LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JUNE 12, 2019…IT WAS 40 YEARS AGO THE CARS RELEASED THE SINGLE ‘LET’S GO’
THIS WAS THE FIRST SINGLE RELEASED FROM THE CARS SECOND ALBUM ‘CANDY-O’ AND IT KEPT THE MOMENTUM ROLLING FROM THE CARS SPECTACULAR FIRST ALBUM BECOMING THE CARS BIGGEST HIT UP TO THAT POINT IN THEIR CAREER. IT WAS THE SUMMER HIT OF 1979. ON THE STRENGTH OF THE SUCCESS OF ‘LET’S GO’ THE CARS SOLD OVER 4 MILLION COPIES OF THE ALBUM ‘CANDY-O’
GUITARIST RIC OCASEK WROTE ‘LET’S GO’ BUT BASS PLAYER BENJAMIN ORR HANDLED LEAD VOCALS ON THE RECORD.
HERE’S AN APPEARANCE ON THE MIDNIGHT SPECIAL FROM 1979 WITH THE CARS PERFORMING ‘LET’S GO’
