Sagittarius was an American sunshine pop[1] studio group formed in 1967, devised by record producer and songwriter Gary Usher.
[2] Usher had been involved with music as a songwriter since the early 1960s (including writing lyrics for some of Brian Wilson's earliest songs), and soon branched out into production work.
He had heard a demo around that time for a song called "My World Fell Down" (also recorded by the British pop group The Ivy League),[2] and he played it for them, thinking that it was a sure-fire hit.
As was the case with "My World Fell Down", the bridge featured an unrelated comedy bit by The Firesign Theatre, another Usher discovery, but unlike the previous single, it failed to chart.
[3] Because Clive Davis disliked the usage of musique concrete in the two singles, Usher removed these segments from the album versions.
Usher started work on another Sagittarius album, The Blue Marble, but this time, he contributed more as a musician, particularly as a vocalist.