THE YELLOW BALLOON- "YELLOW BALLOON" (W/ LYRICS)

A #25 hit in 1967. " Yellow Balloon's major claim to fame was that the band's membership boasted a celebrity, actor Don Grady from the television series My Three Sons, which starred Fred MacMurray. The band at one time also included Daryl Dragon, who wasn't as famous at the time as he would be a few years down the road as the male half of the popular duo Captain & Tennille. In 1967 Yellow Balloon scored its first and only hit single, which was named after the group. The band released an eponymous album that same year through Canterbury Records. In addition to Grady and Dragon, who both played drums, its membership included lead singer Alex Valdez, keyboardist Frosty Green, bassist Don Braught, and guitarist Paul Canella.

Grady, who was born Don Agrati, played previously with the Palace Guard, a folk-rock band. Yellow Balloon formed during the '60s when he joined forces in Los Angeles with Gary Zekley, a songwriter and producer who had initially written the single "Yellow Balloon" for surf duo Jan & Dean. Zekley also released a version of the song, and when it skipped into the Top 30, he and Grady pulled together a band for live performances and put out an album.

Grady culled Braught and Green from a band called Rising Sons in Oregon, and drew Canella and Valdez from Five of Us, an Arizona group. Grady had previously recorded their names in a list he kept of musicians whose skill impressed him when he saw them play while he toured on other business, sometimes with a band called Windupwatchband. When the time came to pull together the band that would be Yellow Balloon, he gave them a call.

After failing to score on the charts again, the group disbanded. Grady went solo for a while and recorded as Don Agrati. Braught, Canella, Green, and Valdez re-formed under the name the Popcorn Explosion. Zekley continued to write hits, among them "Sooner or Later" and "I'd Wait a Million Years" for the Grass Roots. Sundazed reissued Yellow Balloon's lone album as a CD in 1998. The release includes all 11 songs from the original album, plus a few numbers Grady had released as singles, a demo, and a recorded interview with Zekley. " (All Music Guide)

LYRICS: I never liked the rain before
It always made me stay inside
There's one thing that I know for sure
I've got a reason to like it
Since you took me for a rainbow ride

It's raining, it's pouring
But I don't care no more
It's like a Yellow Balloon (AH..
On a rainy afternoon (Ah..
And love's a Yellow Balloon

I never felt this way before
It's a feeling that I can't explain
There's one thing that I know for sure
I can tell you're feeling it too
'Cause when I'm walking with you in the rain
(It's like a Yellow Balloon)

It's like a Yellow Balloon
On a rainy afternoon
And love's a Yellow Balloon

(I love you, yes I do
And I know you love me too)
Raindrops falling on the street
I don't care, 'cause when we meet
I know the sky's gonna get lighter
The sun's gonna shine a little brighter

Like a Yellow Balloon
On a rainy afternoon
And love's a Yellow Balloon

(Ba....,)

It's like a Yellow Balloon
On a rainy afternoon
And love's a Yellow Balloon
Love's a Yellow Balloon
It's like a Yellow Balloon
And love's a Yellow Balloon
It's like a Yellow...

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[rwells47]

@jekiwe - you're very welcome!

[jekiwe]

rwells..thank you for the story behind the 'Balloon'...I used to play this song during an afternoon drive time show I did on Armed Forces Radio while I was in Japan. I have to thank AFRTS for shipping us the vinyl (album type) recordings which had a variety of cuts on them and thast way we were able to play for our service men and women the songs everyone was listening to stateside. Nice touch of home. I loved serving my country as a DJ! Thank you for the memories.

[rwells47]

@SirHubertGuest2 - I'm glad you love it!

[SirHubertGuest2]

Great bubblegum sound, Ron! Love it!!!!