Harpers Bizarre is tagged as: 60s, pop, sunshine pop, baroque pop, soft rock Harpers Bizarre was an American pop-rock band of the 1960s, best known for their Broadway/choirboy sound and their remake of Simon & Garfunkel’s “The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy).” |Career Harpers Bizarre was formed out of The Tikis, a Californian band who enjoyed some local success with Beatle-like songs in the mid 1960s. In 1967, record producer Lenny Waronker got a hold of the Simon & Garfunkel song “The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy),” determined to make it into a single. The Tikis recorded it, with the arrangement featuring extended harmonies reminiscent of the work of Brian Wilson or even the Swingle Singers. The song was released under a new band name, “Harpers Bizarre” (a play on the magazine “Harper’s Bazaar”), so as not to alienate The Tikis’ fanbase. The Harpers Bizarre version of the song reached #13 on the American Billboard Hot 100 chart in April 1967, far exceeding any success that The Tikis thus far had.|The success of the single prompted Harpers Bizarre to record their debut album. At this point the band consisted of Ted Templeman (vocals, drums, guitar); Dick Scoppettone (born 5 July 1945; vocals, guitar, bass); Eddie James (guitar); Dick Yount (bass... Read More About Harpers Bizarre Biography...  Send Harpers Bizarre ringtones to your cell
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