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&lt;div&gt;{{Short description|American folk rock band}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{other uses|Youngblood (disambiguation)}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2019}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{More citations needed|date=December 2008}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Infobox musical artist  &amp;lt;!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians --&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
| name              = The Youngbloods&lt;br /&gt;
| image             = The Youngbloods 1968.JPG&lt;br /&gt;
| caption           = The band in 1968&lt;br /&gt;
| image_size        = &amp;lt;!-- Only for images narrower than 220 pixels --&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
| background        = group_or_band&lt;br /&gt;
| alias             = &lt;br /&gt;
| origin            = [[Greenwich Village]], New York City, United States&lt;br /&gt;
| instrument        = &lt;br /&gt;
| genre             = {{Hlist|[[Folk rock]]|[[psychedelic rock]]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| occupation        = &lt;br /&gt;
| years_active      = 1965–1972, 1984–1985&lt;br /&gt;
| label             = Raccoon Records, [[RCA Victor]]&lt;br /&gt;
| website           = &lt;br /&gt;
| current_members   = &lt;br /&gt;
| past_members      =&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Jesse Colin Young]] (deceased)&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Jerry Corbitt]] (deceased)&lt;br /&gt;
* Lowell Levinger&lt;br /&gt;
* Joe Bauer (deceased)&lt;br /&gt;
* Michael Kane (deceased)&lt;br /&gt;
* [[David Perper]]&lt;br /&gt;
* Scott Lawrence&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;The Youngbloods&#039;&#039;&#039; was an American rock band consisting of [[Jesse Colin Young]] (vocals, bass, guitar), [[Jerry Corbitt]] (vocals, guitar, keyboards, harmonica), Lowell &amp;quot;Banana&amp;quot; Levinger (guitar and [[electric piano]]), and Joe Bauer (drums). Despite receiving critical acclaim, they never achieved widespread popularity. Their only U.S. [[Top 40]] entry was [[Chet Powers]]&#039;s &amp;quot;[[Get Together (The Youngbloods song)|Get Together]]&amp;quot;.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;The Book of Golden Discs&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite book&lt;br /&gt;
| first= Joseph&lt;br /&gt;
| last= Murrells&lt;br /&gt;
| year= 1978&lt;br /&gt;
| title= The Book of Golden Discs&lt;br /&gt;
| edition= 2nd&lt;br /&gt;
| publisher= Barrie and Jenkins Ltd&lt;br /&gt;
| location= London&lt;br /&gt;
| page= [https://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr/page/270 270]&lt;br /&gt;
| isbn= 0-214-20512-6&lt;br /&gt;
| url-access= registration&lt;br /&gt;
| url= https://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr/page/270&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;npr2019&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web |last1=Cole |first1=Tom |title=Beyond The Summer Of Love, &#039;Get Together&#039; Is An Anthem For Every Season |url=https://www.npr.org/2019/04/10/711545679/get-together-youngbloods-summer-of-love-american-anthem |website=American Anthem |publisher=NPR |access-date=July 14, 2019 |date=April 10, 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Band history==&lt;br /&gt;
===Background and formation===&lt;br /&gt;
Jesse Colin Young (born Perry Miller, November 22, 1941, [[Queens]], New York) was a moderately successful [[folk singer]] with two LPs – &#039;&#039;Soul of a City Boy&#039;&#039; (1964) and &#039;&#039;Youngblood&#039;&#039; (1965) – when he met fellow [[Traditional folk music|folk]] singer and former [[bluegrass music|bluegrass]] musician from [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]], [[Jerry Corbitt]] (born Jerry Byron Corbitt, January 7, 1943, [[Tifton, Georgia]]).&amp;lt;ref name=tribute/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Dead 2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.thedeadrockstarsclub.com/2014.html#sthash.LW2iVCIO.uJpgNEPn.dpbs |title=January to June 2014 |publisher=The Dead Rock Stars Club |access-date=11 March 2014}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; When in town, Young would drop in on Corbitt, and the two played together exchanging harmonies.&lt;br /&gt;
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Beginning in January 1965, the two began performing on the Canadian circuit as a [[duet (music)|duo]], eventually adopting the name &amp;quot;The Youngbloods&amp;quot;.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Larkin&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]|editor=Colin Larkin|editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=1997|edition=Concise|isbn=1-85227-745-9|pages=1289/90}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The band&#039;s name was a reference to Young&#039;s second album.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/jesse-colin-young-mn0000331846/biography|title=Jesse Colin Young – Jesse Colin Young |author=Collar, Matt|publisher=All Music Guide |access-date=March 18, 2025}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Young played bass, and Corbitt sang and played piano, harmonica and lead guitar. Corbitt introduced Young to a bluegrass musician, Lowell Levinger (born Lowell Vincent Levinger, September 9, 1944, [[Manhattan|Manhattan, New York City]]). Levinger, known as &amp;quot;Banana&amp;quot;, could play the piano, [[banjo]], [[mandolin]], [[mandola]], guitar and bass; he had played in the Proper Bostonians and the Trolls, and played mainly piano and guitar in the Youngbloods. He knew of a fellow tenant who could flesh out the band, Joe Bauer (born September 26, 1941, [[Memphis, Tennessee]]), an aspiring [[jazz]] drummer with experience playing in society dance bands.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Larkin&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Small gigs to recording success===&lt;br /&gt;
