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Jesse Colin Young
12+ albums
singer-songwritersoft rockfolkcountryfolk-rock
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Jesse Colin Young (born Perry Miller on 22 November 1941; died 16 March 2025) was an American singer and songwriter remembered as a founding member and lead singer of the 1960s group The Youngbloods whose single Get Together became a worldwide hit. After seven group releases, Young began the production of more than 15 solo albums including Song For Juli, Light Shine, Songbird and a live album with his great touring band titled ON THE ROAD...... Young recorded his first solo album, THE SOUL OF A CITY BOY, in four hours, accompanying himself on guitar. A second album, YOUNG BLOOD, featured supporting musicians, including John Sebastian. After the two solo albums, Young met guitarist Jerry Corbitt on the New York to Boston club circuit, and with keyboardist/guitarist Lowell "Banana" Levinger, and drummer Joe Bauer, they began to perform as The Youngbloods. Though the song GET TOGETHER appeared on their first album in 1967, they re-released it as a single in 1969, after the heartfelt refrain of "Come on people now, smile on your brother" was used as the television theme for the National Council of Christians and Jews. GET TOGETHER became a worldwide Top Ten hit, and was immediately followed into the charts by, SUNLIGHT and DARKNESS DARKNESS, both written by Jesse for the ELEPHANT MOUNTAIN release that same year...... Having established legendary status with hit singles and albums, the three remaining Youngbloods (Young, Banana and Bauer) launched their own Raccoon Records,
