Music Appreciation
Related: About this forumYou Were On My Mind - We Five {Stereo} 1965
"You Were on My Mind" is a popular song written by Sylvia Fricker in 1961. The song was written in a bathtub in a suite at the Hotel Earle in Greenwich Village. Fricker wrote ither first compositionin the bathroom because "it was the only place ... the cockroaches would not go". It was originally performed by Fricker and her future husband Ian Tyson as the duo Ian & Sylvia and they recorded it in 1963 for their 1964 album. In 1965 the song was covered in an up-tempo version, with slightly altered lyrics and melody by the San Francisco folk-pop band We Five. The dominant voice was that of the band's lead singer Beverly Bivens.

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(11,173 posts)George McGovern
(7,766 posts)LoisB
(10,810 posts)never heard of We Five. Got it! The Mike Curb Congregation is the version I know.
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(7,766 posts)fargone
(385 posts)After her10 years as half of Ian and Sylvia she had a solo career in Canada. In the 90s she was a founding member of the Canadian super folk group, Quartette.
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