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.
We Are Scientists
The band's breakthrough success came with their first studio album, "With Love and Squalor," which sold 100,000 copies in the first six months. Their second album, "Brain Thrust Mastery", charted at number 11 in the UK album chart, with two top-40 singles, "After Hours" and "Chick Lit". Album three, "Barbara," was released in June 2010. Their fourth album, "TV en Français," was released on March 3, 2014, and returned them to the UK top-40. Their fifth album "Helter Seltzer" was released on April 22, 2016.