Zager and Evans was an American rock-pop duo active during the late 1960s and early 1970s, comprising Denny Zager (born February 14, 1944, Wymore, Nebraska) and Rick Evans (born January 20, 1943, Lincoln, Nebraska; died February 2018, Santa Fe, New Mexico).
The song topped the charts at the time of two major cultural events: the first Moon landing on July 20, 1969 and the Woodstock Music Festival a month later.
Zager and Evans also immediately recorded an album of the same name, again using Trupp and Dalton as the primary rhythm section.
For many years, the duo was the only act to have a chart-topping hit on both sides of the Atlantic and never have another chart single in Billboard or the UK (until the Canadian band Magic!
Evans later released an album for Truth Records titled I Need This Song, a duet with Pam Herbert.
[6][7] Evans largely retired from public life but he continued to chat online with Dalton and his best friend, Nashville producer Gary Earl, until his death in February 2018.