Whoa, check THIS out!! The Clingers, an all-female Mormon vocal group who were also produced by Kim Fowley (what in the effin’ EFF?!), turn in a fucking BLAZING version of the Easybeats‘ hit “Gonna Have A Good Time (Good Times)” on the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. Seriously, the vocals here are live and RAW. Uh, I kinda think the Clingers’ version almost rivals the Easys’!
In all, the sisters had a handful of cool 45s: the Easybeats’ side (Columbia), “Mean It” (MGM), and an earlier side, “Lean Back Baby” (as by the Clinger Sisters). Sadly, the group never broke out, so eventually they dumped secular music and went “Christian.” Tho’ I presume they remained Mormons, which mean they were Christian cultist (or however the Mormon faith is classified)? They reformed in the ’90s as the Clinger Sisters and I believe they’re still recording and performing. Turns out, the Osmonds weren’t the only Mormon family pop group who could also GET DOWN! Damn.