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Don & The Goodtimes
12+ albums
60ssunshine popGarage Rockpsychedelic1960s psychedelic
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Don & the Goodtimes was an American garage rock band formed in Portland, Oregon, in 1964 by Don Gallucci (former keyboardist and singer with The Kingsmen) and Bobby Holden (drums), veterans of the band scene in Portland and the surrounding area. Over time, the band honed their vocal harmonies and earned two hits on the US Billboard Hot 100 in 1967, including their biggest hit "I Could Be So Good to You". The band released their album, So Good, in 1976 and later experimented with psychedelia using the name Touch before disbanding in 1969. According to Bruce Eder, All Music Guide, the group didn't find a US national audience "until Dick Clark chose them as the house band on his 1967 ABC afternoon program Where The Action Is. They made the move to Los Angeles and a contract with Epic Records followed that year, along with a single and an album. Their debut single, "I Could Be So Good To You," only got to No. 56 nationally, although it did better in several key markets, ascending to No. 15 in Los Angeles and reaching the top 40 in New York, indicating that its impact was far greater on the two coasts than in the middle of the country. The group lasted for another year, issuing three more singles that didn't do nearly as well. Holden and bassist-singer Ron "Buzz" Overman quit in 1968, and Gallucci and the other members, Jeff Hawks (lead vocals) and Joey Newman (guitar), organized a new group called Touch, with Bruce Hauser (bass, vocals) and John Bordonaro (drums, vocals), a psyc
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Don & the Goodtimes
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Louie Louie & the History of Northwest Rock & Radio
So Good
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The History of Northwest Rock, Vol 2 - The Garage Years
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The Louie Louie Collection
Hearing Is Believing: the Jack Nitzsche Story 1962-1979
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Pop Fiction Volume 1
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History of Northwest Rock Vol. 4 Battle of the Bands
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History Of Northwest Rock Vol. 4 - Battle Of The Bands
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The Original Northwest Sound of Don & the Goodtimes
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Scottie Diablo's Timeless Trash, Vol 1
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Pop Fiction Volume 1 [www.studiohits.us]