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The 1910 Fruitgum Company (often shortened to 1910 Fruitgum Co.) is a bubblegum pop band (music)|band of the 1960s, the name of which was inspired from a candy wrapper that Frank Jeckell found in his attic. The lead singer of the group was Mark Gutkowski; he sang the lead on all the important hits by the group including "Simon Says," "1, 2, 3, Red Light," and "Indian Giver."
Career
The band came together as Jeckell and The Hydes in New Jersey in 1965.
In 1967, the band was signed to bubblegum record label Buddah Records, where they released five gramophone record|LPs under their own name and a variety of single (music)|singles, as well as "appearing" on the bubblegum concept LP ''The Kasenetz-Katz Singing Orchestral Circus'', which sounded suspiciously like the usual Buddah recording studio|studio band, in spite of its promotion as a "bubblegum superjam".
Their first hit single|hit, "Simon Says", was penned by the band members, but Jeckell persuaded the band to record it. In the process they changed the beat and patterned the song after "Wooly Bully" by Sam the Sham and the Pharoahs. "Simon Says" soon became a hit, peaking at #4 in the U.S. charts. It is memorably heard in the 1968 Frederick Wiseman documentary ''High School''.
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