"Time For Livin'" by The Association

The Association was one of the biggest bands of the late-60s, boasting a string of classic hits like the number one smashes "Windy" and "Cherish", the #2 smash "Never My Love", and other top 10 hits like "Along Comes Mary" and "Everything That Touches You".

A lesser known single by the group is "Time For Livin'", which just barely broke the top 40 by reaching #39 in 1968. The track comes from the band's "Birthday" album, which climbed to #23 on the Billboard Top 200 that same year. Some days, all you need is a sunny song like "Time For Livin'" to put life back in perspective.

Like "Never My Love", "Time For Livin'" was written by The Addrisi Brothers, who got a nod from Off The Charts here. "Time For Livin'" would prove to be the band's last song to hit the top 40.

“We’ve Got To Get It On Again” by The Addrisi Brothers

Somewhere between The Everly Brothers and Bread there was an underrated singing/songwriting duo known as The Addrisi Brothers. Don and Dick Addrisi first splashed onto the music scene in 1959 with a near hit called “Cherrystone”, which went to #62 on the Billboard charts. Fast-forward to 1972 and they had a bigger hit with “We’ve Got To Get It On Again”, which went to #25.

In the interim, these brothers gave The Association one of their biggest hits, “Never My Love”, which went all the way to #2 in 1967.

The brothers rerecorded “Never My Love” on their 1972 album, “We’ve Got To Get It On Again”.

It is puzzling why The Addrisi Brothers didn’t have greater success themselves. The B-side of this single, "You Make It All Worthwhile", was also a great tune.

Prior to moving into music, the brothers were a part of their family’s trapeze act, The Flying Addrisis. Their music career should have soared to greater heights.