The Association

The Association é un grupo de música pop formado en 1965 orixinario de California, sobranceiro polos seus temas do xénero sunshine pop. Durante a década de 1960 tiveron varios temas á cabeza do Billboard e foi o grupo líder no Festival Pop de Monterey de 1967.
 Historia 
Jules Alexandre estaba en Hawaii en 1962 realizando o servizo militar na mariña e alí coñece a Terry Kirkman que acordan volver a reunirse tras Jules rematar na mariña. En 1963 os dous están nos  Ánxeles e comezan a explorar a escena musical da cidade. 

A suxestión de Kirkman adoptaron o nome The Association, o grupo orixinal compúñase de Alexandre, que utilizou o seu apelido, Gary, nos dous primeiros álbums e que cantaba e tocaba a guitarra; Kirkman tamén cantaba e tocaba variedade de instrumentos de vento, metal e percusión, Brian Cole, cantante tamén e guitarrista, Ted Bluechel, Jr. á batería, guitarra, baixo e tamén cantante, e finalmente Bob Page á guitarra, banjo e como cantante. Jim Yester substituíu a Page.

 Discografía 
 Álbums de estudio 
 And Then... Along Comes The Association - Valiant VLM-5002/VLS-25002 (#5, 1966)
Reissued in 1967 on Warner Bros. W-1702/WS-1702
 Renaissance - Valiant VLM-5004/VLS-25004 (#34 1967)
Reissued in 1967 on Warner Bros. W-1704/WS-1704
 Insight Out - Warner Bros. W-1696/WS-1696 (#8, 1967)
 Birthday - Warner Bros. W-1733/WS-1733 (#23, 1968)
 The Association - Warner Bros. WS-1800 (#32, 1969)
 Stop Your Motor - Warner Bros. WS-1927 (1971)
 Waterbeds in Trinidad! - Columbia KC-31348 (1972)
 Vintage - CBS Special Products BT-19223 (1983)
 The Association 95: A Little Bit More - Track Records (1995)

 Outros 
 Greatest Hits - Warner Bros. WS-1767 (#4, 1968)
 Goodbye, Columbus (Soundtrack) - Warner Bros. WS-1786 (#99, 1969)
 The Association Live - Warner Bros. 2WS-1868 (#79, 1970)
 Just the Right Sound - The Anthology 1966-1981 (Double CD, released in 2002 as Warner Bros. / Rhino R2 78303, incluíndo dúas tomas inéditas ('The Machine', 'Better Times') de 1966. Unha variación de importación tamén inclúe a toma 'Caney Creek')
 New Memories - Hitbound Records 51-3022 (1983) (por varios artistas, incluíndo The Association, Bobby Vee, Mary McGregor e Mike Love)

 Sinxelos 
 Cara A / Cara B Selo e Nº.  Ano Billboard  Cashbox  Álbum "Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You"<small>b/w "Baby, Can't You Hear Me Call Your Name"Jubilee 55051965--Non-album tracks "One Too Many Mornings"<small>b/w "Forty Times" Valiant 730 1965 - - "Along Comes Mary"<small>b/w "Your Own Love" Valiant 741 1966 #7  #9And Then...Along Comes The Association "Cherish"<small>b/w "Don’t Blame It on Me"Valiant 7471966 #1 #1 "Pandora's Golden Heebie Jeebies"<small>b/w "Standing Still" (from And Then.<small>..Along Comes The Association)Valiant 7551966 #35 #26 Renaissance "No Fair at All"<small>b/w "Looking Glass"Valiant 7581967 #51#53 "Windy"<small>b/w "Sometime"Warner Bros. 70411967 #1#1Insight Out "Never My Love" / "Requiem for the Masses"Warner Bros. 70741967 #2 / #100#1 "Everything That Touches You"<small> b/w "We Love Us" (from Insight Out)Warner Bros. 71631968 #10#11Birthday "Time for Livin'"<small>b/w "Birthday Morning"Warner Bros. 71951968 #39 [#27-AC]#22 "Six Man Band"<small>b/w "Like Always" (from Birthday)Warner Bros. 72291968 #47#29Greatest Hits "Goodbye Columbus"<small>b/w "The Time It is Today" (from Birthday)Warner Bros. 7267 1969 #80 [#22-AC]#78Goodbye Columbus soundtrack "Under Branches"<small>b/w "Hear in Here" (from Birthday)Warner Bros. 72771969 #117-The Association "Yes, I Will"<small>b/w  "I Am Up For Europe"Warner Bros. 73051970 #120- "Dubuque Blues"<small>b/w "Are You Ready"Warner Bros. 73491970 -#84 "Just About the Same"<small>b/w "Look At Me, Look At You" (from The Association)Warner Bros. 73721970 #106#91Non-album track "Along the Way"<small>b/w "Traveler’s Guide"Warner Bros. 74291970 --Stop Your Motor "P.F. Sloan"<small>b/w "Traveler's Guide"Warner Bros. 74711971-- "Bring Yourself Home"<small>b/w "It’s Gotta Be Real"Warner Bros. 75151971 - - "That’s Racin’"<small>b/w "Makes Me Cry" (alternate title for "Funny Kind of Song")Warner Bros. 75241971 -- "Darlin' Be Home Soon"<small>b/w "Indian Wells Woman"Columbia 456021972 #104#90Waterbeds In Trinidad! "Come the Fall"<small>b/w "Kicking the Gong Around"Columbia 456541972 -- "Names, Tags, Numbers and Labels"<small>b/w "Rainbows Bent" (from Waterbeds In Trinidad)Mums 60611973 #91 [#27-AC]#85Non-album tracks "One Sunday Morning"<small>b/w "Life Is a Carnival"RCA 102171975 -- "Dreamer"<small>b/w "You Turn the Light On"Elektra 470941981 #66 [#17-AC]- "Small Town Lovers"<small>b/w "Across the Persian Gulf"Elektra 471461981 --

 Véxase tamén 
 Ligazóns externas 
 Site officiel du groupe The Association 
 Páxina da Sala da Gloria do grupo 'The Association' 
 Cita de Fred Bronson, The Billboard Book of Number One Hits, Billboard, 1988 
 Sitio oficial de Jim Yester 
 Programa especial de radio en homenaxe a Curt Boettcher 

Categoría:Grupos musicais dos Ánxeles
Categoría:Grupos musicais formados en 1965
Categoría:Grupos musicais de pop