The Glencoves

The Glencoves were a folk pop group formed in 1961 in Mineola, Long Island, New York. [ [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll The Glencoves] at Allmusic]

The group had a hit single with their Select Records release "Hootenanny", which peaked at #38 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1963. [Joel Whitburn, "The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits". 7th edn, 2000] The song's title refers to the folk singalongs which became popular on college campuses during the folk revival of the 1960s. [Richard Aquila, "That Old Time Rock & Roll", University of Illinois Press, 2000, pg. 233. [http://books.google.com/books?id=zKE1wn3hpIsC&pg=RA1-PA233&lpg=RA1-PA233&dq=%22the+glencoves%22&source=web&ots=crfxCdLeew&sig=oqAeIOTzENGz4RXQD54eAJ4oqnA&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=8&ct=result Mirror at Google Books] .]

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