The Hard Times

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Rites of Spring was a pop-rock band from Birmingham which recorded two singles in the mid 1960s. They were called The Hard Times when they released their first record, on the Ultimate label. From there they got the attention of Cameo-Parkway Records, who assigned the group to their newest producer, singer Terry Knight.

Because there was another band from California calling itself the Hard Times, the band changed its name to Rites of Spring during the process of putting together its second 45, the plaintive-sounding "Why?" with the harder-hitting "Comin' on Back to Me" on the reverse. Both songs were credited to Michael Gunnels and Ronald Parr. Michael Melton played bass for the group, which made an appearance on Dick Clark's Where the Action Is.

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