Ray Zeiner rose to fame as a keyboardist/vocalist with the 1960s quintet The Wildweeds. Working alongside frontman Al Anderson, the group cut several demos at Syncron Sound Studios in Wallingford, CT. The songs sat in the studio’s tape vault until local dentist “Doc” Cavalier purchased the facility. Doc discovered “No Good to Cry” in the archives, and under his stewardship, the tune became a breakout regional hit, was picked up for national distribution, and landed on the Billboard Hot 100.

The original Wildweeds lineup broke up in 1969. Anderson joined the celebrated quartet NRBQ, and Zeiner went on to record solo material for Cavalier’s Poison Ring Records. In 1971, they released the beautifully orchestrated, yearning soul ballad “I Had a Girl”. Decades later, under Fervor Records’ stewardship, the song has taken on a new life in hit TV shows including This Is Us, Will Trent, and now Episode 206 of the Apple TV+ series “Sugar.”

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