It’s A Beautiful Day is a great American classic rock and psychedelic rock band formed in 1967 in San Francisco, California. The band rose to prominence during the Summer of Love of 1967. Although the group did not achieve the same level of success as other bands of that period (e.g. Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, or Santana), they managed to have a solid fanbase throughout the years. In this particular regard (i.e. popularity-wise), they are comparable to Quicksilver Messenger Service, another great American classic rock band from San Francisco which was founded during the 1960s. Their music is a mixture of multiple genres, more specifically psychedelic rock, proto-prog, jazz, jazz fusion, folk rock, country, classical, and world-beat. They were initially musically active between 1967 and 1973. Since 1996 onwards they have performing again. However, throughout the passage of time the band experienced multiple line-up changes. The band was co-founded by violonist David LaFlamme and his wife, keyboardist Linda LaFlamme.
The American classic rock and psychedelic rock band It’s A Beautiful Day in 1972. Image source: Wikimedia Commons
Throughout the years, the band released a total number of 4 studio albums (listed in the chronological order of their release):
- It’s a Beautiful Day (1969), certified gold in the United States by the R.I.A.A. (Recording Industry Association of America), selling around 500,000 copies there
- Marrying Maiden (1970)
- Choice Quality Stuff/Anytime (1971)
- It’s a Beautiful Day…Today (1973)
An important aspect about the band is that one song from their debut studio album, namely Bombay Calling, inspired the arrangement and organ intro of the well-known Deep Purple song Child in Time. Otherwise, the band is best known for their touching song White Bird (which is another song from their debut studio album released in 1969). Below you can listen to both songs embedded via YouTube. Thank you very much for your time, attention, and readership! All the best and rock on! 🙂 🤘
- The band’s page on www.wikipedia.org (in English)
- When Deep Purple and It’s A Beautiful Day swapped song ideas on www.norselandsrock.com
- ‘Bombay Calling’: The forgotten song that inspired Deep Purple’s protest masterpiece on www.faroutmagazine.co.uk
- Ian Gillan, Mumbai, India. 3rd May 2002 on www.deep-purple.net