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Jerry Corbetta, 68, lead vocalist/keyboardist, "Sugarloaf" ("Green-Eyed Lady")
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That Derek
Sep 17, 2016, 7:56:33 PM9/17/16
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Jerry Corbetta (Sugarloaf) RIP
Discussion in 'Music Corner' started by JamieC, Today at 10:27 AM.
just have to pass this along. So sad. I saw Sugarloaf open for War on a few occasions
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Jerry Corbetta, lead singer and keyboard player with Sugarloaf, died Friday (September 16) at a hospice in his home town of Denver. The 68 year-old had suffered from Pick's Disease (a frontal lobe disorder) for the past six-plus years. Jerry and guitarist Bob Webber had played together in Denver in a group called the Moonrakers, who recorded for Tower Records. They then formed Chocolate Hair and were signed by Liberty Records. After a last minute change to Sugarloaf (a mountain outside Boulder, Colorado) the group reached #3 in 1970 with "Green-Eyed Lady". The follow-up off their second album, "Tongue In Cheek", reached only #55 and "Mother Nature's Wine" floundered at #88 the following year. Dropped by Liberty, the group recorded for a bit for Neil Bogart's Brut label before writing and recording "Don't Call Us, We'll Call You" as "Sugarloaf/Jerry Corbetta" for their manager's own Claridge Label. The song contained an homage to the Beatles' "I Feel Fine" and a touch tone that was the actual number of CBS Records in New York-- who had turned them down for a contract. It reached #9 in early 1975, but again, its follow-ups never got any higher than #87 on the national charts. Jerry performed as part of Disco Tex's Sex-O-Lettes on the single "Get Dancin" (#10-1975) and played with Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons from 1980-1984. In later years, he toured with the Classic Rock All-Stars before retiring to fight his disease in 2009.
Jerry Corbetta (Sugarloaf) RIP
Discussion in 'Music Corner' started by JamieC, Today at 10:27 AM.
just have to pass this along. So sad. I saw Sugarloaf open for War on a few occasions
Oldies Music -- News »
Jerry Corbetta, lead singer and keyboard player with Sugarloaf, died Friday (September 16) at a hospice in his home town of Denver. The 68 year-old had suffered from Pick's Disease (a frontal lobe disorder) for the past six-plus years. Jerry and guitarist Bob Webber had played together in Denver in a group called the Moonrakers, who recorded for Tower Records. They then formed Chocolate Hair and were signed by Liberty Records. After a last minute change to Sugarloaf (a mountain outside Boulder, Colorado) the group reached #3 in 1970 with "Green-Eyed Lady". The follow-up off their second album, "Tongue In Cheek", reached only #55 and "Mother Nature's Wine" floundered at #88 the following year. Dropped by Liberty, the group recorded for a bit for Neil Bogart's Brut label before writing and recording "Don't Call Us, We'll Call You" as "Sugarloaf/Jerry Corbetta" for their manager's own Claridge Label. The song contained an homage to the Beatles' "I Feel Fine" and a touch tone that was the actual number of CBS Records in New York-- who had turned them down for a contract. It reached #9 in early 1975, but again, its follow-ups never got any higher than #87 on the national charts. Jerry performed as part of Disco Tex's Sex-O-Lettes on the single "Get Dancin" (#10-1975) and played with Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons from 1980-1984. In later years, he toured with the Classic Rock All-Stars before retiring to fight his disease in 2009.
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Sep 18, 2016, 12:11:48 AM9/18/16
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Sorry Derek. I saw your two Sugarloaf "Bob's" obits but not Jerry's.
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That Derek
Sep 18, 2016, 1:37:01 AM9/18/16
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>> Sorry Derek. I saw your two Sugarloaf "Bob's" obits but not Jerry's.
'S'all right..
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