This week’s selection was composed and performed by a San Francisco, California-based group of family and friends, referred to as the first major American rock band to have an “integrated, multi-gender lineup.” The song was the first of eleven Top 40 songs for this group, first breaking into the Top 40 on March 2, 1968, rising to the #8 ranking, remaining on that list for twelve weeks. The group’s work greatly influenced the sound of American pop music, soul, R&B, funk and hip hop music. They were honored in 1993 when they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine ranked the group at #43 on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. The group’s style of music has been dubbed as “psychedelic soul.”