"i got to know" starbucks follow up to moonlight feels right never cracked the top 40 because competition was stiff in the best year of music ever: 1976...lil bro
I REMEMBER SEEING STARBUCK PERFORM THIS SONG ON "MIDNIGHT SPECIAL" IN THE SUMMER OF 1976 WHEN "MOONLIGHT FEELS RIGHT" WAS RIDING HIGH ON THE CHARTS. I NEVER THOUGHT THEY COULD MATCH THAT SONG'S PURE POP BRILLIANCE BUT I QUICKLY LEARNED OTHERWISE. GROUP LEADER BRUCE BLACKMAN HAS FRONTED SEVERAL BANDS, BEGINNING WITH ETERNITY'S CHILDREN IN THE LATE 1960s (CHECK OUT THE AMAZING "MRS. BLUEBIRD" AND THE HEARTBREAKING "ALONE AGAIN") AND THEN IN A SOLO PROJECT CALLED KORONA (CHECK OUT THE AMAZING SINGLES "LET ME BE" AND "DON'T YOU KNOW HOW TO LOVE A LADY"), THEN A GROUP CALLED CHOICE (THE TERRIFIC SINGLE "SOME PEOPLE" WAS THEIR BEST) AND THEN A RE-VAMPED STARBUCK IN 1983 (I LOVED THE TRACK "THE FULL CLEVELAND"). AN AMERICAN TREASURE!!!!
I don't think these boys chose their name by chance. This song came out at exactly at the right time of the year (Oct ' 76), but was poorly promoted by Private Stock records. You can feel the frisky deerish holiday spirit in this song if you listen closely with your heart even now. Long live STARBUCK!
getting ready for high school 1976 a New York Radio Station playing this song for this New Jersey Girl...smell of coffee and English muffins..mom serving me breakfast..remember hearing this song..loved it...I guess through all the music...I am helplessly old school and proud of it!
I remember this song ... but probably haven't heard it one time since 1976! oldies stations only pay the same 100 songs over and over - dig a little deeper in the vault, please!
This should've gone no.1 in my opinion and as i write similiar material i can appreciate everything put into this amazing song. So very underated you guys were and there's absolutely nobody that plays like Bo. His is one instrument that i'm playing but nowhere near what he's ever done... i'm impressed. Wish i could've part of your group back then as maybe i could've offered something here. Also some of your recent solo material is great!!!...Clark