The Fun and Games were an American sunshine pop group from Houston, Texas.
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History
Bandmembers Rock Romano, Cemo, Guille, and Bonno were all members of a band while in high school in Houston. After adding Bain, Greeg, and Graham, they took the name The Six Pents, and worked as the house band at La Maison in Houston. They also recorded a single at local studio Andrus. After releasing the single they changed their name to The Sixpentz, but after signing with Mainstream Records, they discovered that the name Sixpence was already being used by another group, so they changed their name again, to The Fun and Games Commission. They released another single under this name and then abridged it on further releases to The Fun and Games. Gary Zekley heard the group's music and got them signed to UNI Records; around this time the lineup shuffled considerably, with Bonno and Greer departing and Dugan and Joe Romano added to the lineup. Zekley produced their lone album, Elephant Candy (1968), and co-wrote several of the songs with Mitch Bottler. A single from the album, "The Grooviest Girl in the World", reached #78 on the Billboard Hot 100 in early 1969. UNI founder Russ Regan invited them to play at an industry showcase in Los Angeles while the single was on the charts, and during their performance, lead singer Irwin began insulting UNI employees; consequently, the label dropped all its promotion of the band, and they broke up soon after. Rock Romano later played in the groups Doctor Rockit and the Sisters of Mercy, The Sheetrockers, and Duck Soup; Irwin also sang in Duck Soup.
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Members
- Rock Romano - trumpet, vocals
- Joe Romano - bass, vocals
- Paul Guille - guitar, vocals
- Joe Dugan - keyboards, vocals
- Sam Irwin - tambourine, vocals
- Carson Graham - drums, vocals
- D.J. Greer - piano
- John T. Bonno - bass
- Mike Cemo - drums
- Richard Bain - vocals
Discography
- Elephant Candy (UNI Records, 1968)
References
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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