Sounds of Sunshine

{{Short description|American sunshine pop group}}

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Sounds of Sunshine were an American sunshine pop{{cite news|last1=Goldenburg|first1=Joel|title=Joel Goldenberg: Sunshine pop offered some respite from '60s strife|url=http://www.thesuburban.com/arts_and_entertainment/joel-goldenberg-sunshine-pop-offered-some-respite-from-s-strife/article_d56d2712-5198-5220-9f20-c7bbcaf6eb0f.html|work=The Suburban|date=February 27, 2016}} group from Los Angeles, California consisting of three brothers. The group released one album on Ranwood Records in 1971, which peaked on the Billboard 200 at #187.[{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p41671|pure_url=yes}} Billboard], Allmusic.com Its title track, "Love Means (You Never Have to Say You're Sorry)", was a minor U.S. hit, peaking at #39 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.Joel Whitburn, The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits. 7th edn, 2000

The song found a much wider audience among adults, reaching #5 on Billboard's Easy Listening survey. In Canada, the song reached #45 on the Pop chart{{cite web|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.5322&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.5322.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.5322|title=Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada |website=Collectionscanada.gc.ca |date=1971-08-07 |accessdate=2021-07-25}} and #33 Adult Contemporary.{{cite web|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.5331&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.5331.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.5331|title=Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada |website=Collectionscanada.gc.ca |date=1971-08-14 |accessdate=2021-07-25}} The title of the song was taken from a line from the 1970 film Love Story. Their debut album was followed by three more albums as well as numerous singles.

On the back cover of Dead Kennedys' Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables album, a press shot of the group found by bassist Klaus Flouride at a garage saleOgg, Alex. (2014). Dead Kennedys: Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables: The Early Years. p. 119. {{ISBN|9781604864892}}. (without anything identifying the people in the photo as the members of the group) was used without their permission; the group subsequently sued band member Jello Biafra's label Alternative Tentacles, and received a $3000 payment and alterations to be made to the album art.{{cite podcast| url= http://www.thevinylguide.com/episodes/ep023-dead-kennedys-fresh-fruit-klaus-flouride-interview| title=Ep023: Dead Kennedys Klaus Flouride Interview & The Story of the "Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables" LP| website=The Vinyl Guide| host=Nate Goyer| date=Mar 14, 2016| time=16:06| access-date=October 7, 2020}}