The Young Rascals' first television performance was on the program The band's songwriting team of Eddie Brigati and Cavaliere then began providing most of their songs, and the hits kept coming for two years. The reunion continued on in 2013 with shows on Broadway. Standing in back: Dino Danelli. The band was exceptionally popular in Canada where "A Girl Like You", "How Can I Be Sure?" "Lonely Too Long" is a song written by Bill Rice, Sharon Vaughn and Mike Lawler, and recorded by American country music artist Patty Loveless. "I've Been Lonely Too Long" is a song written Felix Cavaliere and Eddie Brigati and performed by The Young Rascals. Eddie performed with the group along with his brother David. It was written by his wife, Posie Knight, and Jerry Weaver. I've Been Lonely Too Long" (1967) did better, and "Groovin'" (#1 US/Canada, 1967) returned them to the top of the charts. The album featured two Top 20 U.S. hits; "I've Been Lonely Too Long" reached #16 on the Billboard Hot 100, while "Love Is a Beautiful Thing" (released as a double A-side with non-album single " You Better Run ") preceded it at #20. Their immediate follow-ups to "Good Lovin'", including ""A Ray of Hope", "Heaven", "See", and "Carry Me Back" were all modest U.S. hits for the band during late 1968 and 1969; all entered the top 40, but none higher than #24. It was released as a single and peaked at number 27 on the Billboard pop chart, number 8 on the R&B chart and number 23 on the British pop chart in 1972.. They reeled off a succession of top 20 US hits, including "A Girl Like You" (1967), "How Can I Be Sure" (1967), "It's Wonderful" (1968), and "A Beautiful Morning" (1968).
December 1969's "Hold On" broke the run of top 40 US singles for the Rascals, stalling at #51, as well as the run of Canadian top tens, peaking at #22. I've been lonely too long, I've been lonely too long In the past it's come and gone, I feel like I can't go on without love.
It was featured on their 1967 album Collections, where the song title is given as "Lonely Too Long".
The New Rascals lasted only a short time but toured again in 2006 with two new members, Bill Pascali (formerly of In early 2009, Eddie Brigati put together a project of young musicians who played all the classics. In Canada, however, the Rascals were still major stars; all these songs went top ten, completing a run of 11 straight Canadian top ten hits for The Rascals from 1967 to 1969. Sitting in front (L-R): Felix Cavaliere, Eddie Brigati and Gene Cornish The Rascals were inducted into the Hit Parade Hall of Fame in 2010 and also reunited in 2012 for a series of shows in New York and New Jersey.
On April 24, 2010, all four members of The Rascals reunited for the Kristen Ann Carr benefit, which was held at New York's The group's original lineup reunited in 2012 for their first public performances in over 40 years with Fifteen performances of the show were subsequently delivered from April 15 to May 5, 2013 at the Following its national tour, the show was expected to return to Broadway for a second three-week limited-run from December 2013 through January 2014, at the In August 2007 the Rascals' catalog of Atlantic Records albums was re-released by Atlantic Records affiliate The band in 1966.
Called The Boys From The Music House, the band consisted of Anthony Duke Claus, a cousin of Eddie's, on lead vocals and tambourine, Joseph Pomarico on lead guitar, harmonica and background vocals, Adam Sullivan on piano, organ, and background vocals, and Matt Gazzano on drums. Brigati left the group in 1970, followed by Cornish in 1971.Cavaliere shifted towards more jazz- and gospel-influenced writing for the Rascals' next two albums, the double disc Cavaliere released several solo albums during the 1970s.After that, Cavaliere returned to his solo career and in the 1990s there were two factions touring: The New Rascals (featuring Cornish and Danelli) and Cavaliere, who sometimes called his grouping Felix Cavaliere's Rascals. " I've Been Lonely for So Long " is a pop - soul song recorded by American southern soul singer Frederick Knight in 1972.
It was released in August 1996 as the third single from her album The Trouble with the Truth. I've Been Lonely Too Long This song is by The Rascals and appears on the album The Very Best Of The Rascals (1993). It reached #7 in Canada, #16 on the U.S. pop chart, #17 on the Cashbox chart, and #33 on the U.S. R&B chart in 1967.