"1910 Fruitgum Company" Floyd Marcus Hand Signed 3X5 Picture Card

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"1910 Fruitgum Company" Floyd Marcus Hand Signed 3X5 Picture Card.
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The
1910 Fruitgum Company
is an American
bubblegum pop
band
of the 1960s. The group's
Billboard Hot 100
hits were "
Simon Says
", "May I Take a Giant Step", "
1, 2, 3, Red Light
", "Goody Goody Gumdrops", "
Indian Giver
", "Special Delivery", and "The Train". The band began as Jeckell and The Hydes in
New Jersey
in 1966. The original members were Frank Jeckell, Mark Gutkowski, Floyd Marcus, Pat Karwan and Steve Mortkowitz - all from
Linden, New Jersey
.
During 1967, they were signed to
Buddah Records
, where they released five
LPs
under their own name and a variety of
singles
, as well as appearing on the LP
The Kasenetz-Katz Singing Orchestral Circus
, which sounded like the usual Buddah
studio
band in spite of its promotion as a "bubblegum superjam". Their first hit single, "Simon Says", was written by Elliot Chiprut. During the recording process, the band changed the beat and patterned the song after "
Wooly Bully
" by
Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs
. "Simon Says" soon became a success, hitting #4 on the
US
Billboard
Hot 100
chart
. The track peaked at #2 on the
UK Singles Chart
and was heard in the 1968
Frederick Wiseman
documentary
High School
.
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The band started touring, opening for major acts such as
The Beach Boys
. They also released these other chart hits: "May I Take a Giant Step" (U.S. #63), "
1, 2, 3, Red Light
" (U.S. #5), "Special Delivery" (U.S. #38), "Goody, Goody Gumdrops" (U.S. #37), "
Indian Giver
" (U.S. #5) and "The Train" (U.S. #57).
The original group disbanded in 1970.
In the years of 1979-1980 the band was briefly resurrected through Jolly Joyce Agency out of Philadelphia with members Chuck Allen, Fred Eyer, Tony DiNiso, Cindy Tritz, Mike Schneider and Kevin.
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n 1999, original member Frank Jeckell and Mick Mansueto put the act back together.
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As of 2019, Fruitgum currently performs its own hits, in addition other songs from the 1960s.