Behold the late Hamilton Camp, who died at age 70 in October 2005. Camp had two careers, and enjoyed a fair amount of success in both. Under his original name of Bob Camp, the British-born singer-songwriter was part of a successful folk duo with Bob Gibson in the early '60s, and placed a couple of songs with Simon and Garfunkel (who covered Gibson and Camp's signature song "You Can Tell the World" on their debut album) and Peter, Paul and Mary. West Coast psychedelicists Quicksilver Messenger Service also covered Camp's "Pride of Man" on their first album. Later, Camp went into acting, with a string of performances that covered over 40 years; my personal favorite was his one-shot guest performance on WKRP In Cincinnati as Del Murdoch, the fast-talking owner of a stereo store that gets robbed while Dr. Johnny Fever is doing a live remote.

In between, Hamilton Camp released a couple of solo albums on Warner Brothers during that odd period when Lenny Waronker was basically given free run of the place and the formerly staid adult contemporary label was releasing some of the most baroque examples of psychedelic chamber-pop known to man, like Harpers Bizarre's first three albums, the Association's peak period and David Axelrod's two albums under the Electric Prunes' name. Camp's 1967 solo debut Here's To You is in that oddball sunshine-pop mode, and the title track (a minor hit single in early '68) is filled with vibes, strings, and an oddly addictive scat-sung hook. It's just on the verge of pure corn, but there's something incredibly endearing about it. Believe it or not, this basically easy-listening single was produced by Felix Pappalardi, Cream's producer and the bassist for Mountain.