Once the line-up was set, Jesse Colin Young and the Youngbloods, as the group was then known, began building a reputation from their club dates. (Early demo sides from 1965 were later issued by [[Mercury Records]] on the &#039;&#039;Two Trips&#039;&#039; album.) Their first concert had been at [[Gerde&#039;s Folk City]] in [[Greenwich Village]]; months later, they were the [[house band]] at the [[Cafe Au Go Go]] and had signed a recording contract with [[RCA Victor]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Larkin&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; Young, however, was not satisfied with RCA.{{Citation needed|date=June 2007}}&lt;br /&gt;
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The arrangement produced one charting single, &amp;quot;Grizzly Bear&amp;quot; (number 52 in 1967 and number 35 in [[RPM (magazine)|Canada]]&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Larkin&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.10039.pdf| title=RPM Top 100 Singles - February 18, 1967}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;). Several critically praised albums followed: &#039;&#039;[[The Youngbloods LP|The Youngbloods]]&#039;&#039; (1967, later retitled &#039;&#039;Get Together&#039;&#039;); &#039;&#039;[[Earth Music]]&#039;&#039; (1967); and &#039;&#039;[[Elephant Mountain]]&#039;&#039; (1969), with the track &amp;quot;[[Darkness, Darkness]]&amp;quot;.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Larkin&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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In 1967, when the track &amp;quot;[[Get Together (The Youngbloods song)|Get Together]]&amp;quot;, a paean to universal brotherhood, first appeared, it did not sell well, reaching only number 62 on the chart.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book|last1=Sullivan|first1=Steve|title=Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings, Vol. 2|date=2013|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0810882966|page=410|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QWBPAQAAQBAJ&amp;amp;q=Get+Together+by+the+youngbloods+1967+chart+position&amp;amp;pg=PA410|access-date=April 14, 2015}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; But two years later – after [[Dan Ingram]] had recorded a brotherhood promotion for [[WABC-AM]] in which the song was used as a bed for the promotion, and after the [[Christian–Jewish reconciliation|National Council of Christians and Jews]] subsequently used the song in television and radio commercials – the track was re-released and cracked the [[Top 40|Top 5]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;npr2019&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|title=Billboard Singles|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-youngbloods-mn0000692251/awards|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=April 14, 2015}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; This [[gramophone record|disc]] sold over one million copies and received a [[music recording sales certification|gold record]], awarded by the [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]], on October 7, 1969.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;The Book of Golden Discs&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Johnny Carson]] once reportedly refused to allow the band to perform on &#039;&#039;[[The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson]]&#039;&#039;, saying they were overly demanding during the pre-show [[soundcheck]]. In a 2009 interview, Young stated that the band refused to perform because the show reneged on a promise that they could play a song from their new album &#039;&#039;Elephant Mountain&#039;&#039;, instead demanding that they play only &amp;quot;Get Together&amp;quot;.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=http://www.livinglegendsmusic.com/lltv/index.php?task=video&amp;amp;video=657 |title=Jesse Colin Young – Walking Off Johnny Carson |date=February 5, 2009 |publisher=Living Legends Music |access-date=August 25, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Tensions existed within the band as well.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news|url=https://www.soapcentral.com/music/when-the-youngbloods-disband-details-explored-frontman-jesse-colin-young-dies-83|title=When and why did The Youngbloods disband? Details explored as frontman Jesse Colin Young dies at 83|first=Vaishnavi|last=G.|publisher=Soap Central|date=March 18, 2025}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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With Corbitt&#039;s departure from the band (for a solo career) in 1969, before the band recorded the album &#039;&#039;Elephant Mountain&#039;&#039;, Levinger assumed lead guitar duties and played extensively on Wurlitzer electric piano.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Larkin&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; The band became adept at lengthy improvisations in their live performances (as captured on the albums &#039;&#039;[[Rock Festival (album)|Rock Festival]]&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;Ride the Wind&#039;&#039;, released after the band moved over to their own Raccoon label,&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Larkin&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; distributed by [[Warner Brothers]]).&lt;br /&gt;
