The Rebellers “The New Generation” on Orbit Records

The Rebellers in the 1968 Milby High Valentines Varieties show, from that year’s yearbook. From left (please correct if these IDs are wrong): John Manlove, David Rodriguez, James Manlove and Jeff Gray The Rebellers came from the Houston, Texas metro area, recording James Manlove’s original song “The New Generation” for Orbit Records 1114 in the summer of 1967. Members included: James Manlove – lead vocals, rhythm guitar John Manlove – keyboards and vocals Jeff Gray – bass guitar and vocals David Rodriguez – drums The flip, “The Common People” was written as “Love of the Common People” by the prolific songwriting team, John Hurley and Ronnie Wilkins. Early versions of the Cicadelic compilation Three O’Clock Merrian Webster Time included “The New Generation” mistakenly attributed to the Nomads. The Rebellers featured in the Houston Post nowsounds calendar, November 19, 1967 The November 19, 1967 Houston Post nowsounds calendar ran a photo of the Rebellers. From a photo in the 1968 Milby…