The Addrisi Brothers are best remembered today for their
early-'70s Columbia hit "We've Got to Get It on Again," and for
writing the Association/Fifth Dimension hit "Never My Love." Don
Addrisi (1938-1984) and Dick Addrisi (b. 1941) actually date
back as a musical team to the 1950s. Their parents were part of
a family acrobatic act, the Flying Addrisis, but Don and Dick
chose music as their career, and by the mid-'50s, with the help
from comedian Lenny Bruce, who was a fan, they got their first
professional representation. The family was initially lured out
to California by the prospect of Don and Dick getting parts on
The Mickey Mouse Club -- that didn't work out, but they were
eventually signed to Bob Keane's Del-Fi label, where they
recorded a series of singles that veered from Everly Brothers-
style rock & roll to somewhat more cloying teen-pop numbers.
They never really hit it big, however, and after further
attempts at recording success on Imperial and Warner Brothers,
they turned their attention to song