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The group added the bassist Michael Kane to their lineup in 1971 and released two more albums: &#039;&#039;Good &amp;amp; Dusty&#039;&#039; (1971), which featured &amp;quot;Hippie from Olema&amp;quot; (an answer to [[Merle Haggard]]&#039;s &amp;quot;[[Okie from Muskogee (song)|Okie from Muskogee]]&amp;quot;), and &#039;&#039;High on a Ridgetop&#039;&#039; (1972), before disbanding.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Larkin&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Later history===&lt;br /&gt;
In 1971 [[Jerry Corbitt]] and former Youngbloods producer [[Charlie Daniels]] formed a band called Corbitt &amp;amp; Daniels and toured. Young, Levinger and Bauer went on to solo careers; only Young had any notable success. Levinger, Bauer and Kane were part of another group, Noggins, in 1972, which released one album, &#039;&#039;Crab Tunes&#039;&#039;. Bauer died of a [[brain tumor]] in September 1982, at the age of 40.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|author=Doc Rock |url=http://thedeadrockstarsclub.com/1980.html |title=The 1980s |publisher=The Dead Rock Stars Club |access-date=11 March 2014}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Banana supplied guitar, banjo, synthesizer and back-up vocals to [[Mimi Fariña]]&#039;s 1985 solo album, &#039;&#039;Solo&#039;&#039;, and also toured with her on and off from 1973 until the 1990s.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|title=Banana (Lowell Levinger)|url=http://www.richardandmimi.com/banana.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207234442/http://www.richardandmimi.com/banana.html|archive-date=February 7, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; During the 1980s and 1990s, he played with the jam rock band Zero on keyboards, vocals and rhythm guitar.&lt;br /&gt;
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In late 1984, the Youngbloods briefly reunited for a club tour. The 1984 line-up contained Young, Corbitt and Levinger, plus new members [[David Perper]] (drums, ex-[[Pablo Cruise]]) and Scott Lawrence (keyboards, woodwinds). Once the tour was completed, the group disbanded once again by mid-1985.&lt;br /&gt;
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Jerry Corbitt died of lung cancer on March 8, 2014. He was 71.&amp;lt;ref name=tribute&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Jerry-Byron-Corbitt-100924020|title=Jerry Byron Corbitt|website=Tributes.com|access-date=February 11, 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Dead 2&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Lowell Levinger released three self-produced [[Bluegrass music|bluegrass]] albums as &amp;quot;Grandpa Banana&amp;quot;: &#039;&#039;I&#039;ll Do Anything For You&#039;&#039; (2009), &#039;&#039;Just Trying To Break Even&#039;&#039; (2011) and &#039;&#039;Even Grandpas Get The Blues&#039;&#039; (2012).  He later joined [[Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul]] for their 2017 European and 2018 American tours in support of (Steven) Van Zandt&#039;s latest album, &#039;&#039;Soulfire&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
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In 2014 Sony Music Japan remastered the first three Youngbloods albums as &#039;&#039;The Youngbloods – 3 Albums Collection 1967–1969&#039;&#039; (Mini LP BSCD2). &#039;&#039;The Youngbloods&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;Earth Music,&#039;&#039; contain both mono and stereo versions of the album, plus bonus tracks.  &#039;&#039;Elephant Mountain&#039;&#039; contains the full stereo version of the album, plus a few mono versions of selected tracks plus bonus tracks.&lt;br /&gt;
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Michael Kane died in September 2022.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=653569139467664&amp;amp;id=100044437511203&amp;amp;set=a.292326822258566&amp;amp;locale=ms_MY|title=Michael Kane has passed away peacefully earlier this month. He was the bass player in the Youngboods for the last few years. I wanted to go back to playing guitar and he was kind enough to help us out. He was glad to move to West Marin and he fit right in. He was a kind and gentle man with a smile in his eyes and a generous heart. Thank you Michael for keeping us going. You will be missed.|first=Jesse Colin|last=Young|publisher=Facebook|date=September 23, 2022|accessdate=March 17, 2025}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Youngbloods frontman and songwriter Jesse Colin Young died on March 16, 2025. He was 83.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=https://people.com/jesse-colin-young-of-the-youngbloods-dead-age-83-11698585|title=Jesse Colin Young of the Youngbloods, Known for Immortalizing the Song &#039;Get Together,&#039; Dies at 83|first1=Marina|last1=Watts|first2=David|last2=Chiu|publisher=People|date=March 17, 2025|accessdate=March 17, 2025}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/jesse-colin-young-dead-youngbloods-get-together-1236165626/|title=Jesse Colin Young, Youngbloods&#039; Frontman and &amp;quot;Get Together&amp;quot; Singer, Dies at 83|first=Mike|last=Barnes|publisher=The Hollywood Reporter|date=March 17, 2025|accessdate=March 17, 2025}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Style and legacy ==&lt;br /&gt;
The Youngbloods&#039; sound and style are characterized by &amp;quot;temper[ing] their [[blues]] and [[jug band]] influences with gentle California [[Psychedelic music|psychedelia]].&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web |title=The Youngbloods Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio &amp;amp; ... |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-youngbloods-mn0000692251 |access-date=2025-03-28 |website=AllMusic |language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &lt;br /&gt;
