1. Dennis Provisor was born on November 9,1943 and is an American musician and songwriter.
30 Facts About Dennis Provisor
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Dennis Provisor recorded on several different labels, including 20th Century Fox and Valiant, under the name of Denny Provisor.
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Dennis Provisor released some soulful singles as a solo artist.
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Dennis Provisor later joined the groups The Hook, Blue Rose, and The Grass Roots.
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Dennis Provisor landed a recording contract with 20th Century Fox Records while he was a teenager and worked with producer Tommy Oliver.
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About two years later, Dennis Provisor signed with the Valiant label and released a couple more singles, including some songs he wrote himself.
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Dennis Provisor wrote a song called "Go" that appears on their Hooked album.
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Dennis Provisor was in a band called Blue Rose when he auditioned for The Grass Roots.
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The group scored their first hit single which was written by a member of the group, Dennis Provisor's melodic "Walking Through The Country", on which he sang lead.
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The first concert in which Dennis Provisor played with The Grass Roots was a double bill with Creedence Clearwater Revival.
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Dennis Provisor played his first music festival with The Grass Roots at Newport Pop Festival in 1969 at the Devonshire Downs racetrack in California.
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The next Grass Roots album titled More Golden Grass included some Dennis Provisor originals including "I Can Turn Off The Rain".
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Dennis Provisor officially left the group in 1972, shortly after drummer Coonce left the band.
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Dennis Provisor signed a recording contract with record producer Clive Davis as a solo artist.
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Unfortunately, Davis was fired and Dennis Provisor's album was never completed.
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Dennis Provisor was left without a contract or a label.
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Once again trading off lead vocals with Grill, Dennis Provisor helped turn two of the Haven album's cuts, "Something About You" and "It's A Cryin' Shame", into instant classics.
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Dennis Provisor wrote a final Grass Roots song appropriately titled "The Last Time Around".
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Dennis Provisor continued to tour with The Grass Roots for many more years, including a highly successful tour of Japan.
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Dennis Provisor worked on the 14 Greatest album released by Gusto Records with Grill.
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When Grill decided to produce a solo album titled Uprooted, Dennis Provisor was right there to help him and he wrote four songs for the album including the single "Rock Sugar".
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Dennis Provisor composed twenty songs for The Hook, The Grass Roots, and Rob Grill.
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Dennis Provisor wrote frequently with Warren Entner and Rob Grill.
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Dennis Provisor played with The Grass Roots on seven albums, four of which charted.
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Dennis Provisor took part in fourteen Grass Roots singles released, twelve of which charted.
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Dennis Provisor married and moved to Wisconsin where he built his own home and lives with his wife and children today.
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Dennis Provisor's wife is a World Gold Wrestling Club Leader.
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Dennis Provisor is still very actively performing with his group The Hits which has a year around performance schedule.
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Dennis Provisor joined The Hits in 1984 marking over two decades with the group.
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Dennis Provisor plays video games which include his favorite, Slotomania.