Beverly Bivens
We Five's first single, from their debut album of the same name, was a reworked version of Sylvia Tyson's song "You Were On My Mind". It became one of the first folk-rock hits, reaching number three in the "Billboard" "Hot 100" in August 1965. Tyson (then Sylvia Fricker) says that she was unaware that her song had been covered until she heard We Five's version on a car radio while driving on Highway 101 in California. One consequence of We Five's success was that Tyson's song, which, until then, had been unavailable in sheet form, was published by Witmark of New York, with a photograph of Bivens and We Five on the cover. However, with the so-called "British invasion" at its height, We Five's recording had only limited international success, having been covered reluctantly, though successfully, in Britain by Crispian St. Peters.
Hi-5 discography
The original line-up's debut studio album, "Jump and Jive with Hi-5" (1999), charted at number 33 in Australia in December 1999, and was accredited as platinum in 2000. The quintet's first single, "Santa Claus Is Coming" (1999), reached number 52 on the singles chart when it was re-released in 2000. Their second studio album, "It's a Party" (2000) was the first release to reach the top ten, charting at number four in July 2000. It was certified double platinum in 2001 and is their only release to date to do so. "Boom Boom Beat" (2001), Hi-5's third studio album, peaked at number three in August 2001 and was certified as platinum.