The Lost Generation was an American soul

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 group from Chicago

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, Illinois

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. The members began singing together in 1969, after Jesse Dean completed time in the United States Army

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, and shortly after forming, Lowrell Simon

Lowrell Simon

Lowrell Simon is an American soul singer. He began as a singer in The LaVondells, which became The Vondells which featured Butch McCoy and Jessie dean and enjoyed some regional success in the 1960s with the song "Lenore". When the Vondells broke up, Simon formed the group The Lost Generation...

's childhood friend, Gus Redmond (who was by that time promotional head at Brunswick Records

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), had the group record with producer Carl Davis

Carl Davis

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. The result of these sessions was the single "The Sly, Slick and the Wicked", which became a hit in the US, and whose sales earned Brunswick Records enough profits to buy itself out and dissociate itself from its parent company, Decca Records

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, that same year. The group scored a few further hits, and disbanded in 1974, with members Brownlee and Fred Simon later joining Mystique, and Lowrell Simon embarking on a successful career as a solo artist.

Members

• Lowrell Simon
  Lowrell Simon
  Lowrell Simon is an American soul singer. He began as a singer in The LaVondells, which became The Vondells which featured Butch McCoy and Jessie dean and enjoyed some regional success in the 1960s with the song "Lenore". When the Vondells broke up, Simon formed the group The Lost Generation...
  
   (formerly of The Vondells)
• Fred Simon
• Jesse Dean
• Larry Brownlee (formerly of The C.O.D.s; died 1978)

Discography

• The Sly, Slick and the Wicked (Brunswick Records
  Brunswick Records
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  , 1970)
• The Young, Tough and Terrible (Brunswick Records, 1972)

Singles

• "The Sly, Slick and Wicked" (1970) US #30, US Black Singles #14
• "Wait a Minute" (1970) US Black Singles #25
• "Someday" (1971) US Black Singles #48
• "Talking the Teenage Language" (1971) US Black Singles #35
• "Your Mission (If You Decide to Accept It) Part I" (1974) US Black Singles #65