Five Man Electrical Band

The Staccatos were a moderate success in the Ontario area in he early 1960s, but as the hippie era bloomed, that name proved to be out of touch. Bands like Big Brother and the Holding Company and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band were popular, so why not adopt a similar-sounding name that literally told what they were? Their one hit, “Signs,” catapulted Five Man Electrical Band to success. The band still tours on the power of that hit, but today it has six members.