"The Tikis" -- band which became "Harpers Bizarre" - General Tiki

T Thomas Member Lake Mojave Joined: Mar 15, 2005 Posts: 372	T Thomas Posted posted on Sun, Jul 22, 2007 12:47 PM I wonder if anyone has any knowledge/memory of this, and what extent their tikiness did or didn't go beyond just the name. From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harpers_Bizarre (July '07): Harpers Bizarre was formed out of The Tikis, a band from Santa Cruz, California that had some local successes with Beatle-like songs in the mid 1960s. In 1967, record producer Lenny Waronker got a hold of the Simon & Garfunkel song "The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)", determined to make it into a single. The Tikis recorded it, with the arrangement featuring extended harmonies reminiscent of the work of Brian Wilson or even the Swingle Singers. The song was released under a new band name, "Harpers Bizarre" (a play on the magazine Harper's Bazaar), so as not to alienate The Tikis' fanbase. The Harpers Bizarre version of the song reached #13 on the American Billboard Hot 100 chart in April 1967, far exceeding any success that The Tikis thus far had... [ Edited by: Thomas 2007-07-22 13:01 ]

I wonder if anyone has any knowledge/memory of this, and what extent their tikiness did or didn't go beyond just the name. From:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harpers_Bizarre (July '07):
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Harpers Bizarre was formed out of The Tikis, a band from Santa Cruz, California that had some local successes with Beatle-like songs in the mid 1960s. In 1967, record producer Lenny Waronker got a hold of the Simon & Garfunkel song "The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)", determined to make it into a single. The Tikis recorded it, with the arrangement featuring extended harmonies reminiscent of the work of Brian Wilson or even the Swingle Singers. The song was released under a new band name, "Harpers Bizarre" (a play on the magazine Harper's Bazaar), so as not to alienate The Tikis' fanbase. The Harpers Bizarre version of the song reached #13 on the American Billboard Hot 100 chart in April 1967, far exceeding any success that The Tikis thus far had...
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[ Edited by: Thomas 2007-07-22 13:01 ]

Post #320471 by Thomas on Sun, Jul 22, 2007 12:47 PM