The group was founded by drummer Kit Stewart and keyboardist Karl Hausman; they added lead singer John Bradley by 1963, when they began recording. They released material on the labels Virtue Records, Laurie Records, Lawn Records, and Jamie Records, and it was with Jamie and Ronnie Cichonski that they achieved their greatest commercial success. Two singles, "Let's Get Lost on a Country Road" and "Sea of Love", saw minor chart success in 1966-1967 and led to regional popularity, including as a live act.[2]
In 1969, the band changed their name to The New Hope, and in 1970 released the single "Won't Find Better (Than Me)", which won them national attention and a Billboard Hot 100 chart placement. After recording with Jamie through 1970, they moved to Paramount in 1971 and released another single. By 1974, they had broken up. Kit Stewart died on July 2, 2001.[3]
Charting singlesedit
"Let's Get Lost on a Country Road" (1966) US #119[3]
kats, later, called, hope, american, rock, band, from, philadelphia, pennsylvania, also, known, asthe, hopeoriginphiladelphia, pennsylvania, genrespop, rockyears, activec, 1963, 1974past, memberskit, stewartkarl, hausmanjohn, bradley, contents, history, charti. The Kit Kats later called The New Hope was an American pop rock band from Philadelphia Pennsylvania 1 The Kit KatsAlso known asThe New HopeOriginPhiladelphia Pennsylvania U S GenresPop rockYears activec 1963 1974Past membersKit StewartKarl HausmanJohn Bradley Contents 1 History 2 Charting singles 3 References 4 External linksHistory editThe group was founded by drummer Kit Stewart and keyboardist Karl Hausman they added lead singer John Bradley by 1963 when they began recording They released material on the labels Virtue Records Laurie Records Lawn Records and Jamie Records and it was with Jamie and Ronnie Cichonski that they achieved their greatest commercial success Two singles Let s Get Lost on a Country Road and Sea of Love saw minor chart success in 1966 1967 and led to regional popularity including as a live act 2 In 1969 the band changed their name to The New Hope and in 1970 released the single Won t Find Better Than Me which won them national attention and a Billboard Hot 100 chart placement After recording with Jamie through 1970 they moved to Paramount in 1971 and released another single By 1974 they had broken up Kit Stewart died on July 2 2001 3 Charting singles edit Let s Get Lost on a Country Road 1966 US 119 3 Sea of Love 1967 US 130 3 Won t Find Better Than Me 1970 US 57 3 References edit Whitburn Joel 2008 Joel Whitburn Presents Across the Charts The 1960s Hal Leonard Corporation ISBN 978 0 89820 175 8 Richie Unterberger Kit Kats biography at Allmusic a b c d Joel Whitburn Top Pop Singles 12th edition 2009 p 540 External links editThe Kit Kats discography at Discogs Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Kit Kats amp oldid 1154046565, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
