Pablo Cruise

The San Francisco soft rock band whose A Place in the Sun (1977) includes "Whatcha Gonna Do?", a number 6 hit.

San Francisco

Pablo Cruise formed in San Francisco in 1973 from members of Stoneground and It's a Beautiful Day, and recorded for A&M. Fans assumed Pablo Cruise was a person; the band said he's the guy in the middle, with Pablo meaning honest and down-to-earth and Cruise an easygoing attitude. Cory Lerios had led a band called Together at Palo Alto High School, and Steve Price joined first as a roadie with a van, then became drummer.

Billboard 200 peaks were 174 for Pablo Cruise (1975), 139 for Lifeline (1976) and 19 for A Place in the Sun (February 1977). That album was recorded in 1976 at The Record Plant in Sausalito, produced and engineered by Bill Schnee, mixed at Cherokee Studios in Hollywood and mastered by Mike Reese.

Albums

Pablo Cruise 1975
A 1975 album.
Lifeline 1976
A 1976 album.
A Place in the Sun 1977 · A&M
The 1977 album that carried their biggest hits.
Worlds Away 1978
A 1978 album.
Part Of The Game 1979
A 1979 album.
Reflector 1981
A 1981 album.
Out Of Our Hands 1983
A 1983 album.

Songs

Whatcha Gonna Do? A Place in the Sun · 1977
The March 1977 single, a number 6 hit that was number 1 in Canada.

Sources

Pablo Cruise, Wikipedia
Whatcha Gonna Do? (song), Wikipedia
Cory Lerios, Wikipedia
Pablo Cruise at the Egyptian Theatre, Park Record (2017)