The Rascals (initially known as The Young Rascals) were an American blue-eyed soul group initially active during the years 1965–72. The band released numerous top ten singles in North America during the mid- and late-1960s, including the #1 hits "Good Lovin'" (1966), "Groovin'" (1967), and "People Got to Be Free" (1968), as well as "A Beautiful Morning" (#3 1968) and the lesser-known "A Girl Like You".
The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997, and inducted into the Hit Parade Hall of Fame in 2010. They reunited in 2012 for a series of shows in New York and New Jersey.
1968's Once Upon A Dream was the first Rascals album designed from conception as an album, rather than as a vehicle to package their singles. The album's song "My Hawaii" became a top of the charts hit in Hawaii.The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997, and inducted into the Hit Parade Hall of Fame in 2010. They reunited in 2012 for a series of shows in New York and New Jersey.
The lyrics are beautiful:
My Hawaii
(by Felix Cavaliere and Edward Brigati Jr.)
Oh Hawaii, My Hawaii
Skies are blue, The sea’s a thousand hues of green
In Hawaii, Waves keep breaking
In each rise and fall, They call, For me
Oh Hawaii, Island Maui
I’ll return to fantasy and moon
All the people, On these islands
Make it more adored than paradise in bloom
There are no words to describe what is felt in your heart
When your heart has already seen the magic of all the islands
On these islands Called Hawaii
Man awake To find this dream divine
Oh Hawaii My Hawaii
I’ll return to stay and spend my life
All my days In Hawaii
Oh Oh Hawaii Oh
The beautiful "My Hawaii" hula
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