Sugarloaf

Sugarloaf was a Denver, Colorado based rock and roll band in the 1970s featuring Jerry Corbetta.

The band was originally known as Chocolate Hair. They changed their name to Sugarloaf, named after a mountain outside of Boulder, when they received their first recording contract.

They are best known for two songs, both of which hit the top 10 charts in the United States: «Green-Eyed Lady» in the autumn of 1970 (their biggest hit, reaching #3 on the Billboard chart) and «Don’t Call Us, We’ll Call You» in 1975 (US #9).

Other songs which charted on the Billboard Hot 100 were «Mother Nature’s Wine» (1971), «Tongue in Cheek» (1971), and «Stars In Our Eyes» (1976). In addition, «West of Tomorrow» and «Myra Myra» were not hit singles, but received modest airplay at the time of their release on album rock radio stations.

The 1975 album Don’t Call Us, We’ll Call You was a re-release of their 1973 album I Got A Song, with one of the tracks on the earlier album replaced by the title track of the later album, which had become a hit single.

The song «Don’t Call Us, We’ll Call You» is notable because it contained a practical joke at the expense of CBS Records, which had just turned them down for a recording contract. The song includes the sound of a touch-tone telephone number being dialed near the beginning and ending of the song. Those numbers were an unlisted phone number at CBS Records and a public number at the White House respectively. In addition, the recording includes snippets of the guitar riff of The Beatles’ «I Feel Fine,» Stevie Wonder’s «Superstition,» and a line of dialogue from Wolfman Jack stating the call sign of a radio station.

Corbetta later went on to perform with the group Disco-Tex and the Sex-O-Lettes (best known for their hit «Get Dancin’»). In 1980, he became a member of The Four Seasons. He currently performs with the group Classic Rock All Stars.

THE BAND:
Jerry Corbetta - Lead Vocals, Keyboards, Chimes
Bob Webber - Vocals, Guitar, Dobro
Bob Raymond - Vocals, Bass
Bob McVittie - Drums
Robert Yeazel - Lead Vocals, Guitar, Bells, Harmonica
Guests
Glenn Grab - Cello on Music Box
Joe Julian - Viola on Music Box

Discography
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Albums
Sugarloaf (Liberty Records, 1970)
Spaceship Earth (Liberty Records, 1971)
I Got A Song (Brut Records, 1973)
Don’t Call Us, We’ll Call You (Claridge Records, 1975)
The Best of Sugarloaf (Curb Records, 1993 #D2-77597)
Sugarloaf/Spaceship Earth (Collectables, 1998, re-release double CD)
Sugarloaf: Alive in America (Renaissance, 2006, live in concert)
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Singles
«Green-Eyed Lady» / «West Of Tomorrow» (Liberty 56183) 1970 charted #3 in US
«Don’t Call Us, We’ll Call You» / «Texas Two Lane» (Claridge 402) 1975.
«Tongue in cheek» /»Woman» Liberty Records 56218 1971 45 RPM US.
«Mother Natures Wine»/ «Chest Fever» United artists 50784 1971 45 RPM US.
«Round and Round» / Colorado Jones» Brut 805 1973 45 RPM US.
«Stars in my eyes» Claridge 405 1975 45 RPM US.