did relatively well, but it did not initially include the groups new single, Brother Louie. The song about a black girl and her white boyfriend had been a hit for earlier that year. (The groups soon-to-be new bassist, , was responsible for the Motown-like bass line that helped give the song its funky character.) Once issued as the Stories fifth single, it became a big hit, reaching No. 1 in the . It spent two weeks at No. 1 and remained in the Billboard chart for 18 weeks, with an awarded on August 22, 1973. [ ] A new version of the LP was issued which did include the hit single, and the album proceeded to sell well. In some cases, old copies of the LP which did not include the single were shipped inside album covers that did list the single. Lloyd did remain with Stories for one more album (1973) before leaving the group. Bassist Kenny Aaronson (b. April 14, 1952, ) (formerly of ), who had performed bass on the Brother Louie cover, and keyboardist (b. 1945, ) stepped in t
o fill the void. The new group made the with Mammy Blue (#50, 1973) and If It Feels Good, Do It which was a cover of a song by the band (#88, 1974). Before the groups break-up, Love left and was replaced by Richie Ranno. Lloyd has since recorded several solo albums and done work for , , and . Lloyd was also one of the first artists to perform songs written by that Adams would later record himself, which led to the 1984 formation of Fast Forward, which included Lloyd and several other persons directly or indirectly associated with Adams. The resulting album, , featured several of Adams songs. Brown went on to form The Beckies, another Beatlesque band. Love reappeared in the early 1980s as Landscape. Madey, after a two album stay with the , provided accompaniment for . Aaronson has remained busy. He was co-founder (with s brother Vinnie) of Axis, and he did sessions for , , ex- , , , , and . Bichel has done session work, and so has Love. Ranno found later success as a member of