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DESCRIPTION:The Association is one of the most popular and successful ban
 ds to have come out of the sixties. They have sold over thirty million r
 ecords\, earning six gold discs and one platinum. Their album\, &ldquo\;
 The Association\, Greatest Hits&rdquo\; (Warner Brothers)\, continues to
  be one of the longest best-selling albums in the history of the company
 .Their number one hits\, &ldquo\;Never My Love\,&rdquo\; &ldquo\;Windy\,
 &rdquo\; and &ldquo\;Cherish&rdquo\; have achieved &ldquo\;standard&rdqu
 o\; status\, receiving almost as much airplay today as they ever have.Th
 e songs include &ldquo\;Goodbye Columbus.&rdquo\; which was the title so
 ng for the film and was written and performed by The Association. It als
 o won the Golden Globe and Foreign Press Awards. Other songs\, including
  &ldquo\;Requiem For the Masses\,&rdquo\; &ldquo\;Time For Living\,&rdqu
 o\; &ldquo\;Along Comes Mary\,&rdquo\; &ldquo\;Everything That Touches Y
 ou\,&rdquo\; and &ldquo\;Six Man Band\,&rdquo\; showcases the versatilit
 y\, the carefully crafted vocals\, and the intricately woven instrumenta
 tion that is the signature of The Association\, a cornerstone of America
 n pop music.The Association was formed in 1965 after the breakup of an e
 leven-man electric &ldquo\;folk&rdquo\; group called THE MEN\, the first
  &ldquo\;folk rock&rdquo\; group in America.The six-man Association rehe
 arsed for five solid months and then began performing at nightclubs (The
  Troubador\, The Icehouse\, etc.)\, coffeehouses\, folk clubs\, high sch
 ools\, colleges\, proms and parties throughout California.The intense re
 hearsal and hard work paid off. Before the release of their first album\
 , the group had a fan base exceeding twenty-five thousand. That base soo
 n became millions as &ldquo\;Along Comes Mary&rdquo\; and &ldquo\;Cheris
 h\,&rdquo\; both from their first album\, topped the charts.The Associat
 ion is the first electric group to break through the anti-rock biases in
  many of the major venues across the country. They were the first electr
 ic group to perform at Hollywood&rsquo\;s Greek Theatre\, The Coconut Gr
 ove\, The Copacabana\, Tanglewood Music Festival\, Blossom Music Festiva
 l\, The Latin Casino\, Saratoga Performing Arts Center and Ravinia Park.
 In 1967 The Association was given the honor of opening the first interna
 tional pop festival in America\, The Monterey Pop Festival.The Associati
 on appeared on every major television variety show at the time &mdash\; 
 Ed Sullivan (twice)\, The Smothers Brothers (three times)\, American Ban
 dstand (again and again)\, Shindig\, The Carson Show\, The Cavett Show\,
  The Andy Williams Show\, The Carol Channing Special&hellip\;the list go
 es on and on.However\, being on the road for so many years\, with over t
 wo thousand concerts and television performances\, inevitably took its t
 oll\, and the group began parting ways in 1972 to pursue individual care
 ers and interests.After a one-time-only reunion for a cable TV music spe
 cial in 1979\, The Association\, with much industry encouragement\, got 
 it together again and put in on the road.&nbsp\;
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SUMMARY:The Association
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