AccuRadio Song Of The Day-Every Mother's Son

Artist:Every Mother's Son

Song:Come on Down to My Boat

Album:Summer Forever: The Ultimate Party Album

Come on Down to My Boat was a top ten hit in 1967. It was the only big hit for Every Mother's Son. They are perceived as a one hit wonder but some of their other songs charted so technically they are not a one hit wonder. They only recorded two albums. Every Mother's Son was formed in 1966. Lary and Dennis Larden had been performing in Greenwich Village folk music clubs in New York since 1962. This was on weekends because they were still in school. They didn't think they were getting anywhere and neither did pianist Bruce Milner. He was older than the Larden brothers and had been in several bands. They decided to form a rock band and added bassist Schuyler Larsen and drummer Christopher Augustine. The Lardens both sang, played guitar and wrote all the songs. They got a manager Peter Leeds who they knew from their folk music days. And he introduced them to Wes Farrell. Farrell was already a successful songwriter. He co-wrote The McCoys 1965 #1 hit Hang on Sloopy. But he wanted to get into production. So they auditioned for him and he liked them so much that he produced an album and shopped it to record labels. MGM Records signed them as a clean cut alternative to all the hippie bands and called them Every Mother's Son. The Lardens wrote all the songs on their 1967 debut album Every Mother's Son except the first single Come on Down to My Boat which reached #6 on the Billboard Hot 100. Farrell wrote the song with Jerry Goldstein of The Strangeloves and it was first recorded by the garage band Rare Breed who later became Ohio Express. Every Mother's Son did all the TV shows and appeared in a two part episode of the MGM produced TV series The Man from U.N.C.L.E. But they never had another big hit. They released a second album in 1968. But it went nowhere and they split up. There are a couple of Every Mother's Son comps. But you can get Come on Down to My Boat on this various artists budget comp from Fuel 2000. Dennis Larden was the only member of Every Mother's Son who stayed in the music business. He was in Rick Nelson's Stone Canyon Band. Wes Farrell went on to a successful production career, most notably he produced the music for the TV series The Partridge Family. You know what I always say. One hit is better than none. Here's the video for Come on Down to My Boat by Every Mother's Son.