Rockin' 70s Songs: "Green-Eyed Lady" Sugarloaf (1970)

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Sugarloaf should have been more successful than they were. “Green-Eyed Lady” was a great sounding single and major hit that I had on 45. The group had a long germination. The origins were in the early 60s as the Surfin’ Classics then the Classics when surf music was dropped. Then founders Jerry Corbetta (vocals, keyboards) and Bob Webber (guitar) played for the Denver garage band the Moonrakers. In 1968, they formed Chocolate Hair, signed with Liberty Records and recorded their debut album. Liberty decided the name Chocolate Hair had racial overtones so the band renamed themselves after a mountain near Boulder. Written by Corbetta, J.C. Phillips and David Riordan, “Green-Eyed Lady” was their debut single soaring to Billboard #3 but subsequent albums and singles failed. Liberty dropped them. There was a revolving door of personnel behind Corbetta and Webber. They mounted a brief comeback in 1974 with a second top 10 hit with “Don’t Call Us, We’ll Call You” (#9) in which they mocked CBS Records who rejected them. Sugarloaf was done in 1978. Corbetta went on to play for other groups and died in 2016.