I Hear Trumpets Blow/ Don't Cry, Sing Along With The Music

This great single is one of only two Top 40 hits that these guys scored after their chart-topping classic from 1961, "The Lion Sleeps Tonight." Nearly every Tokens single is worth seeking out if you're a fan of that 1960s pop form called "Sunshine Pop," which is characterized mainly by a vocal harmony sound deriving from early 1960s doo-wop, Beach Boys-style vocals, and folk-rock harmonies, on top of a Power Pop/Bubblegum Rock rhythm section. The B side of this 45 is a delightful, propulsive soul-ish cover of the Kornfeld-Duboff song that Billy and the Essentials recorded the same year.