| Rob Grill | |
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 Rob Grill circa 1982
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Robert Frank Grill |
| Born | November 30, 1943 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Genres | Folk, Rock, Pop |
| Instruments | Bass guitar |
| Years active | 1966 – Present |
| Labels | Dunhill, ABC, MCA |
| Website | RobGrill.com |
Robert Frank "Rob" Grill (born November 30, 1943 in Los Angeles, California) is an American lead singer, songwriter and bass guitarist of the rock and roll band, The Grass Roots.
He launched a solo career in 1979, assisted on his solo album by several members of Fleetwood Mac. Responding to 60s nostalgia, Grill then reformed The Grass Roots (now billed "The Grass Roots Starring Rob Grill") and has toured the United States since the 1980s.
Rob is a native of Hollywood, California where he attended Hollywood High School. Soon after graduation, Rob began working at American Recording Studios with musician friends Cory Wells and John Kay (who later formed Three Dog Night and Steppenwolf, respectively). Convinced to start his own band, Rob and three others formed The Grass Roots. Teaming up with mega-hit producer Steve Barri (The Mamas & the Papas, Tommy Roe, Four Tops and Dusty Springfield), The Grass Roots went on to chart twenty nine singles, thirteen of which went gold followed by two gold albums and two platinum albums. [1]
In 2006, former manager Marty Angelo published a book entitled, Once Life Matters: A New Beginning which has numerous stories about his life on the road with Rob Grill and the Grass Roots back in the early 1970s.
In 2008, The Grass Roots Starring Rob Grill released a live album chronicling their 14 top forty Billboard hits titled Live Gold.
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Discography
Singles
- 1967 - Let's Live For Today / Depressed Feeling (US #8)
- 1967 - Things I Should Have Said / Tip Of My Tongue (US #23)
- 1967 - Wake Up, Wake Up / No Exit (US #68)
- 1968 - Melody For You / Hey Friend (US #123)
- 1968 - Feelings / Here's Where You Belong
- 1968 - Midnight Confessions / Who Will You Be Tomorrow (US #5) Gold Record - RIAA Certification
- 1969 - Bella Linda / Hot Bright Lights (US #28)
- 1969 - Melody For You / All Good Things Come To An End
- 1969 - Lovin' Things / You And Love Are The Same (US #49)
- 1969 - The River Is Wide / (You Gotta) Live For Love (US #31)
- 1969 - I'd Wait A Million Years / Fly Me To Havana (US #15)
- 1969 - Heaven Knows / Don't Remind Me (US #24)
- 1970 - Walking Through The Country / Truck Drivin' Man (US #44)
- 1970 - Baby Hold On / Get It Together (US #35)
- 1970 - Come On And Say It / Something's Comin' Over Me (US #61)
- 1970 - Temptation Eyes / Keepin' Me Down (US #15)
- 1971 - Sooner Or Later / I Can Turn Off The Rain (US #9)
- 1971 - Two Divided By Love / Let It Go (US #16)
- 1972 - Glory Bound / Only One (US #34)
- 1972 - The Runway / Move Along (US #39)
- 1972 - Anyway The Wind Blows / Monday Love (US #107)
- 1973 - Love Is What You Make It / Someone To Love (US #55)
- 1973 - Where There's Smoke There's Fire / Look But Don't Touch
- 1973 - We Can't Dance To Your Music / Look But Don't Touch
- 1973 - Stealin' Love (In The Night) / We Almost Made It Together
- 1975 - Mamacita / The Last Time Around (US #71)
- 1975 - Naked Man / Nothing Good Comes Easy
- 1976 - Out In The Open / Optical Illusion
- 1979 - Rock Sugar / Rock Sugar
- 1982 - Here Comes That Feeling Again / Temptation Eyes
- 1982 - She Don't Know Me / Keep On Burning
- 1982 - Powers Of The Night / Powers Of The Night
Albums
- 1967 - Let’s Live For Today (US #75)
- 1968 - Feelings
- 1968 - Golden Grass (US #25) Gold Record - RIAA Certification
- 1969 - Lovin' Things (US #73)
- 1969 - Leavin’ It All Behind (US #36)
- 1970 - More Golden Grass (US #152)
- 1971 - Their 16 Greatest Hits (US #58) Gold Record - RIAA Certification
- 1972 - Move Along (US #86)
- 1973 - Alotta' Mileage
- 1975 - Self Titled
- 1976 - The ABC Collection
- 1978 - 14 Greats
- 1979 - Uprooted
- 1982 - Powers Of The Night
- 2000 - Live At Last
- 2001 - Symphonic Hits
- 2008 - Live Gold
References
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