Midnight Music: "Groovin" by The Young Rascals


Soon to be re-christened simply "The Rascals," these guys sat at the crossroads of R&B and the new brand of rock music appearing in the mid-sixties. They've never been the household names that they should have been, but they had the talent and the had the songs.

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