Top of the Flops : 7. Spanky & Our Gang

[Neil Barker]

7. SPANKY & OUR GANG



First and only TOTP studio appearance : "Like To Get To Know You", 18/4/68

Folk-pop group formed in Chicago by Elaine 'Spanky' McFarlane, Malcolm Hale, Kenny Hodges, Lefty Baker, Nigel Pickering and John Seiter. Spanky became the lead singer of the Mamas & Papas in the early '80s.

Scored five US Top 30 hits in 1967/68.

[Kev]

Monday 19th August 1968
TTTV Murray The K In New York 10:30 - 11:30 pm
Aretha Franklin,
Richie Havens,
Jake Holmes,
The Association,
Spanky and Our Gang,
The Doors,
Otis Redding,
Jim and Jean,
The K Girls
NB The original USA version was 90 minutes


Got this on dvd.

Contains outtakes which are interesting of the group.

I saw Spanky in concert when she was part of the Mamas and Papas.

[Neil Barker]

Thanks once again, Kev.

Good to see that somebody is taking this series seriously ;D

[Kev]

I love all the minor pop stars.

It's dead easy to love the Beatles etc but there were so many acts that deserved to make it and did not.

I think the female solo artists suffered the worst. Each major label had one each and they didn't care about the rest.