The group origins can be traced to Buffalo, New York, where they started out in 1967 as The Mellow Brick Road.
It sold in excess of 200,000 copies and registered at #88 in Cashbox,[4][5] #79 in Canada,[6] and managed to reach the charts in Greece.
The 12 track album included "She's Not There", "A Taste of Honey", "Dance to the Music", "Never Gonna Give You Up", "Rock & Roll Woman", and "Mr.
The line-up at the time consisted of band leader Jerry Hudson, Ralph Parker, Nick DiStefano, Joe Hesse, Phil Hudson, Jim Hesse and Larry Rizzuto, who had recently joined the band.
[13][14][15] Billboard reported in its February 10, 1973 issue that the single was bubbling under the Hot 100 at #117,[16] and stayed there for another week.