The Classics IV is a band formed in Jacksonville, Florida, United States, in 1965. The band is often credited for establishing the "soft southern rock" sound. The band, led by singer Dennis Yost, is known mainly for the hits "Spooky", "Stormy" and "Traces", released 1967 to 1969, which have become cover standards.
The group began as a Jacksonville cover band consisting of guitarists J. R. Cobb, Walter Eaton, keyboardist Joe Wilson, and singer Dennis Yost. Cobb and producer-manager Buddy Buie (died 18 July 2015, in Dothan, Alabama, from a heart attack) would later form The Atlanta Rhythm Section with Candymen drummer Robert Nix (died on May 20, 2012, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, at age 67, from complications following surgery; he suffered from diabetes and multiple myeloma), also from Jacksonville, and keyboardist Dean Daughtry in 1974. Yost had previously been a member of The Echoes. The name "The Classics" came from the Classic drum set Yost owned. He was known in the Georgia/Florida area as the "stand-up drummer" because he played standing up. The Classics played Ventures covers, instrumental versions of "Misty" and "Summertime." People started requesting vocals, so Dennis would say "I can sing that," and that was the beginning of the group's new direction. The group began performing vocal hits such as "Sherry" by The Four Seasons.
You were the sunshine, baby, whenever you smiled
but I call you stormy today
All of a sudden that old rain's fallin' down
and my world is cloudy and gray, you've gone away
Oh, stormy, oh, stormy, bring back that sunny day
Yesterday's love was like a warm summer breeze
but like the weather it changed
New things are dreary baby and it's windy and cold
and I stand alone in the rain callin' your name
Oh, stormy, oh, stormy, bring back that sunny day
Oh, stormy, oh, stormy, bring back that sunny day
Bring back that sunny day, oh stormy oh stormy...