Note: Due to previous commitments, this writer will be unable to post an opening comment for ponies, so if someone could please do this on my behalf, it would be much appreciated.
Since the upcoming week will be extremely busy, this seemed a perfect time to pay homage to one of the one-hit wonders from the late 1960s, a less complex undertaking, in the event that this writer might not be able to add an opening comment anytime soon.
The group performing this week’s selection began as the Fydallians in 1964, initially formed in Sacramento, California to compete in an Air Force talent contest. While working in the Southern California area, they were discovered by a representative for Columbia Records and were signed to a recording contract, but the label insisted that they change their name. During a time when most pop musicians wore long hair, they looked curiously behind the times. The group named itself after a 1946 film, but deliberately misspelled the name.