The Neon Philharmonic

The Neon Philharmonic (formed 1967) was an American psychedelic pop band led by songwriter and conductor Tupper Saussy and singer Don Gant, produced by Saussy, Gant, and Bob McCluskey, and engineered by Gant's brother Ronald. Although the first album stated "Borges Forever!", the group's concertmaster is in fact named Pierre Menard, and it is not a reference to the Jorge Luis Borges story Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote; Saussy was not conscious of the connection. They released their two albums (The Moth Confesses and the eponymous The Neon Philharmonic) in 1969, and scored a Top 20 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart that year when "Morning Girl" (featuring the Nashville Symphony Orchestra,) hit number 17 on Billboard and number 15 on the Cash Box chart. The band hit the chart again with "Heighdy-Ho Princess" in 1970, and followed with several non-album singles (see the discography below).