That they felt it would be best if we auditioned live for the major Studio and recorded a demo of Brandy and Raining Sunshine with justĪ guitar and vocals. He loved our vocals.Īfter a short while, perhaps a few weeks, we went into mayfair I asked him what was wrong and he said, man you Into Fireplace productions and listen to us. Located right next door to Liber Stollerman, the famous writers and Fireplace productions, owned by Bob Feldman was We were only aįew blocks away from the famous Brill Building where we would go to West Broadway, just a half a block off of Broadway. We stayed at the President Hotel, right acrossįrom Mama Leone's famous Italian Restaurant. We then spent several months in New York. The Mana's and Pappa's, and felt they could sell the act to a major They wanted to put together an act to compete with The producer's added two terrific female singers, Melanie Ross,Īnd Nancy Petite, both from Cadiz, Ohio. When we wereĭone, they came up to us and said that they absolutely loved our voicesĪnd that they were going to sign us. We sang our hearts out doing a lot of originals. Gene Allen and Ronnie Donte were there to audition There, we were directed to an audition hall that must have been likeĮight stories up a narrow flight of steps. John Raszīorrowed his dad's car and we hitched up the trailer. Within a few days we were on our way to New York City. He said, "Do you remember when I was holding up the phone?" One of his contacts in New York City liked the vocals he was hearing and he said that we needed to rent a u-haul and drive up to New York City as soon as possible for a live audition. I'll never forget that day, how excited we were.
The next day, while the group was all together at a practice at Glenn Reasner's house, the phone rang and it was Mr.
The song writers were Gene Allen, who wrote many of Bobby Vinton's songs, and Ron Donte, who was the voice behind the Archies hit Sugar Sugar, and then went on to produce Barry Manilow.
The company was called Fireplace Productions and the producer was Bob Feldman of Hang on Sloppy, and I Want Candy, fame. The Sons of Liberty became regulars at Club 22 and over a period of a few months heard about some people from New York that were pretty big in the musicīusiness. I asked him what that was all about and he just said "Oh nothing! Gorlock really seemed impressed, especially with the vocals, and later on while we were jamming around on some originals, he called someone on the phone. So we went to Cadiz to the Club 22 for an audition. Single at the time called "5 Minutes To Train Time". Another band, the Opus 4, were regulars at Club 22 and had a Gorlock to set up an audition at his club for The Sons of Liberty,Īnd told him that we were interested in recording and making the big Was involved in helping Bobby Vinton getting his start. I heard that a man from Cadiz, Ohio, Joe Gorlock, who had a clubĬalled Club 22 had music connections in New York City and that he The Story of the 8th Day as told by Sons of Liberty band leader, The 8th Day Home Page The Original 8th Day Home Page
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