NEW * Windy - The Association {Stereo} 1967

1967.....#1 U.S. Billboard Hot 100, #1 U.S. Cash Box Top 100, #1 Canada, #6 New Zealand
Stereo Remix by MixerRog / Original video edited and AI remastered with HQ stereo sound.
"Windy" is a pop music song written by Ruthann Friedman and recorded by the Association. Released in 1967, the song reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in July of that year, which makes "Windy" the Association's second U.S. No. 1 hit following "Cherish" in 1966. Billboard ranked the record as the No. 4 song for 1967. The lead vocals were sung primarily by guitarist Larry Ramos along with vocalist Russ Giguere (both would sing lead together in the band's last Top 40 hit "Time for Livin").
Recording the vocals for the song would prove to be exhausting to Ramos, Giguere, and the rest of the band. The session started in early afternoon and ended at 6:30 a.m the next morning (after that, they had to take an 8:30 a.m. flight to a live performance in Virginia). The band was so tired of recording that Howe had everybody in the studio singing on the ending of the track, including Friedman, vocal arranger Cliff Burroughs, his wife Marylin, and Jim Yester's wife Jo-Ellen, along with numerous others.
Because of the poor showing of their last album Renaissance, on which the Association performed all their songs, Howe had session musicians (later known as the Wrecking Crew) substitute for the sextet on their third album, which included "Windy", in order to get a radio friendly sound.
It is uncertain which session musicians played on the final version of the single, because the song had several sessions, but the website Songfacts states that typically Hal Blaine played drums, Joe Osborn played bass, Ray Pohlman played guitar, and Larry Knechtel played keyboards. The recorder solo at the 1:07 mark and in the coda was played by the band's multi-instrumentalist Terry Kirkman.

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[smurfstoolsoldiesmusictimemach]

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[shirleypena]

RIP to one of the finest songwriters (and a wonderful singer too) that America has ever produced: Terry Kirkman. It's criminal that The Association still haven't been inducted into The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

[manoman]

1967 - Asian guy in a band playing this kind'a music. WILD!

[metoo]

I loved this song when I was 4, and would imagine myself floating, dancing down the street, smiling at everybody I saw. Such a great song.
Rest in peace, Terry Kirkman. 🪈🎵🎼

[kingporter]

Excellent Windy song by The Association, R.I.P. Brian Cole and Terry Kirkman!!

[KittyGrizGriz]

Boom 🤯, just like that, I’m 7yrs young

[dantombs]

I love this band. .the lead is amazing 👏

[Colt-iiqn]

My favorite song of all time 😮 love the words and that harmony is unbelievable 🙏🏻

[HighMo]

This is an unbelievably awesome, beautiful song, that I'll never forget, from my teenage years. Just love this so much. What a great group!

[TNTLYFE]

I HEARD THIS SONG ON BREAKING BAD I KNEW THE SONG BUT THE SHOW REMINDED ME OF IT BECAUSE I HAVEN'T HEARD IT IN A WHILE!! NOW I LISTEN TO IT ALMOST EVERY DAY!!

[scsandlapper]

My name is "Wendy" I was 7 years old when this came out. I loved it then and love it now. But, I don't trip down the street of the city. The Associations had some good hits.

[svenmartin]

I used to rock my granddaughter Loganne when she was a baby. To sleep. And now she's singing the song word for word

[pwcomps]

First song I learned to play in the middle school jazz-rock band in 1980. It was the first time I saw sheet music with space for improvisation: "Fill Playing my own fills to Windy as an 11-year-old drummer with a full jazz-rock band made me feel like I was the coolest thing on the planet. 😎

[andrewjohnson]

Larry Ramos from Westside Kauai Hawaii.RIP

[KellysClassics]

Love this clip that I have never seen before.I'm stumped where it came from (which is rare) but looks like professional dancers on the floor around them.

[sandtalanders]

Love the Association, my ears perked up when I heard them lol. popular group!! thanks for the memories! 😊🎶🎤🎸❤

[EnzoDBaker]

There is a delightful cover version of this great song by a bunch of sweet and adorable young kids named M6 Teens from SoKo that can be found here at YT. It's worth your while...

[themagicsinthemusic]

The great Association! What a great song and video! Thanks so much!

[warrenroberts]

Groovy & Awesome Tune!✌️😎✌️🎤🎸🎵🎶🎼☮️☮️

[rb]

Thank you! Everyone knows its Windy.