The Flute Thing - Music

A Versatile And Commercially Successful Composer Arranger And Producer Alan Lorber Has Had A Hand In Thousands Of Recordings Ranging From Pop Neil Sedaka's "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do " Mike Clifford's "Close To Cathy" To R&B Chuck Jackson's "I Wake Up Crying " Jackie Wilson's "Baby Workout" To Psychedelic Rock Ultimate Spinach Orpheus . He Was Busiest Throughout The 1960s And Wasn't Merely A Hired Hand. In 1964 For Instance He Put Together The Mugwumps A Group Notable For Having Featured Future Members Of The Mamas & The Papas And The Lovin' Spoonful. Lorber Produced The Latter's First Top Ten Single "Do You Believe In Magic." During The Late '60s He Established And Developed The Boston Or Bosstown Sound A Marketing Concept That Morphed Into A Full-Blown Rock Scene. He Has Also Released Many Of His Own Recordings Beginning With 1967's The Lotus Palace -- An Orchestral Pyschedelic Album Consisting Mostly Of Pop Covers That Incorporated Indian Music -- And Continuing Through The Early 2000s With A Prolific Run Of Releases Credited To Alan Lorber 21st Century Orchestra. read less