The Lemon Pipers

The Lemon Pipers
The Lemon Pipers in 1968. Top, from left: Ivan Browne, Bill Bartlett, Bill Albaugh. Bottom, from left: Steve Walmsley, Robert G. Nave.
The Lemon Pipers in 1968. Top, from left: Ivan Browne, Bill Bartlett, Bill Albaugh. Bottom, from left: Steve Walmsley, Robert G. Nave.
Background information
OriginOxford, Ohio, United States
Genres
Years active1966–1969
LabelsBuddah
Past members
  • Bill Albaugh
  • Bill Bartlett
  • Dale "Ivan" Browne
  • Bob "Reg" Nave
  • Bob "Dude" Dudek
  • Matthew Staffieri
  • Steve Walmsley

The Lemon Pipers were a short-lived 1960s American rock band from Oxford, Ohio, United States,[3] known chiefly for their song "Green Tambourine", which reached No. 1 in the United States in 1968. The song has been credited as being the first bubblegum pop chart-topper.[3]

The Lemon Pipers comprised drummer William (Bill) E. Albaugh (1946–1999), guitarist Bill Bartlett (born 1946), vocalist Dale "Ivan" Browne (born 1947), keyboardist Robert G. Nave (1944–2020), and bassist Steve Walmsley (born 1948), who replaced the original bass guitarist Bob "Dude" Dudek.[4][5]

  1. ^ Huey, Steve. "The Lemon Pipers Biography by Steve Huey". All music. Retrieved June 5, 2023. Late '60s Ohio-bred bubblegum popsters known for the 1968 number one, "Green Tambourine."
  2. ^ "Confessions of a Fallen-Away Lemon Piper". Cincinnati Magazine. June 1986. Retrieved July 28, 2023.
  3. ^ a b Cooper, Kim; Smay, David, eds. (2001). Bubblegum Music is the Naked Truth. Feral House. ISBN 0-922915-69-5.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference The Book of Golden Discs was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference AMG was invoked but never defined (see the help page).