During the late 60s Gary Puckett & The Union Gap forged a series of massive chart ballads “almost otherworldly in their sheer earnestness, melodrama, and white-bread conservatism,” says Music Critic Guide’s Jason Ankeny. “The group pioneered the hip-to-be-square concept...clad in Civil War-era get-ups (complete with fictitious military ranks) … Puckett and the Union Gap were in their own way as far-out and singular as any other act of the period.”

Ultimately, they garnered six consecutive gold records and 10 top Billboard hits for their tunes Young Girl, Woman Woman, Lady Willpower, Over You, This Girl Is A Woman Now, Keep The Customer Satisfied, Don’t Give In To Him and Home.

In early 1968, The Union Gap scored their biggest hit, Young Girl (what Ankeny notes is “arguably the most explicitly lecherous ballad in the annals of pop” for its lyrics “My love for you is way out of line/you better run, girl, you’re much too young, girl,” sung by an anguished sounding Puckett). With that hit Puckett & The Union Gap became a force on the airwaves, and eventually headlined at such grand venues as The White House and Disneyland.

The original band disbanded in 1971, but Puckett continued making solo appearances and then acting and dancing in theatrical productions in and around Los Angeles. In recent years, he resurrected The Union Gap title for his new band, which joins him on stage at the Spencer Theater.

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