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The Five Americans was a

All All. Sign In. Jump to Biography 1 Trivia 2 Edit. The Five Americans were a rock group formed in Durant, Oklahoma, in The group initially called themselves The Mutineers before changing their moniker to The Five Americans this was done as a direct response to the plethora of British Invasion bands prevalent at the time. The Five Americans moved to Dallas, Texas, in the summer of They performed regularly at a local dive named The Pirate's Nook prior to being discovered and signed by Abnak Records.

The band released the single "I See the Light" in The extremely catchy and punchy song peaked at 26 on the Billboard pop charts in January The even catchier follow-up single, "Western Union", did even better--it soared all the way to 5 on the Billboard pop charts in and sold a million copies. Despite a lack of additional hit songs and several personnel changes in the late '60s, the group stayed together and recorded over 20 singles before breaking up in The various members went on successful solo careers: Mike Rabon became a high school music teacher, John Durrill was an organ player for the famous instrumental group The Ventures and penned the hit songs "Dark Lady" for Cher and "Misery and Gin" for Merle Haggard , Norman Ezell became a teacher and preacher in Northern California, Jim Grant formed his own logo company in Dallas, Texas Grant sadly passed away on November 29, ; and drummer Jimmy Wright has played on occasional commercial jingles.

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