On this date in 1972, American pop rock group LOOKING GLASS released the single BRANDY in the UK (Jun 30, 1972) To the outside observer, LOOKING GLASS were one of the luckiest bands to come up during the early '70s -- and doubly so, coming out of New Jersey in 1972 with a number one hit, three years before anyone was thinking about Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, and getting radio play on the song that has carried over into the oldies and '70s nostalgia boom over the decades since. Ironic