Gimme Gimme Good Lovin’ by Crazy Elephant reached #12 in 1969 on both the Billboard Hot 100 in the USA and the UK Singles Chart. Crazy Elephant was a studio concoction, created by Jerry Kasenetz and Jeff Katz of Super K Productions. A touring group (which did not include any of the musicians from the original recording) was formed later for promotional purposes. Since the actual musicians who played on the recording never appeared or performed live under the name Crazy Elephant, should the touring group be counted as original members of the band?
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Not to be confused with the group Elephant's Memory, formed by Stan Bronstein (saxophone, clarinet, and vocals) and Rick Frank Jr. (drums), whose 1970 hit single Mongoose peaked at #50 on the Hot 100 but reached #5 on WCFL in Chicago and #1 on KQV in Pittsburgh. Elephant's Memory briefly included Carly Simon on vocals in 1968 before recording "Jungle Gym At The Zoo" and "Old Man Willow" for the soundtrack to Midnight Cowboy in 1969. In 1972 they called themselves Plastic Ono Elephant's Memory Band and performed with John Lennon and Yoko Ono on various TV shows, albums and concerts.
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