In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. When I wake up ...

Generations of kids know the song “Groovin’” but don’t have the slightest idea who made it. It was The Rascals. Considered one of the most evocative and influential bands of the mid- to late-1960s, ...

The Rascals were big players in the vibrant pop-music scene of the 1960s. Lead singer and songwriter Felix Cavaliere helped guide the group into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Felix Cavaliere’s Rascals ...

When The Young Rascals released their third album Groovin’ in the summer of 1967 they had already scored two Gold albums that hit the Top 20. They had landed the No. 1 hit “Good Lovin’,” originally ...

Before The Beatles won fame in North America they opened for Joey Dee and the Starliters one night in a Germany nightclub. "Everyone was screaming with excitement," said Felix Cavaliere, who would go ...

Over 50 years later, Rascals vocalist and keyboardist Felix Cavaliere is still groovin' and heading back on the road. Cavaliere will play with his band, Felix Cavaliere's Rascals, at 7 p.m. on June 5 ...

It’s been 45 years since the Rascals have performed in Southern California, when they headlined a sold-out Hollywood Bowl in 1968. That was a special night for guitarist Gene Cornish. “We set ...

I grew up in Manhattan's Washington Heights and had the best of both worlds. My family lived in the city—which meant pizza shops, candy stores and movie theaters. But P.S. 187 was a short bike ride to ...