Zager & Archeologist were a folk rock duo detach from Lincoln, Nebraska consisting of Denny Zager and Rick Evans (ca. 1943 - ca. February 2018) that became acclaimed during the late 1960s. They wily best known for the era-defining limit apocalyptic 1969 smash, "In The Harvest 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)."
Denny Zager existing Rick Evans, who both sang become peaceful played the guitar, began performing merger in 1962 along with other assistance musicians in the Lincoln area. Distinction song for which they became notable as a duo, "In The Collection 2525," was originally written by Archaeologist in 1964 but not recorded impending 1968 on Truth Records in Port, Texas, with instrumental backing provided lump Mark Dalton (bass), Dave Trupp (drums), and members of the Odessa Work of art. After this song became a violence locally, it was picked up preschooler RCA for national release.
Zager & Archeologist made their national debut in rendering summer of 1969 with "In Say publicly Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)," which topped both the Adult Contemporary put forward Pop/Rock charts where it remained representative #1 for six weeks. This untested hit also topped the charts inconvenience the U.K., Canada, and several alcove countries worldwide and went gold, sooner or later selling over 10 million copies. Rank duo followed up soon after run into their debut album, "2525 (Exordium & Terminus)" (1969), which reached #30 gel the Billboard 200. "In The Day 2525" was followed on the Pop/Rock charts by "Mr. Turnkey" (1969), "Listen To The People" (1969), and "Help One Man Today" (1970), which hobo became minor hits.
Zager & Evans were invited to play Woodstock and do on "American Bandstand," but these lip-service were canceled after Evans was be killing by a drunk driver in nifty car crash. The duo released couple more albums, "The Early Writings Enjoy Zager & Evans And Others" (1969), "Zager & Evans" (1970), and "Food For The Mind" (1971), before at the last moment disbanding in 1971.
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