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Richie Unterberger of &#039;&#039;[[All of the music scales|AllMusic]]&#039;&#039; called the Youngbloods &amp;quot;one of the better groups to emerge from the East Coast in the mid-&#039;60s.&amp;quot; He explained, &amp;quot;The Youngbloods could not be considered a major &#039;60s band, but they were capable of offering some mighty pleasurable folk-rock in the late &#039;60s, and produced a few great tunes along the way.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web |title=The Youngbloods Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio &amp;amp; ... |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-youngbloods-mn0000692251 |access-date=2025-03-28 |website=AllMusic |language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &lt;br /&gt;
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==Former members==&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Jesse Colin Young]] – vocals, bass, guitar &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(1965–1972, 1984–1985; died 2025)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Jerry Corbitt]] – guitar, harmonica, vocals &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(1965–1969, 1984–1985; died 2014)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Lowell Levinger]] aka &amp;quot;Banana&amp;quot; – lead guitar, piano, finger cymbals, pedal steel guitar, vocals &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(1965–1972, 1984–1985)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*Joe Bauer – drums &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(1965–1972; died 1982)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*Michael Kane – bass &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(1971–1972; died 2022)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*[[David Perper]] – drums &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(1984–1985)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*Scott Lawrence – keyboards, woodwinds &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(1984–1985)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*John Richard (Earthquake) Anderson – group manager, harmonica, vocals &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(1968–1972; died 2017)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Discography==&lt;br /&gt;
===Studio albums===&lt;br /&gt;
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{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable plainrowheaders&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align:center;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|+ List of studio albums, with selected chart positions&lt;br /&gt;
! scope=&amp;quot;col&amp;quot; rowspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;width:20em;&amp;quot;| Title&lt;br /&gt;
! scope=&amp;quot;col&amp;quot; rowspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;width:20em;&amp;quot;| Release&lt;br /&gt;
! scope=&amp;quot;col&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;| Peak chart positions&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! scope=&amp;quot;col&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;width:2.6em; font-size:90%;&amp;quot;| [[Billboard 200|US]]&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Billboard&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web | url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-youngbloods-mn0000692251/awards | title=The Youngbloods – Awards | work=[[AllMusic]] | publisher=[[Rovi Corporation]] | access-date=January 22, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905220537/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-youngbloods-mn0000692251/awards | archive-date=September 5, 2012 | df=dmy-all }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! scope=&amp;quot;col&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;width:2.6em; font-size:90%;&amp;quot;| [[Canadian Albums Chart|CAN]]&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;CAN-1&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Peak chart positions for studio albums in Canada:&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;The Youngbloods&#039;&#039; (aka &#039;&#039;Get Together&#039;&#039;): {{cite journal | url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=4854&amp;amp; | title=Top 50 Albums | journal=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]] | volume=12 | issue=16 | date=December 6, 1969 | access-date=January 17, 2020}}&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;Rock Festival&#039;&#039;: {{cite journal | url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=2372&amp;amp; | title=Top 50 Albums | journal=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]] | volume=14 | issue=16 | date=December 5, 1970 | access-date=January 17, 2020}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! scope=&amp;quot;row&amp;quot;| &#039;&#039;[[The Youngbloods (album)|The Youngbloods]]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
* Released: January 1967&lt;br /&gt;
* Label: [[RCA Records|RCA Victor]]&lt;br /&gt;
* Formats: [[LP album|LP]], CD&lt;br /&gt;
| 131 || 89&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! scope=&amp;quot;row&amp;quot;| &#039;&#039;[[Earth Music]]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
* Released: May 1967&lt;br /&gt;
* Label: RCA Victor&lt;br /&gt;
* Formats: LP, CD&lt;br /&gt;
| — || —&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! scope=&amp;quot;row&amp;quot;| &#039;&#039;[[Elephant Mountain]]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
* Released: 1969&lt;br /&gt;
