Download Five American MP3s (right-click and select 'Save Target As') I See The Light , (1966 Rabon-Ezell-Durrill) Western Union, (1967 Rabon-Ezell-Durrill) Sound Of Love, (1967 Rabon-Ezell-Durrill) Zip Code (1967 Rabon-Ezell-Durrill) Evol-Not-Love, (1966 Rabon-Ezell-Durrill)

Top 40 Hits by The Five Americans

Note: A very comprehensive and accurate album and single discography is provided below courtesy of Michael Thom. Thanks Mike!

FIVE AMERICANS DISCOGRAPHY 

• SINGLES (* indicates not on an LP or CD; PS indicates issued with picture sleeve; 
  DJ copies of most of the Abnak singles were pressed on gold or orange vinyl):

  • 1965 Jetstar 104 It's You Girl/I'm Gonna Leave Ya* ('65)

  • •104 I'm Gonna Leave Ya (alt. version)*/Say That You Love Me 

    • (Note: Master number on original Jetstar

    • 104; B-side is SO:2066; this version is #SO-2119

  • •105 I'm Feeling O.K./Slippin' and Slidin'

  • •Abnak 106 Without You*/Say That You Love Me

  • •109 I See the Light/The Outcast

  • •HBR 454 I See the Light/The Outcast

  • •1966 468 Evol-Not Love/Don't You Dare

  • •Blame Me (PS) 

    • (Note: B-side is the same song that appears on the HBR LP under the title 
      "Don't Blame Me")

  • •483 Good Times/The Losing Game 

    • (Note: Alternate version of "Good Times" appears on the Sundazed 
      "I See the Light" release)

  • •ABC 10686 Show Me*/Love, Love, Love* 

    • (Note: A-side by Rabon-Ezell-Durrill; B-side by David-McRae -Wyche; 
      produced by Dale Hawkins, an Abnak Music Production; 
      Abnak logo does not appear on label)

  • •Abnak 114 Reality/Sympathy

  • •116 If I Could/Now That It's Over

  • •1967 118 Western Union/Now That It's Over

  • •120 Sound of Love/Sympathy

  • •123 Zip Code/Sweet Bird of Youth 

    • (Note: A-side was edited; two longer versions exist, on the Sundazed 
      "Western Union" release and the "WCFL Winter Gold" LP)

  • •125 Stop Light/Tell Ann I Love Her (PS)

  • •1968 126 7:30 Guided Tour/See-Saw Man (PS)

  • •128 No Communication/The Rain Maker

  • •131 Lovin' Is Livin'*/Con Man

  • •132 Generation Gap/The Source*

  • •1969 134 Virginia Girl/Call On Me*

  • •137 Ignert Woman/Scrooge

  • •139 I See the Light-'69/Red Cape

  • •142 She's Too Good to Me/Molly Black

• ALBUMS:
  

  • •1965 HBR 8503 I See the Light 

    • (I See the Light; The Losing Game; Goodbye; I Know They Lie; 
      Twist and Shout; She's-a My Own; The Train; It's a Crying Shame;
      I'm So Glad; Don't Blame Me; The Outcast; What'd I Say)

  • •1967 Abnak 2067 Western Union/Sound of Love 

    • (Western Union; Gimme Some Lovin'; Husbands and Wives; If I Could; 
      Sympathy; Big Cities; Sound of Love; I Put a Spell on You; Tell Ann I Love Her; 
      Reality; Now That It's Over; See-Saw Man) (Reissued on French Eva 12050 
      [LP, all mono], with additional tracks: The Train; I See the Light; 
      Don't You Dare Blame Me; I'm So Glad) 

      • (Note: Abnak stereo issue of this LP is out of phase)

  • •2069 The Five Americans' Progressions 

    • (Stop Light; Con Man; Black Is White-Day Is Night; (But Not) Today; 
      Come On Up; Zip Code; Rain Maker; Sweet Bird of Youth; Evol-Not Love; 
      Somebody Help Me)

  • •1969 2071 Now and Then [double LP] (First LP ("Now"): 

    • •I See the Light-'69;

      • A Taste of Livin'; Molly Black; Medusa; A Change on You; Jondel; 
        Ignert Woman; Amavi; Big Sur; Red Cape; 8 to 5 Man. 

    • •Second LP ("Then"): 

      • Virginia Girl; 7:30 Guided Tour; Pink Lemonade; Peace and Love; 
        You're in Love; She's Too Good to Me; Generation Gap; 
        God Didn't Smile on Me; Disneyland; Scrooge)

• LATER COMPILATIONS:

  • •1989 Sundazed 11004 Western Union [CD/cassette] 

    • (Western Union; Good Times*; Zip Code (longer version, different than the 
      one on "WCFL Winter Gold"); I'm Feeling O.K.*; It's a Cryin' Shame; The Train; 
      Evol-Not Love (m); Slippin' and Slidin'*; Reality; Tell Ann I Love Her; 
      Sound of Love; No Communication* (m); Say That You Love Me* (m); 
      It's You Girl* (m); I See the Light (stereo remix, with bass drum beat 
      at end of song); Don't Blame Me; Big Cities; Stop Light; Virginia Girl; 
      7:30 Guided Tour) 

      • (Note: Many songs appear in first-time stereo or first-time in-phase 
        stereo; (m) indicates mono; * indicates songs previously only on singles)

  • •1994 Sundazed 6018 I See the Light [CD/cassette] 

    • (Reissue of HBR LP, with the true stereo remix of "I See the Light" 
      [also on Sundazed 11004], plus alternate versions of "The Train" and 
      "Good Times"; all songs in stereo)

  • RADIO STATION DISC:

    • • WCFL Winter Gold (Late '60s hits collection; 

      • includes longer, unedited version of "Zip Code," but in different form 
        than it appears on Sundazed 11004; no label or number; label has 
        WCFL logo; master numbers for the two LP sides are XCSV 142391/92)

  • RADIO SHOW:

    • •US Army "The In Sound," week of June 26, 1967 (promotional LP; USA-IS 49); 

      • includes five-minute program with "Sound of Love" and a short interview 
        with Mike Rabon about "Western Union."

  • RE-RECORDINGS:

    • •"Western Union" appears in re-recorded form on several various artists 
      compilations, including "Hit Parade Rock" (Impact LP BC237) and 
      "The Fabulous '60s" (Exact EX224)

  • RELATED RECORDINGS:

    • •MICHAEL RABON & CHOCTAW (post-Five Americans; issues on Uni label 
        with Abnak logo):

      • •ALBUM:

        • 1970 Uni 73102 Michael Rabon and Choctaw

      • •SINGLES:

        • •1970 Uni 55289 Mary Miles/California, Hollywood 55305 
          Texas Sparrow/Let Your Light Shine On 

          • (Note: B-side is not on the LP.)

    • •MICHAEL RABON:

      • •ALBUM:

        • •1975 Knife Wing 441 Texas Till I Die) 

          • (Note: Five Americans bass player Jim Grant plays on this LP)

      • •SINGLES:

        • •1975 Knife Wing 443 Texas (Till I Die)/Just for a Memory

        • •1976 Zodiac 1012 Love Is Just a Song/Two in One

        • •1978 Record Dist. Service 1007 Love Is Just a Song/Two in One 

          • (Note: These are different recordings than those on Zodiac 1012)

    • •JOHN DURRILL:

      • •ALBUM:

        • •1978 UA 1141 Just for the Record

      • •SINGLE:

        • •1978 UA ? I Think I'm Gonna Stay/?

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