Kites Are Fun | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 6 April 1967 | |||
Recorded | 1967 | |||
Genre | Sunshine pop, baroque pop | |||
Length | 42:12 | |||
Label | Project 3 | |||
Producer | Enoch Light | |||
The Free Design chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
Crawdaddy! | (favorable) [2] |
Kites Are Fun is the first album by The Free Design, released in 1967. The group was signed to the Project 3 label after a demo recording that was completed with the assistance of the band's father.[3]
The tracks are composed of precise instrumental arrangements with high ranges in complex vocal harmonies.[4] The title track was the group's only charting single, reaching #33 on the Billboard adult contemporary chart and #114 on the Billboard Hot 100/Bubbling Under chart.
Track listing
- "Kites Are Fun" (Chris Dedrick)
- "Make the Madness Stop" (Chris Dedrick)
- "When Love is Young" (Sandy Dedrick/Stephanie Dedrick)
- "The Proper Ornaments" (Chris Dedrick)
- "My Brother Woody" (Chris Dedrick)
- "59th Street Bridge Song" (Paul Simon)
- "Don't Turn Away" (Chris Dedrick)
- "Umbrellas" (Bruce Dedrick)
- "Michelle" (Lennon–McCartney)
- "Never Tell the World" (Sandy Dedrick/Chris Dedrick)
- "A Man and a Woman" (Francis Lai)
- "Stay Another Season" (Chris Dedrick)
The title track, released as a single, was on Billboard's "Bubbling Under Hot 100" and "Top 40 Easy Listening" surveys.
Charts
The title track, released as a single, was on Billboard's "Bubbling Under Hot 100" and "Top 40 Easy Listening" surveys.
- "Kites Are Fun" (song)
Personnel
- Bruce Dedrick - vocals, guitar
- Chris Dedrick - vocals, guitar
- Sandra Dedrick - vocals, keyboards
- Russ Savakus - Fender bass guitar
- Bill LaVorgna - drums
- Ralph Casale - guitar
- Jay Berliner - guitar
- Tony Mottola - guitar
- Marvin Stamm - trumpet
- Ted Weiss - trumpet
- Joe Wilder - trumpet
- Rusty Dedrick - trumpet
- Bernie Glow - trumpet
- Buddy Morrow - trombone
- Ray Alonge - French horn
- Tony Miranda - French horn
- George Ricci - cello
- Romeo Penque - woodwind
- Ray Beckenstein - woodwind
- Phil Bodner - woodwind
- Stanley Webb - woodwind
- Paul Griffin - organ
- Dick Hyman - organ
- Stan Freeman - harpsichord
- Bob Rosengarden - vibraphone
"Kites are Fun" was covered by Tomorrow's World for the Songs for the Jet Set, Volume 1 compilation album.[7]
References
- ↑ Eder, Bruce. Kites are Fun at AllMusic
- ↑ Crawdaddy! review
- ↑ "The Free Design". Billboard. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
- ↑ "The Free Design - Kites Are Fun". Pop Matters. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
- ↑ "Kites Are Fun - The Free Design - Billboard Top 40 Easy Listening (Page 48)" (PDF). Billboard.
- ↑ "Kites Are Fun - The Free Design - Bubbling Under Hot 100 (Page 44)" (PDF). Billboard.
- ↑ "Songs for the Jet Set, Volume 1", Last.fm. Retrieved 25 April 2013.