* Label: RCA Victor&lt;br /&gt;
* Formats: LP, CD, cassette&lt;br /&gt;
| 118 || —&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! scope=&amp;quot;row&amp;quot;| &#039;&#039;Good and Dusty&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
* Released: 1971&lt;br /&gt;
* Label: Racoon Records&lt;br /&gt;
* Formats: LP, CD, cassette&lt;br /&gt;
| 160 || —&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! scope=&amp;quot;row&amp;quot;| &#039;&#039;High on a Ridge Top&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
* Released: November 1972&lt;br /&gt;
* Label: Racoon Records&lt;br /&gt;
* Formats: LP, CD, [[8-track tape|8-track]]&lt;br /&gt;
| 185 || —&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=&amp;quot;10&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;font-size:90%&amp;quot; | &amp;quot;—&amp;quot; denotes that the recording did not chart.&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
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=== Compilation albums ===&lt;br /&gt;
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{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable plainrowheaders&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align:center;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|+ List of live albums, with selected chart positions&lt;br /&gt;
! scope=&amp;quot;col&amp;quot; rowspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;width:20em;&amp;quot;| Title&lt;br /&gt;
! scope=&amp;quot;col&amp;quot; rowspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;width:20em;&amp;quot;| Release&lt;br /&gt;
! scope=&amp;quot;col&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;| Peak chart positions&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! scope=&amp;quot;col&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;width:2.6em; font-size:90%;&amp;quot;| [[Billboard 200|US]]&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Billboard&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! scope=&amp;quot;row&amp;quot;| &#039;&#039;Two Trips&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
* Released: 1970&lt;br /&gt;
* Label: Mercury&lt;br /&gt;
* Formats: LP&lt;br /&gt;
| —&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! scope=&amp;quot;row&amp;quot;| &#039;&#039;The Best of the Youngbloods&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
* Released: 1970&lt;br /&gt;
* Label: RCA Victor&lt;br /&gt;
* Formats: LP, CD, cassette&lt;br /&gt;
| 144&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! scope=&amp;quot;row&amp;quot;| &#039;&#039;Sunlight&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
* Released: 1970&lt;br /&gt;
* Label: RCA Victor&lt;br /&gt;
* Formats: LP&lt;br /&gt;
| 186&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=&amp;quot;10&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;font-size:90%&amp;quot; | &amp;quot;—&amp;quot; denotes that the recording did not chart.&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Live albums ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable plainrowheaders&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align:center;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|+ List of live albums, with selected chart positions&lt;br /&gt;
! scope=&amp;quot;col&amp;quot; rowspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;width:20em;&amp;quot;| Title&lt;br /&gt;
! scope=&amp;quot;col&amp;quot; rowspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;width:20em;&amp;quot;| Release&lt;br /&gt;
! scope=&amp;quot;col&amp;quot; colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;| Peak chart positions&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! scope=&amp;quot;col&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;width:2.6em; font-size:90%;&amp;quot;| [[Billboard 200|US]]&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Billboard&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
! scope=&amp;quot;col&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;width:2.6em; font-size:90%;&amp;quot;| [[Canadian Albums Chart|CAN]]&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;CAN-1&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! scope=&amp;quot;row&amp;quot;|  &#039;&#039;[[Rock Festival (album)|Rock Festival]]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
* Released: 1970&lt;br /&gt;
* Label: Racoon Records&lt;br /&gt;
* Formats: LP, CD, cassette&lt;br /&gt;
| 89 || 73&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! scope=&amp;quot;row&amp;quot;|  &#039;&#039;Ride the Wind&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
* Released: 1971&lt;br /&gt;
* Label: Racoon Records&lt;br /&gt;
* Formats: LP, CD, 8-track&lt;br /&gt;
| 157 || —&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=&amp;quot;10&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;font-size:90%&amp;quot; | &amp;quot;—&amp;quot; denotes that the recording did not chart.&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Reissue albums ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable plainrowheaders&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align:center;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
! scope=&amp;quot;col&amp;quot; rowspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;width:20em;&amp;quot;| Title&lt;br /&gt;
! scope=&amp;quot;col&amp;quot; rowspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;width:20em;&amp;quot;| Release&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! scope=&amp;quot;row&amp;quot;| &#039;&#039;Jesse Colin Young &amp;amp; The Youngbloods&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
* Reissue of Jesse Colin Young&#039;s &#039;&#039;Young Blood&#039;&#039; (1965)&lt;br /&gt;
