “free spirit,” lives in Alaska and paints houses for a living. call-in phone survey of the greatest rock ’n’ roll band ever.). It was our golden ticket and we worked it.” By 1986, Brewer was itching to move to New York and try his hand at a solo career. They formed in 1967 under the name New York Times, and played local gigs in the mid-Atlantic states before changing their name to the Peppermint Rainbow in 1968. Radio really embraced us because our song was about radio. 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