The soundtrack to "Wild In The Streets" produced a hit 45 back in 1968, btw! It was "Shapes of Things To Come"! "Free Lovin'" was the b-side. Hmmm......
bookmarked for a.m.
Not only do I still have the 45 in my box of 45s (from the '60s, baby) but I was able to download the song. It's by Max Frost and the Troopers. I dropped my jaw a few weeks ago when I heard the song used in a television commercial, I think it was for a car!
By the way, I actually went to see that movie in the theater when it came out (1968). Been looking for the DVD for years and finally found it at Amazon a couple of months ago. It's paired with another movie as part of a double feature. It's really not a very good movie, but it is a window to the '60s like nothing else. My 22-year-old son was memsmerized. (I had to explain a lot of things. Man, am I old....)
I understand that the star, Christopher Jones, dropped off the face of the earth after making the movie. He was set to be a Hollywood hunk but gave it all up. Rumor also has it that Quentin Tarentino found him living out in the sticks somewhere and offered him the role of Vinny in 'Pulp Fiction' before Jones turned him down and the role went to Travolta.