* Released: 1969&lt;br /&gt;
* Label: Mercury&lt;br /&gt;
* Formats: LP&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! scope=&amp;quot;row&amp;quot;| &#039;&#039;The Youngbloods&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
* Reissue of &#039;&#039;The Youngbloods&#039;&#039; (1967)&lt;br /&gt;
* Released: 1988&lt;br /&gt;
* Label: Edsel&lt;br /&gt;
* Formats: LP&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Singles===&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; style=text-align:center;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
!rowspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Year&lt;br /&gt;
!rowspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Title&lt;br /&gt;
!colspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Peak chart positions&lt;br /&gt;
! rowspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot; |Certification&lt;br /&gt;
!rowspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Record Label&lt;br /&gt;
!rowspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|[[A-side and B-side|B-side]]&lt;br /&gt;
!rowspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;|Album&lt;br /&gt;
|- style=&amp;quot;font-size:smaller;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
!align=centre| [[Billboard Hot 100|US]]&lt;br /&gt;
!align=centre| [[Adult Contemporary (chart)|AC]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|rowspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;| 1966&lt;br /&gt;
|align=left| &amp;quot;Rider&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
| –&lt;br /&gt;
| –&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|rowspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;| [[Mercury Records]]&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;quot;Sometimes&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|rowspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;| &#039;&#039;Jesse Colin Young &amp;amp; The Youngbloods&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|align=left| &amp;quot;Grizzly Bear&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
| 52&lt;br /&gt;
| –&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|rowspan=&amp;quot;11&amp;quot;| [[RCA Records|RCA Victor]]&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;quot;Tears Are Falling&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|rowspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;| &#039;&#039;[[The Youngbloods (album)|The Youngbloods]]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|rowspan=&amp;quot;4&amp;quot;| 1967&lt;br /&gt;
|align=left| &amp;quot;Merry-Go-Round&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
| –&lt;br /&gt;
| –&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;quot;Foolin&#039; Around (The Waltz)&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|rowspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|align=left| &amp;quot;Euphoria&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
| –&lt;br /&gt;
| –&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;quot;The Wine Song&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|rowspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;| &#039;&#039;[[Earth Music]]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|align=left| &amp;quot;[[Get Together (Youngbloods song)|Get Together]]&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
| 62&lt;br /&gt;
| –&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;quot;All My Dreams Blue&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|rowspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;| &#039;&#039;The Youngbloods&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|align=left| &amp;quot;Fool Me&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
| –&lt;br /&gt;
| –&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;quot;I Can Tell&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|rowspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;| &#039;&#039;Earth Music&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|rowspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;| 1968&lt;br /&gt;
|align=left| &amp;quot;Quicksand&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
| –&lt;br /&gt;
| –&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;quot;Dreamer&#039;s Dream&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|rowspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;| &#039;&#039;[[Elephant Mountain]]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|rowspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot;| 1969&lt;br /&gt;
|align=left| &amp;quot;[[Darkness, Darkness]]&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
| 124&lt;br /&gt;
| –&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;quot;On Sir Francis Drake&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|align=left| &amp;quot;Get Together&amp;quot;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt; (re-release)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
| 5&lt;br /&gt;
| 37&lt;br /&gt;
|US: Gold&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&amp;amp;se=youngblood#search_section|title=Gold &amp;amp; Platinum |work=RIAA|access-date=13 August 2018}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;quot;Beautiful&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|rowspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;| &#039;&#039;Get Together&#039;&#039;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt; (&#039;&#039;The Youngbloods&#039;&#039; re-release)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|align=left| &amp;quot;Sunlight&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
| 114&lt;br /&gt;
