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The Young Rascals aka The Rascals (the group dropped the “Young” from their name in early 1968 while continuing their streak of hits) were an American soul and rock group of the 1960s.

Felix Cavaliere (keyboard, vocals), Gene Cornish (guitar), Dino Danelli (drums) and Eddie Brigati (vocals) formed the band in New York City. Three-quarters of the group - Felix, Gene, and Eddie - had previously been members of Joey Dee and the Starliters. Eddie’s brother, David Brigati, another former Starliter, arranged the vocal harmonies and sang backgrounds on many of the group’s recordings (informally earning the designation as the Fifth Rascal). When Atlantic Records signed them, they discovered that they already had another obscure group named the Rascals on the payroll. They decided to rename the group the Young Rascals.

Their first minor hit was “I Ain’t Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore” (1965), followed by the #1 single “Good Lovin’” (1966, originally by the Olympics). Soon the band began to mature as songwriters and released other hit songs written themselves, including the hit “Groovin’” (1967), “It’s Wonderful”, “How Can I Be Sure” (which got to #1 in the UK when covered by David Cassidy), and “A Beautiful Morning” (1968).

Their best-remembered song was “People Got to Be Free” (1968), a passionate plea for racial tolerance. Unusual for their time, the Rascals refused to tour on segregrated bills. After “People Got to Be Free”, the Rascals never regained their former fame or had as large a hit.

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7	I've Been Lonely Too Long	18
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BubblesHEYA wrote:
last month

It's a beautiful morning..

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brezillarawr wrote:
December 2009

my cousins :)

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Rockstulle wrote:
November 2009

10*

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marcelodylan wrote:
October 2009

TOMANOCUMAN PUTA SOM KRA FIND SOMEBODY FIK DIK

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Bono_for_keeps wrote:
September 2009

A damn good group.

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Dunk_a_roos wrote:
June 2009

ke buena....excelente grupo *___*

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rick444 wrote:
May 2009

So where is "How Can I Be Sure?" I want to play it but I can't find it anywhere on this site. I found the lyrics, but no link to play the song.

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Misfits138 wrote:
April 2009

How can i be sure is so underplayed

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LIL-GYPSY wrote:
April 2009

Great song :)

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celesmorat wrote:
January 2009

Oh, I love you more today than yesterday but not as much as tomorrow I love you more today than yesterday but only half as much as tomorrow (8)

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PThomasAnderson wrote:
January 2009

Dos consejos, corrijamos los tags para evitar la confusión con esa banda de morones de liverpool, y si usad chancletas en la piscina.

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Psycho_snacky wrote:
December 2008

Too many people scrobbles their first 3 albums' songs as by the Rascals, and they got obscured by those indie guys....Too bad.

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YControl755 wrote:
December 2008

Much love for this band! Should have more listens.

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maulofsound wrote:
September 2008

they had quite a bit of soul for some white boys.

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BobbieWest wrote:
July 2008

They got'em locked up tight! I got vinyl.

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wendell3 wrote:
June 2008

Indeed.

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wonder_al wrote:
June 2007

\o/

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