The Human Beinz Resurface With Christmas Song

Rick White (Human Beinz lead vocal) playing the Pepsi bottle You've heard their number one hit "Nobody But Me" on dozens of TV commercials and oldies radio stations across the globe, now the legendary Human Beinz have resurfaced with a timely Christmas song. Consisting of two parts, "Christmas Story" was written by Human Beinz band members Ting Markulin, Ed McCarthy and Sal Crisafi. Released on the Collectables label, along with the Human Beinz the CD 'Christmas In America' also features tracks by music icons Jay and the Americans, Blues Magoos, Bay City Rollers, The Rip Chords, Allessi Brothers and others.

The Human Beinz had a Top Ten hit on the Billboard charts in January 1968 with "Nobody But Me". Along with countless TV commercials, the song is featured in the academy award winning film 'The Departed' and 'Kill Bill', as well as Disney's animated 'School's Out'. The group also wrote and performed 'McQ' for producer Richard Martin's documentary film 'Steve McQueen: An American Rebel'. The Human Beinz are featured in The Rock & Roll Hall of fame in The Music of Ohio exhibit.

The group was the second rock band to tour Japan in 1969 (The Beatles were the first) They had three number one hits in Japan, "Nobody But me", "Turn On Your Lovelight" and "Hold On Baby", and were the first to record a live album in concert at Budokan.The Human Beinz also have the distinction of being the first band to utilize a Pepsi bottle as an instrument in a hit record. The Pepsi bottle is once again utilized on the band's new song "Christmas Story".

The Human Beinz still tour and have appeared at The Hard Rock Cafe, Foxwood's Casino, Only The Strong Survive concert co-op city The Bronx, various county and State fairs, and were the band for The Opening reception of The National Purple Heart Hall of Honor for The Vietnam Vets of America. The group is planing to tour for Vet Aid National in the near future. The Human Beinz currently still perform shows and are working on a new album. Link to the full article

'Christmas In America' is available at Amazon.com, Oldies.com as well as various on and off-line retailers.

Click "Discography, then "Hit Recordings" on the left menu or click here for a personal story of The Human Beinz recording of Nobody But Me.

In 1967, the Human Beingz laid down such a tight, hard-groovin’ version of The Isley Brothers' “Nobody But Me” that it took weeks for most people to realize that the track was actually performed by a group of white guys from Youngstown, Ohio. In the meantime, intensive airplay on black R&B stations had helped break the record. Human Beinz

Formed in 1965 as The Human Beingz, they debuted on Gateway Records in February 1966 with a version of “Gloria,” but The Shadows Of Knight had just beaten them to the punch. During the next year or so, subsequent singles for small labels and an exciting live show helped establish the band's reputation. A traveling record exec was tipped off about them by a Youngstown record store clerk, and after checking them out at a local club called Mickey's Bar, he signed them to Capitol in mid-'67. Human Beinz

Nobody But Me was released in September of that year, at which time the group was pissed off to discover that, on the record label, Capitol had misspelled their name as Beinz -- as in the hippie term “be-in.” The new spelling stuck for their recording career, but in Youngstown, where they'd always been the biggest band in town, they stood staunchly by their original Beingz moniker. Human Beinz

Their records took off in Japan and in 1969 they toured Japan, where two albums were released, including a rare live recording. They had 3 hits in Japan and they were the first band to record and put out a "Live in Japan" Album; complete with a picture of the Human Beinz standing on stage at Shibuya Public Hall. Human Beinz

Reprinted from “Optical Sound, The Technicolor Tales Behind The Numerous Nuggets” by Mike Stax
(Rhino Records CD “Nuggets - Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic Era 1965-1968”

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