| –&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;quot;Trillium&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|rowspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;| &#039;&#039;Elephant Mountain&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|rowspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot;| 1970&lt;br /&gt;
|align=left| &amp;quot;Darkness, Darkness&amp;quot;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt; (re-release)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
| 86&lt;br /&gt;
| –&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;quot;On Sir Francis Drake&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|rowspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|align=left| &amp;quot;Darkness, Darkness&amp;quot;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt; (re-release)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
| –&lt;br /&gt;
| –&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;quot;On Sir Francis Drake&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|rowspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|align=left| &amp;quot;Hippie from Olema&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
| –&lt;br /&gt;
| –&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|rowspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;| Raccoon Records&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;quot;[[Misty Roses (song)|Misty Roses]]&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|rowspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;| &#039;&#039;Good and Dusty&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|rowspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot;| 1971&lt;br /&gt;
|align=left| &amp;quot;Sunlight&amp;quot;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt; (re-release)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
| 123&lt;br /&gt;
| –&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|rowspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;| RCA Victor&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;quot;[[Reason to Believe]]&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|rowspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;| &#039;&#039;Ride the Wind&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|align=left| &amp;quot;Sugar Babe&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
| –&lt;br /&gt;
| –&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;quot;Reason to Believe&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|align=left| &amp;quot;It&#039;s a Lovely Day&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
| –&lt;br /&gt;
| –&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|rowspan=&amp;quot;4&amp;quot;| Raccoon Records&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;quot;Ice Bag&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|rowspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;| &#039;&#039;[[Rock Festival (album)|Rock Festival]]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|rowspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot;| 1972&lt;br /&gt;
|align=left| &amp;quot;Light Shine&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
| –&lt;br /&gt;
| –&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;quot;[[Will the Circle Be Unbroken?|Will the Circle Be Unbroken]]&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|rowspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;| &#039;&#039;Good and Dusty&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|align=left| &amp;quot;Dreamboat&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
| –&lt;br /&gt;
| –&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;quot;[[Kind Hearted Woman Blues|Kind Hearted Woman]]&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|rowspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;| &#039;&#039;High on a Ridge Top&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|align=left| &amp;quot;[[Running Bear]]&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
| –&lt;br /&gt;
| –&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;quot;Kind Hearted Woman&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|rowspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;| 2009&lt;br /&gt;
|align=left| &amp;quot;All My Dreams Blue&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
| –&lt;br /&gt;
| –&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|rowspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;| [[Sundazed Music]]&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;quot;Sham&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|rowspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==References==&lt;br /&gt;
{{Reflist}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==External links==&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20030820095552/http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/youngbloodz/bio.jhtml VH1 Biography: The Youngbloods]&lt;br /&gt;
*{{IMDb name|1520429}}&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.namm.org/library/oral-history/lowell-levinger Lowell Levinger Interview] NAMM Oral History Library (2017)&lt;br /&gt;
*{{Discogs artist}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{The Youngbloods}}&lt;br /&gt;
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{{Authority control}}&lt;br /&gt;
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Youngbloods, The}}&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:American folk rock groups]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Psychedelic rock music groups from New York (state)]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:RCA Records artists]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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