You Were on My Mind is the first studio album by the folk band We Five which was released in 1965.
The title track hit #1 on the adult contemporary chart and #3 on The Billboard Hot 100. The album landed on the Billboard 200, reaching #32. The single also marked a musical transition because the single was one of the first to feature drums and the electric guitar on a folk composition.
We Five was a 1960s folk rock musical group based in San Francisco, California. Their best-known hit was their 1965 remake of Ian and Sylvia's "You Were on My Mind," which reached #1 on the Cashbox chart, #3 on the Billboard Hot 100, and #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart. The original group split after recording their second album in 1967, but a re-formed band produced three more albums between 1968 and 1977.
Michael Stewart formed We Five after graduating from Pomona Catholic High School and attending Mt. San Antonio College. He was the brother of John Stewart of the Kingston Trio and came from Claremont, California. When Michael was a student at the University of San Francisco in 1964, he formed We Five as a quartet, although it soon added another member. The group played adult rock 'n roll, pop jazz, Broadway show tunes, and Disney tunes. Stewart did all the arrangements, which ranged from "My Favorite Things", in a style which reflected Bach, to "Very Merry Un-birthday". He put in several additional hours working on arrangements after the five band members worked together for five or six hours each day.
The ensemble played acoustic guitars, electric guitar and bass and sang multi-part harmonies. The original quintet line-up, which grew out of a band called the Ridgerunners, included:
Michael Stewart (1945-2002) (baritone-bass, 5-string banjo, 6-string acoustic guitar, 9-string amplified guitar)
Beverly Bivens (low tenor to high soprano, rhythm guitar)
Jerry Burgan (tenor, 6-string acoustic guitar)
Pete Fullerton (tenor, acoustic and Fender bass)
Bob Jones (1947-2013) (baritone-tenor, 6-string electric jazz guitar, 12-string electric guitar)
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