Sugarloaf (band)

Sugarloaf
Origin	Denver, Colorado, United States
Genres	Rock, Psychedelic rock
Years active	1970–1975
Labels	Liberty Records Polydor Records Claridge Records
Past members
Jerry Corbetta Bob Webber Bob Raymond Bob MacVittie Jay Thomms Veeder Van Dorn (1970) Bob Yeazel (1973) Myron Pollock

Sugarloaf was an American, Denver, Colorado based, rock and roll band in the 1970s, featuring Jerry Corbetta.

Jerry Corbetta founded the band with guitarist Bob Webber of the Moonrakers; the other initial bandmembers were drummer Bob MacVittie on drums and rhythm guitarist Veeder Van Dorn III, also from the Moonrakers, plus bassist Bob Raymond.^[1] The Moonrakers had previously released 4 singles on Tower;^[2] three of their songs are collected on the Colorado garage rock compilation album Highs in the Mid-Sixties, Volume 18, and another was released earlier on the Pebbles Volume 10 LP.

The band was originally known as Chocolate Hair. Chocolate Hair was later used in 2011 as the name for a local band out of Western PA who records under the name. [1] They changed their name to Sugarloaf, named after a mountain outside of Boulder, Colorado when they received their first recording contract.

They are best known for two songs, both of which hit the top 10 charts in the United States: "Green-Eyed Lady" in the autumn of 1970 (their biggest hit, reaching #3 on the Billboard chart) and "Don't Call Us, We'll Call You" in 1975 (US #9).

Other songs which charted on the Billboard Hot 100 were "Mother Nature's Wine" (1971), "Tongue in Cheek" (1971), and "Stars In Our Eyes" (1976). In addition, "West of Tomorrow" and "Myra Myra" were not hit singles, but received modest airplay at the time of their release on album rock radio stations.

The 1975 album Don't Call Us, We'll Call You was a re-release of their 1973 album I Got A Song, with one of the tracks on the earlier album replaced by the title track of the later album, which had become a hit single.

The song "Don't Call Us, We'll Call You" is notable because it contained a practical joke at the expense of CBS Records, which had just turned them down for a recording contract. The song includes the sound of a touch-tone telephone number being dialed near the beginning and ending of the song. Those numbers were an unlisted phone number at CBS Records and a public number at the White House respectively. In addition, the recording includes snippets of the guitar riff of The Beatles' "I Feel Fine," Stevie Wonder's "Superstition," and a line of dialogue from Wolfman Jack stating the call sign of a radio station; numerous tracks of this line were cut to match local markets.

Corbetta later went on to perform with the group Disco-Tex and the Sex-O-Lettes (best known for their hit "Get Dancin'"). In 1980, he became a member of The Four Seasons. He currently performs with the group Classic Rock All Stars.

Discography

Albums

• Sugarloaf (Liberty Records, 1970) US #24
• Spaceship Earth (Liberty Records, 1971) US #111
• I Got A Song (Brut Records, 1973)
• Don't Call Us, We'll Call You (Claridge Records, 1975) US #152
• The Best of Sugarloaf (Curb Records, 1993 #D2-77597)
• Sugarloaf/Spaceship Earth (Collectables, 1998, re-release double CD)
• Sugarloaf: Alive in America (Renaissance, 2006, live in concert)

Singles

• "Green-Eyed Lady" / "West Of Tomorrow" (1970) US #3
• "Tongue In cheek" / "Woman" (1971) US #55
• "Mother Natures Wine" / "Chest Fever" (1971) US #88
• "Don't Call Us, We'll Call You" / "Texas Two Lane" (1974) US #9
• "Stars In My Eyes" / "Myra, Myra" (1975) US #87

References

1. ^ allmusic entry on Sugarloaf. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
2. ^ Liner notes on Highs in the Mid-Sixties, Volume 18. Retrieved 6 May 2011.

External links

• Former member Bob Yeazel's web site with Sugarloaf photos & band history
• Classic Rock All Stars (Jerry Corbetta)