After scoring a local hit with the tune "Gave My Love",[1] they recorded a remake of Otis Redding's "Respect".
Lead singer Scott Morgan was asked to join Blood, Sweat & Tears, but he declined the offer.
In 1995, John Sinclair released a live recording of a 1968 Rationals benefit concert entitled Temptation 'bout to Get Me.
The band's version of The Kinks' "I Need You" was also featured on the compilation Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965–1968.
[5] In 2010, The Rationals were voted into the Michigan Rock and Roll Legends online Hall of Fame.