Sounds of Sunshine

Sounds of Sunshine were an American sunshine pop[1] group from Los Angeles, California consisting of three brothers. The group released one album on Ranwood Records in 1971, which peaked on the Billboard 200 at #187.[2] Its title track, "Love Means (You Never Have to Say You're Sorry)", was a minor U.S. hit, peaking at #39 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.[3]

The song found a much wider audience among adults, reaching #5 on Billboard's Easy Listening survey. In Canada, the song reached #45 on the Pop chart[4] and #33 Adult Contemporary.[5] The title of the song was taken from a line from the 1970 film Love Story.

On the back cover of Dead Kennedys' Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables album, a press shot of the group found by bassist Klaus Flouride at a garage sale[6] (without anything identifying the people in the photo as the members of the group) was used without their permission; the group subsequently sued band member Jello Biafra's label Alternative Tentacles, and received a $3000 payment and alterations to be made to the album art.[7]