Friend & Lover

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Friend & Lover was an American folk-singing duo composed of husband-and-wife team Jim and Cathy Post. The duo is best known for its hit single "Reach out of the Darkness," which reached number 10 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart in the summer of 1968.

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Biographical information

Cathy Conn was born May 30, 1945, in Chicago, Illinois. She had a background in song and dance before meeting future husband Jim Post at a Canadian provincial fair in 1964. Their marriage and the band eventually broke up. Cathy remarried twice, became Cat Conn, has three children and five grandchildren, and lived in the mountains of New Mexico. However, this was short lived. Sometime in 2015-16, she moved back into Chicago to live out the rest of her days with two of her grandchildren and one of her first children. She died on July 4, 2018 at 73.

Jim Post was born October 28, 1939, in Houston, Texas. He had previously performed with the folk group the Rum Runners. He went on to record solo albums for labels such as Flying Fish Records and Fantasy Records.

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Reach out of the Darkness

Jim, inspired by a New York City love-in, wrote the duo's only significant hit single, "Reach out of the Darkness." The song was recorded in Nashville, Tennessee, with Ray Stevens and Joe South on the session, and released on the Verve Forecast label (although the Verve Records Discography has a completely different account of the song and its flip "Time on Your Side (You're Only 15 Years Old)" being recorded in New York City on 23 August 1967, with the sides reversed). The song made the U.S. Top 10 chart in June 1968 and was adopted as a kind of anthem by the protest movement against American politics of the time. It was re-released as the title track of a follow-up album in 1969. The song became a staple of local and regional Christian rock groups in the 1970s, as the lyrics were viewed by many as having religious overtones. The song appeared in the movie 1969, Aquarius: "A Change is Gonna Come" (season 1, episode 5), in Beverly Hills, 90210: "The Time Has Come Today" (season 4, episode 25), and in Mad Men: "Man With a Plan" (season 6, episode 7).