The Choir (garage rock)
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The Choir were a garage rock band largely active in the greater Cleveland area from the mid 1960s into the early 1970s. Their largest commercial success came in the spring of 1967 when "It's Cold Outside" peaked at #68 on the Billboard Charts and #55 on the Cash Box charts. It was hugely popular in Cleveland, and did quite well throughout the Midwest, and even made the CHUM Charts in Toronto, Canada.
The song, considered by many to be a classic of the garage rock era, was also featured on Pebbles, Vol. 2, one of the earlier garage rock compilation LPs (issued in 1979). The flipside, "I'm Going Home" was also featured on a garage rock compilation LP, "Highs in the Mid 60's, Vol. 9 - Ohio."
"It's Cold Outside" was originally issued on the Canadian-American label in the fall of 1966, but didn't take off until being leased to Roulette several months later. The band's follow up singles (all on Roulette) were less commerically successful.
The Choir is also well known for containing three of the four original members of Raspberries (all except Eric Carmen).
After the demise of the band, in 1976 Bomp Records issued a collection of unreleased Choir songs on an EP. In the 1990s a full Choir LP was issued by Sundazed, featuring many previously unreleased tracks.
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