Origin: Los Angeles, CA, USA
This L.A. ensemble was actually a studio project concocted by bubblegum music moguls Jerry Kasenetz and Jeff Katz, who were also the masterminds behind the Ohio Express , the 1910 Fruitgum Company and the Music Explosion. They released one 45 ('Captain Groovy And His Bubble Gum Army' b/w 'Dark Part Of My Mind, Part 1') on the Super K label in 1969. Joey Levine , one of the main writers and studio lead vocalists for the Ohio Express , provided lead vocals for the record, which was originally intended to be the soundtrack to a cartoon series also to be titled "Captain Groovy And His Bubble Gum A…