1, 2, 3, Red Light

1, 2, 3, Red Light, the second album by American bubblegum pop group the 1910 Fruitgum Company, was released six months after their debut album, Simon Says. The title song written by Sal Trimachi and Bobbi Trimachi, was the albums' only hit single for the band, peaking at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100, with both the album and the single just barely missing the success of their first release.

For the children's game, see Red light/Green light. For the 1910 Fruitgum Company song of the same name, see 1, 2, 3, Red Light (song).
1, 2, 3, Red Light
Studio album by
1910 Fruitgum Company
ReleasedOctober 1968 (1968-10)
GenreBubblegum pop
Length25:22
LabelBuddah
ProducerSuper K Productions
1910 Fruitgum Company chronology
Simon Says
(1968)		 1, 2, 3, Red Light
(1968)		 Goody Goody Gumdrops
(1968)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

As with their previous album there has been questions about who played what. Original drummer Floyd Marcus has stated that he still played on the records even when a new drummer, Rusty Oppenheimer, was brought in. This does not seem to be the case for this album, as Oppenheimer receives a writing credit on the album but also does not perform on it as Marcus has explained that a number of session musicians were brought in to record new backing tracks for Mark Gutkowski to sing over while the band was out touring.[2] This is supported by former Super K Productions staff writer and producer, Steve Dworkin, who, in an email to Unofficial 1910 Fruitgum Company Home Page creator Jonathan Gatarz, has listed the names of the session musicians.[3]

Track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."1, 2, 3, Red Light"
  • Sal Trimachi
  • Bobbi Trimachi
1:55
2."The Song Song"
  • Steve Dworkin
  • Gary Willet
2:30
3."Shirley Applegate"
  • Mark Gutkowski
  • Ted Gutkowski
2:04
4."The Mighty Quinn"Bob Dylan3:04
5."Yummy, Yummy, Yummy"
2:18
6."9, 10, Let's Do It Again"
  • Sal Trimachi
  • Bobbi Trimachi
2:05
7."The Book"Floyd Marcus2:26
8."Sister John"
  • Gutkowski
  • Gutkowski
2:10
9."Take Away"Marcus2:22
10."Lookin' Back"Pat Karwan2:26
11."Blue Eyes and Orange Skies"
  • Gutkowski
  • Rusty Oppenheimer
  • Gutkowski
  • Karwan
2:00

Personnel

Chart positions

Album

Year Chart Peak position
1968 Billboard Top 200 163

Singles [4]

Year Single Chart Peak position No. of Weeks
1968 "1, 2, 3, Red Light" Canada RPM Top Singles 1
1968 "1, 2, 3, Red Light"[5] New Zealand (Listener) 3 8
1968 "1, 2, 3, Red Light"[6] U.S. Billboard Hot 100 5 13
1968 "1, 2, 3, Red Light" U.S. Cash Box Top 100 3
1968 "1, 2, 3, Red Light"[7] South Africa Springbok Top 20 2 9

Releases

Album

Singles

  1. "1, 2, 3, Red Light" (Sal Trimachi/Bobbi Trimachi) – 1:55
  2. "Sticky, Sticky" (Jerry Kasenetz/Jeff Katz) – 2:05

References
  1. "1, 2, 3, Red Light Review". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
  2. "Floyd Marcus". bubblegum-music.com. Archived from the original on 2009-02-27. Retrieved 12 March 2009.
  3. "Steve Dworkin at geocities.com". Archived from the original on 2009-04-25. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
  4. "Jonathan Cohen at allbusiness.com". Archived from the original on 2007-11-05. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
  5. "flavour of new zealand - search listener". www.flavourofnz.co.nz. Archived from the original on 10 August 2016. Retrieved 2022-09-27.
  6. "1, 2, 3, Red Light at billboard.com". Billboard. Retrieved 12 March 2009.
  7. Samson, John (October 2000). "South African Charts 1969-1989: Artists (0-9)". rock.co.za. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  8. "Patrice Eyries/David Edwards/Mike Callahan". bsnpubs.com. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
  9. "1, 2, 3, Red Light Singles". discogs.com. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
  10. "1, 2, 3, Red Light Singles". therecordroom.com. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
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