Search - Golden Gate :: Year One

Digitally remastered and expanded edition of this 1969 album. The Golden Gate was the brainchild of Reid Whitelaw and Billy Carl, two songwriters reeling from the recent success of penning and singing on the 1910 Fruitgum Company's 1968 hit 'Goody Goody Gumdrops'. 1969's Year One would follow a different path. Aided with some of New York and Philadelphia's finest studio musicians-and the background vocals of none other than members of The Tradewinds ("New York's A Lonely Town")-The Golden Gate bridged lushly orchestrated Soft Pop, Bacharach-influenced Brill Pop and Beach Boys/Four Seasons-influenced harmonies, with slight Bubblegum affectations. Now Sounds. 2009.