It's Ladies Night - "Green-Eyed Lady"

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I’m in Denver. Yes, literally; I live here. But we’re in Denver tonight for today’s tune. Sugarloaf was a Denver band, originally called Chocolate Hair (after they signed to Liberty Records, the label suggested a name change due to the possibility of their moniker being considered racist. Sugarloaf is a mountain here in Colorado.) The band was inducted into the Colorado Music Hall of Fame in 2012. “Green-Eyed Lady” is a psychedelic rock song from the band’s 1970 debut album, Sugarloaf. The single did quite well for a band from Denver, #1 in Canada and #3 on the Billboard Hot 100. So who is this mysterious green-eyed enchantress keyboardist Jerry Corbetta is singing so glowingly about? Turns out he wrote the song for his girlfriend, Kathy Peacock. The other band members called her “Corbetta’s green-eyed lady.) It’s that simple. Fun Fact: Jerry Corbetta toured for five years as a member of Franki Valli and the Four Seasons. Link is to the studio album version: