NEW ° Brandy You're A Fine Girl — Looking Glass [5K] (Stereo)

1972... #1 US Cashbox #1 US Billboard Hot 100 #1 Canada Top Singles #5 New Zealand.. "The band recorded the song seven times before they got it right. 'Brandy' - based on the name of (lead singer) Elliot Lurie's high school sweetheart 'Randy' - tells the story of a musician torn between his love for a life at sea and his love for a barmaid. Released as the B-side of 'Don't It Make You Feel Good,' the song was overlooked, as was the A-side, for that matter, until Harv Moore, a Washington DC disc jockey took it up as a personal cause. After years of playing covers and their originals at frat parties and bars in the New Brunswick area, Looking Glass was signed to Epic Records by the legendary Clive Davis.

There was a song called "Brandy" by an artist named Scott English that was popular around the same time in the UK. When Barry Manilow recorded it, he changed the title to "Mandy" to avoid confusion with this song. This was not typical of the band's sound, which caused a problem at concerts. While audiences expected pop songs like this one, the Looking Glass played rock, which left the crowds disappointed. The band broke up less than two years later. After the Looking Glass split up, Elliot Lurie moved to Los Angeles, where he worked on a number of films as a music supervisor; his credits include Stuart Little, Alien 3 and Spanglish. He picked up his guitar again in the '10s when he was summoned by the Yacht Rock Revue, who told him that "Brandy" was one of the most popular songs in the genre. After explaining the concept of Yacht Rock to Laurie, they invited him to perform with them, which he did on a regular basis.. #LookingGlass #PopRock

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