The Association

The Association were one of the more underrated groups to come out of the mid- to late '60s. Their smooth harmonies and pop-oriented sound (which occasionally moved into psychedelia and, much more rarely, into a harder, almost garage-punk vein) made them regular occupants of the highest reaches of the pop charts for two years -- their biggest hits, including "Along Comes Mary," "Cherish," "Windy," and "Never My Love," became instant staples of AM play lists. The group's roots go back to a meeting in 1964 between Terry Kirkman, a Kansas-born, California-raised music major, pr...