When The Young Rascals released their third album Groovin’ in the summer of 1967 they had already scored two Gold albums that hit the Top 20. They had landed the No. 1 hit “Good Lovin’,” originally ...

The band members hailed from New Jersey, upstate New York and even Canada, but for Long Islanders, The Rascals have always been an honorary local band. That’s because during the summer of 1965, The ...

Before The Beatles won fame in North America they opened for Joey Dee and the Starliters one night in a Germany nightclub. "Everyone was screaming with excitement," said Felix Cavaliere, who would go ...

These days, we’re kind of used to our pop and rock stars being a bit angsty and tortured. But there was once a time when you could be a successful act by spreading a positive aura into the atmosphere.

His percussion virtuosity was a key to the band’s many hits of the late 1960s, including the chart-topping “Good Lovin’,” “Groovin’” and “People Got to Be Free.” By Clay Risen Dino Danelli, whose hard ...