The Association
April 19, 1942: Hilario (Larry) Ramos was born in Waimea, Hawaii.
Along Comes Mary - The Association - 1966
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Cherish - The Association - 1966
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July 1966: The group's first album, And Then... Along Comes the Association was released. It was produced by Curt Boettcher and begun in Gary S. Paxton's garage, with vocals done separately at Columbia.
September 1966: "Cherish", written by Kirkman,
became the Association's first No. 1.
September 1966: "Cherish", written by Kirkman,
became the Association's first No. 1.
November 1966: Their second album, Renaissance, released.
March 28, 1967: Instrumentation for "Windy" was recorded.
May 1, 1967: "Windy" hit number one on Billboard Charts and staying there for four consecutive weeks
June 16, 1967: The Association was the first act to perform at the Monterey Pop Festival.
October 1967: "Never My Love", written by Dick and Don Addrisi; it went to No. 2 in Billboard and No. 1 in Cash Box.
May 1, 1967: "Windy" hit number one on Billboard Charts and staying there for four consecutive weeks
June 16, 1967: The Association was the first act to perform at the Monterey Pop Festival.
October 1967: "Never My Love", written by Dick and Don Addrisi; it went to No. 2 in Billboard and No. 1 in Cash Box.
7 Grammy nominations:
1967 - Rock & Roll Group Performance: The Association, Cherish Lyrics
1967 - Rock & Roll Recording: The Association, Cherish Lyrics
1967 - Vocal Group Performance: The Association, Cherish Lyrics
1968 - Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) or Instrumentalist(s):
The Association, Windy Lyrics
1968 - Contemporary Album: The Association, Insight Out
1968 - Contemporary Vocal Group: The Association, Windy Lyrics
1968 - Group Vocal Performance: The Association, Never My Love
1967 - Rock & Roll Group Performance: The Association, Cherish Lyrics
1967 - Rock & Roll Recording: The Association, Cherish Lyrics
1967 - Vocal Group Performance: The Association, Cherish Lyrics
1968 - Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) or Instrumentalist(s):
The Association, Windy Lyrics
1968 - Contemporary Album: The Association, Insight Out
1968 - Contemporary Vocal Group: The Association, Windy Lyrics
1968 - Group Vocal Performance: The Association, Never My Love
November 1968: "The Associations Greatest Hits" LP is released.
March 1969: The soundtrack "Goodbye Columbus" was released. It contained 4 songs by The Association.
August 1969: "The Association" LP was released.
August 1969: "The Association" LP was released.
April 3, 1970: the Association played in Salt Lake City.
June 1970: Russ Giguere left the band.
June 1970: Russ Giguere left the band.
July 1971: The album Stop Your Motor was released.
April 1972: Their first LP on Columbia, Waterbeds in Trinidad! was released.
August 2, 1972: 29-year-old Brian Cole was found dead in his Los Angeles home of a heroin overdose.
September 1972: Terry Kirkman left the group.
August 2, 1972: 29-year-old Brian Cole was found dead in his Los Angeles home of a heroin overdose.
September 1972: Terry Kirkman left the group.
February 1973: Albert Hammond's "Names, Tags, Numbers & Labels" was released as a single on the Mums label.
September 1979: The surviving key members Kirkman, Alexander, Giguere, Bluechel, Yester and Ramos combined with Richard Thompson and seasoned studio bassist and arranger Ray Pohlman to reunite the Association at the Ambassador Hotel's Coconut Grove nightclub in Los Angeles for an HBO special called Then and Now.
August 1980: The band reunited and appeared at a charity show hosted in Dallas by Ed McMahon called Ed McMahon and Company that ran on the Showtime cable network.
December 31, 1985: Andy Chapin, who had left the group in 1976, played for artist Ricky Nelson and perished along with Nelson and his band when his plane crashed.
April 30, 2014: Larry Ramos died in Waimea, Hawaii.
April 7, 2019: Liveabout: The Hippest of the Unhip Bands: The Association
They were notoriously square in the Sixties, the pop sellout answer to "real" psychedelic and rock groups, but The Association was actually a very talented group of musicians with at least one visionary songwriter, a band capable of rocking out, crafting gentle adult contemporary ballads, or going full sunshine pop when necessary.
They were notoriously square in the Sixties, the pop sellout answer to "real" psychedelic and rock groups, but The Association was actually a very talented group of musicians with at least one visionary songwriter, a band capable of rocking out, crafting gentle adult contemporary ballads, or going full sunshine pop when necessary.
Aug 26, 2020: Goldmine: Cherishing the music of The AssociationCherishing the music of The Association
The vocals. The harmonies. The songs. All of these things enter the equation when discussing The Association. Formed in Los Angeles in 1965, the band elevated group dynamics with all six, and sometimes seven members, all taking turns leading the band, while retaining their rich harmony vocals. With five Top 10 singles, seven Grammy nominations and millions of records sold, the band remains one of the most diverse and cherished sunshine pop bands of the 1960s.
The vocals. The harmonies. The songs. All of these things enter the equation when discussing The Association. Formed in Los Angeles in 1965, the band elevated group dynamics with all six, and sometimes seven members, all taking turns leading the band, while retaining their rich harmony vocals. With five Top 10 singles, seven Grammy nominations and millions of records sold, the band remains one of the most diverse and cherished sunshine pop bands of the 1960s.
