Formed in Garfield, New Jersey in 1965 as the Young Rascals, the band fused garage-rock energy with genuine blue-eyed soul, built around Felix Cavaliere's Hammond organ and gospel-trained voice. "Good Lovin'," "Groovin'" and "People Got to Be Free" gave the band three US number-one singles inside three years, at a moment when few white rock groups could convincingly channel soul and R&B. Their tight, organ-driven arrangements became a direct template for the heavier, extended reworkings other bands would build in the years that followed.

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1966

Good Lovin'The Rascals