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[[Image:Bev Bivens - San Francisco 1965.JPG|thumb|125px|right|Beverly Bivens in 1965]] |
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'''Beverly (Bev) Bivens''' was lead singer with the American West Coast group [[We Five]] from 1965-7. |
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== We Five == |
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Beverly Bivens was born in [[Santa Ana]], [[California]] and educated at Santa Ana High School and Orange Coast Junior College <ref>Sleeve notes for LP, ''You Were on My Mind'' (1965</ref>. In 1964 she began singing with [[Jerry Burgan]] and [[Michael Stewart (musician)|Mike Stewart]] (1945-2002), who had formed a [[folk music|folk]] duo at high school and branched out into electronic music with guitarist [[Bob Jones]], whom they met at the [[University of San Francisco]]. With the addition of [[Pete Fullerton]], this group became known as We Five, recording their first album, ''You Were on My Mind'' for [[A&M Records|A&M]] records, in 1965. This was also the title of their first “[[single record|single]]” - and only "chart" hit - that reached number three in the ''[[Billboard]]'' "Hot 100" in August 1965 <ref>Charlie Gillett & Simon Firth (1976) ''Rock File 4''. In Britain, the "hit" version of ''You Were On My Mind'' was by [[Crispian St Peters]], who reached number two in January 1966.</ref>. |
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Bivens' voice was what gave We Five its distinctive and memorable sound. Almost operatic in quality, it was described as low tenor to high soprano <ref>Sleeve notes for ''You Were on My Mind'' (1965)</ref>. At the time Bivens' personal interests were said to be fashion, Chinese food and freedom <ref>Sleeve notes for ''You Were on My Mind'' (1965)</ref>. As regards fashion, photographs show her wearing dresses well above the knee in 1965, at a time when the [[miniskirt|mini-skirt]], which was a defining symbol of [[Swinging London|"Swinging" London]] had yet to make an impact in America <ref>See, for example, Lisa Law (1987) ''Flashing on the Sixties''</ref>. |
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==The spilt and afterwards== |
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[[Image:We Five - Make Someone Happy 1967.JPG|thumb|200px|left|[[We Five]] (LP ''Make Someone Happy", 1967]] |
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We Five were in the vanguard of the [[San Francisco]] bands that reached international prominence in the “[[Summer of Love]]” of 1967, by which time We Five had already disbanded. The notes to their second album, ''Make Someone Happy'' (1967), released after their split (an episode that give rise to unfounded rumours that Bivens had been killed in a road accident), observed that |
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<blockquote>"We 5 was the first “electric band” to come out of San Francisco. It predated the entire present “happening” in the [[Haight-Ashbury]] [a district of San Francisco that became the centre of "[[flower power]]"] with all its attendant trippery and hang-overs …" <ref>Sleeve notes for LP, ''Make Someone Happy'' (1967)</ref>.</blockquote> |
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After leaving We Five Bivens married jazz musician [[Fred Marshall (jazz musician)|Fred Marshall]] (born 1938) and sang for a while with his band. Their son Joshi is also a musician. |
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==Notes== |
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[[Category:American female singers|Bivens, Bev]] |
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[[Category:American pop singers|Bivens, Bev]] |
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