Vocalist Michelle Cochrane, singer/keyboardist
Robb Royer, bassist Tim Hallinan, and drummer
Steve Cohn formed harmony pop quartet
the Pleasure Fair in Los Angeles in 1966. The group signed to Uni Records the following year, and on the recommendation of session ace
Leon Russell, pop maestro
David Gates was installed to produce their self-titled debut LP, headlined by the single "Morning Glory Days." "(I'm Gonna Have To) Let You Go" followed in 1968, and
the Pleasure Fair soon dissolved;
Gates then recruited
Royer to join his fledgling soft pop group
Bread, and the rest is AM radio history -- Hallinan is also among the musicians credited on the first
Bread album, and later enjoyed a career as a mystery novelist.
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Jason Ankeny, Rovi